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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – Crush Cancer Hampton Roads kicked off this morning at the Cavalier Golf and Yacht Club. Cycle for survival hopes to raise $250,000 for the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center research and clinical trials. VB firefighters join Crush Cancer cause For the first time, Virginia Beach firefighters are joining the effort. Organizers of the annual […]

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Virginia Beach public sector employees packed city hall Tuesday evening, demanding a collective bargaining contract.

More than a decade after the crash, the bravery of the first responders inspired a new law.

VIRGINIA BEACH — Mayor Bobby Dyer has moved up the timeline for a vote on collective bargaining for city employees to April 30. Dyer wants to hold the vote this month instead of in May so that the City Council can focus on the fiscal year 2025 budget, he said. “It’s becoming more and more complicated and challenging,” Dyer said of the budget process. A public comment session on collective ...

Mayor Bobby Dyer moved up the timeline for a vote on collective bargaining to April 30 instead of in May because he wants his colleagues to be focused on the budget next month. The City Council will hear public input on the collective bargaining proposal on Tuesday.

Assistant City Manager Monica Croskey estimated it will cost about $400,000 to modify the payroll system and, at the minimum, an additional $500,000 to hire new employees, including two in Human Resources and two new city attorneys as well as outside counsel, depending on the number of bargaining units.

VIRGINIA BEACH — A request to allow collective bargaining of Virginia Beach city employees triggered a mandatory vote on the matter this spring. The City Council received a letter on Feb. 1 from Max Gonano, president of International Association of Fire Fighters Local 2924, representing the city’s Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services department employees requesting that City Council ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — Virginia Beach and Portsmouth firefighters had access to a unique two-year-old test that takes a sample of the lower esophagus and detects pre-cancer. “This particular test can give you pre-cancer signals and allow you to go through treatment before you actually have cancer, which is going to be really paramount […]

Several firefighters lined up Monday at the Virginia Beach Professional Fire and EMS Union Hall for the EsoGuard DNA test for esophageal precancer.