TANGIER, Va. — Tangier Island, Virginia … population 460 (and shrinking). It’s a quirky, isolated place located smack dab in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. Residents drive golf carts and speak ...

TANGIER ISLAND, Va. — Inez Pruitt has watched the coronavirus spread throughout the world from the relative safety of Tangier Island, a small, fishing community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay.

Proceeds from a showing of “Pieces of Tangier” will go to pay a share of a seawall project. The film will be shown at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at Onancock Baptist Church. Roberts will introduce the ...

TANGIER, Va. (AP) — Residents of a small Virginia island in the Chesapeake Bay have been nearly without water for days after their main line froze and burst. Tangier Island mayor James Eskridge tells ...

Virginia’s Tangier Island is rapidly disappearing. Rising sea levels are exacerbating erosion and flooding, and could make the speck of land in the Chesapeake Bay uninhabitable within the next few ...

TANGIER, Va. — Tangier Island, a small fishing community in the Chesapeake Bay, has been losing land due to erosion since it was first settled in the late 1700s. According to the Army Corps Of ...

Tangier Island, home to a Virginia fishing town and about 400 people, could be saturated by rising seas and convert to uninhabitable wetlands by 2051, according to an analysis released Monday. The ...

Concerns are growing on Tangier Island as shallow water conditions near the harbor are beginning to impact tourism, transportation, and daily life on the island.

TANGIER, Va. — High schools across the area have been trying to make graduation special for seniors. The coronavirus pandemic meant traditional ceremonies couldn’t take place. There was one ...

TANGIER ISLAND, Va. — The path of Hurricane Florence is a big worry for residents of tiny Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay, considered the soft shell crab capital of the world. The Virginia island ...

Tangier Combined is a public school located in Tangier, VA, which is in a remote rural setting. The student population of Tangier Combined is 41 and the school serves K-12. At Tangier Combined, 90% of ...