Chesapeake News

Chesapeake Energy Corporation : The company is pursuing joint venture transactions in its Mississippi Lime and Permian Basin plays where it owns 1.8 million and 1.5 million net acres of leasehold, respectively.

City Council agreed Thursday evening to a five-year contract with Chesapeake Exploration that will see the city sell up to 700,000 of treated wastewater, raw river water or treated potable water a day for fracking operations.

Several water and sewer department matters were discussed by the Jefferson County commissioners Friday, including a groundbreaking for a sewer project and a contract to sell water to Chesapeake Exploration for the fracking of a gas well outside Richmond.

Former Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse executive Mike Posko has been named the new CEO of Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake.

"It's cost on top of cost. And what are we getting? Not much," said College Park resident Kiersten Johnson.

Poetry, Prose, and Pizza , held at The Russell Memorial Library on January 27 , with pizza catered by Rita's Pizza in Chesapeake , featured some local poets and writers who are published in books or magazine publications.

Gov. Bob McDonnell has appointed former state Sen. Frederick M. Quayle to the Virginia Parole Board, finding a state post for an ex-GOP lawmaker who was drawn out of his Senate seat in redistricting.

The Commonwealth of Virginia and the U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement on Thursday in a three-year case that found Virginia is needlessly housing some individuals with disabilities in institutions.

Hampton Roads Transit's governing board will likely pick a successor today to fill CEO Philip Shucet's position when he leaves at the end of the month.

Virginia will close four of its five institutions for housing the developmentally and intellectually disabled and transition those services to the community under a 10-year, $2 billion settlement the state entered into today with the Department of Justice.

Del. Charles Poindexter said that he intends to work with Gov. Bob McDonnell's administration and other state lawmakers during the current General Assembly session to create a business-friendly environment and promote economic growth.

The Priority Auto Group has sold its Kia store in Colonial Heights after two years to Charlottesville-based Carter Myers Automotive, which is building a new location for the franchise along Interstate 95 in southern Chesterfield County.

Natural gas prices had tumbled by more than 20 per cent this year through the end of last week, but they jumped more than 5 per cent on the Nymex on Monday.

Sure, residents care about the rest of the city. But a lot of their daily comfort - or complaint - centers on the place where they watch TV, mow the grass and drift off to sleep.

The product portfolio of the company in paper packaging includes folding cartons, spirally wound composite tubes, leaflets, labels, and other paper and paperboard packaging products.

A local businessman charged with running a multimillion-dollar cocaine ring waived his right to a bond hearing Tuesday in federal court and will remain in jail pending grand jury action.

Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and Newport News can use red-light cameras at certain intersections.