Hampton Roads
Americannoun
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He is the technology chief for Hampton Roads Sanitation District, a public water utility in coastal Virginia serving nearly 2 million people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Hampton Roads Pride, in Virginia, was forced to cut $80,000 from this year’s budget—amounting to a little less than 20 percent of its 2024 expenditures—to keep pace with reduced commitments from corporate sponsors.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2025
Recruitment for the study started late last year with a pilot launch in Atlanta and Hampton Roads, Va., and enrollment expanded to other states and Washington in May.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
The other incidents took place over a period of four months in Hampton Roads, Virginia, in late 2022 and early 2023, say US investigators.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2024
Hampton Roads had become the embodiment of what Cold War president Dwight D. Eisenhower would a decade later dub the “military- industrial complex.”
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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