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Here’s a recap of the top stories on the morning of June 27, 2024:
Giving birth in Page County, a maternity care desert
Reported by VPM News’ Henry Brannan
There were 3,667,758 babies born in the U.S. during 2022, the most recent year for which U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention birth data is available. All but 83,007 of them were born in hospitals.
In Page County, local labor and delivery options include homes, hospitals an hour away and sometimes gas stations.
Dali cargo ship arrives in Norfolk for repairs
Reported by The Associated Press
The container ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is now in Hampton Roads for repairs.
The Dali was escorted by the U.S. Coast Guard and will be unloaded at the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth. After initial repairs, it will go to Norfolk International Terminals, then a third location for various repairs.
It headed out of Baltimore for Virginia on Monday, nearly three months after the ship lost power and crashed into one of the Key bridge's supporting columns and caused the bridge to collapse.
In other news:
- State OKs large Appalachian Power transmission project (Cardinal News)
- Virginia voted to weaken rules on crab dredging. Maryland objects. (The Baltimore Banner)
In case you missed it:
- Winchester region sees state’s biggest population growth (Virginia Business)*
- How EA Sports worked to depict UVA, Virginia Tech in new video game (Richmond Times-Dispatch)*
*This outlet utilizes a paywall.
