The 3rd annual Portsmouth Paddle Battle takes place Saturday, September 9. It’s a series of races on the Elizabeth River.

"There's a story in every brick you trip over." Barbara Early was talking about Olde Towne, the historic heart of Portsmouth, Va., a city of 97,000 on the banks of the Elizabeth River.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The Naval Shipyard Museum in Portsmouth will reopen to the public on June 9 for the first time since the pandemic started. Members will be able visit the museum for a ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — I recently visited Portsmouth to check out a piece of local history at the Naval Shipyard Museum. Ross Patterson, Assistant Curator of the museum tells the story of one item in ...

Its sister history museums include the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum at 2 High Street, and the Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum at 904 Elm Ave., Portsmouth.

The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard has survived many attempts to close it down.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Officials said the Norfolk Naval Shipyard gates are back open after a security situation happened early Monday morning.

Boston Naval Shipyard, now closed, started construction before Norfolk Naval Shipyard in the effort to have the first functioning drydock in the western hemisphere.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Come “sea” history at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum at 2 High St. in Portsmouth on “First Saturdays” in 2020. Saturday, February 8, 2020, from 10 a.m to 5 p.m ...

For 40 years, he worked as a shipwright at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. However employment at the Yard was inconsistent, being dependent on government contracts and funding.

Workers reinstated at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard The workers, all entry-level employees still in their probationary periods, were briefly fired by the Navy Department last week.

Mar. 20—Five of the six workers terminated from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery last week have officially returned to their posts, the shipyard said Thursday. The six workers, all entry ...