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Here's everything you need to know for the event Saturday including the line up on the main and community stages.

Today, Virginia Beach begins welcoming about 50,000 guests for Pharrell’s Something in the Water music festival, and the The Virginian-Pilot and The Daily Press have your go-to guide for opening day.

Today, Virginia Beach begins welcoming about 50,000 guests for Pharrell’s Something in the Water music festival, and the The Virginian-Pilot and The Daily Press have your go-to guide for opening day.

The festival is providing exposure and financial benefits to Hampton Roads musicians who will perform throughout the weekend, on stages with no admission charge.

The festival is providing exposure and financial benefits to Hampton Roads musicians who will perform throughout the weekend, on stages with no admission charge.

Top Navy officials said the service is working to expedite medical evaluations for sailors placed on limited duty following a string of suicides at Norfolk’s naval maintenance center.

Top Navy officials said the service is working to expedite medical evaluations for sailors placed on limited duty following a string of suicides at Norfolk’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center.

The remarks came from Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro and Chief of Naval Operations Michael Gilday during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing held last Tuesday as Senator Tim Kaine pressed the two on service member mental health following another high year of sailor suicides, which topped out at 70 across the service. Seven of the sailors who died by suicide in 2022 were assigned to two Hampton Roads-based installations.

Both domestic violence and gun violence are issues here in Hampton Roads and around the country. But what happens when these two intersect?

Clark Nexsen, an architecture and engineering firm based in Virginia Beach, announced the following new hires: