The federal government is giving neighbors in Accomack and Northampton Counties an additional 30 days to weigh in on the possibility of mineral mining off Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
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Virginia’s two U.S. senators and six Democratic members of Congress are asking the federal government to extend the public comment period on potential mineral extraction off the coast of Accomack and Northampton Counties.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a federal lawsuit against the State of Maryland seeking to block the state's newly enacted Community Trust Act, arguing the act unlawfully interferes with federal immigration enforcement and violates the U.S. Constitution.
A Harrington man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material, according to court documents obtained by WBOC.
The federal government is taking the first step toward potentially allowing commercial mining of mineral resources from the ocean floor off the coast of both Accomack and Northampton Counties in Virginia.
A federal court fight in Massachusetts over offshore wind is now playing a role in the ongoing legal battle over the proposed US Wind project off Maryland's coast.
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The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit against the federal government seeking Endangered Species Act protections for American horseshoe crabs after the National Marine Fisheries Service declined to list the species earlier this year.
A new federal lawsuit tied to the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale could possibly produce new complications for offshore wind development off Delmarva’s coast.
A coalition of seafood companies including several local businesses filed a federal lawsuit challenging new federal seafood import restrictions that they say could devastate crab processing operations on the Eastern Shore and disrupt the nation’s crab supply chain.