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 was far from Jimmy’s parents, and even farther away from Katherine’s parents in White Sulphur Springs, who doted on their granddaughters.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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