Newport News, Virginia
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Teachers begin using cell phones for class lessons...for bad behavior dissipates. "Kids cheat with pen and paper. They pass notes," said Kipp Rogers, principal of Passage Middle School in Newport News, Va., "You don't ban paper." Rogers started using cell phones as an instructional tool a... In this article: Florida and Wiregrass Ranch High School |
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washingtonpost.com | 4 days ago
House releases Hamilton report. Sort of.
...negotiating a job offer with Old Dominion University before securing state money for the school. A federal grand jury served the Newport News school system, ODU and the House with subpoenas and search warrants. House Clerk Bruce Jamerson...
In this article: Virginia, Old Dominion University, House Appropriations Committee, and Newport News
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Prime Newswire | 4 days ago
Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman Completes Detail Design of Gerald R. Ford Product Model
...phase for the Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) in the 3-dimensional Product Model. Gerald R. Ford is being built by the Shipbuilding sector in Newport News, Va., and is the Navy's first aircraft carrier to be completely designed using a...
In this article: Northrop Grumman Corporation, U.S. Navy, Newport News, Global Hawk, Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Fire Scout, and U.S. Air Force
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Candidates mingle at bloggers conference
...U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman -- was on hand to speak to dozens of bloggers today at the Blogs United conference at Christopher Newport University in Newport News. Also at the conference, a slew of congressional candidates, mingling with bloggers...
In this article: Rob Wittman, Virginia, and Christopher Newport University
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Nation's top cop helps swear in a friend
...in September in the U.S. attorney job, which is among the nation's most prominent and also includes offices in Richmond, Norfolk and Newport News. His installation ceremony was attended by five former Alexandria U.S. attorneys, including Paul...
In this article: Eric H. Holder Jr., U.S. attorney, Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Richmond, James B. Comey, Paul J. McNulty, and Joe Biden
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Feds subpoena Hamilton records from House
...the House of Delegates with a subpoena for documents in the ongoing conflict-of-interest investigation of Phil Hamilton, the powerful Newport News lawmaker who resigned Sunday. House Clerk Bruce Jamerson said today that he received a...
In this article: Newport News, Virginian Pilot, Old Dominion University, House Appropriations Committee, and Virginia
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Michigan Live | November 13, 2009
Gerald R. Ford ship ceremony brings Susan Ford Bales, family to Newport News, Virginia
...page by choosing local coverage below. How to set your local coverage Gerald R. Ford ship ceremony brings Susan Ford Bales, family to Newport News, Virginia Grand Rapids Press file photoThe USS Gerald R. Ford CVN 78Susan Ford...
In this article: George H.W. Bush, Champagne, World War II, Ronald Reagan, Betty Ford, and Donald Rumsfeld
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Description from Wikipedia:
Newport News is an independent city and (naval military) harbour and shipyard in Virginia, totaling about 180,000 population. It is at the south-western end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News Point on the harbor of Hampton Roads.
The area known as Newport News was part of Warwick County, one of the eight original shires of Virginia formed by the House of Burgesses in the British Colony of Virginia by order of King Charles I in 1634. The county was largely composed of farms and undeveloped land until almost 250 years later.
In 1881, 15 years of explosive development began under the leadership of Collis P. Huntington, whose new Peninsula Extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway from Richmond opened up transportation along the Peninsula and provided a new pathway for the railroad to bring West Virginia bituminous coal to port for coastal shipping and worldwide export. With the new railroad came a terminal and coal piers where the colliers were loaded. Within a few years, Huntington and his associates also built a large shipyard.
In 1896, the new unincorporated town of Newport News, which had briefly replaced Denbigh as the county seat of Warwick County, became an independent city, separating from the county. In 1900, 19,635 people lived in Newport News, Virginia; in 1910, 20,205; in 1920, 35,596; and in 1940, 37,067.
- Name:
- Newport News, Virginia
- Type:
- City
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1896
- Total Area (sq. mi):
- 119.1
- Total Area (km):
- 308.3
- Land Area (sq mi):
- 68.3
- Land Area (km):
- 176.9
- Water Area (sq mi):
- 50.8
- Water Area (km):
- 131.5
- Elevation (ft):
- 15
- Elevation (m):
- 4.5
- Time Zone:
- EST
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