News Flash

NOTE: This file will be updated regularly with the latest information

Jan. 20 — With a winter storm forecast to hit Hampton on Thursday, Jan. 20, and continue through the weekend, many city services will be affected. Gov. Glenn Youngkin has declared a state of emergency.

• All cities offices will close at 4 p.m. on Thursday, as well as all public libraries. All neighborhood and community centers will close at 4 p.m. as well. 
• The Planning Commission meeting Thursday afternoon will be held, since the public hearings were advertised for this date. 
• Trash collection is expected to start as usual on Friday routes and will continue as long as conditions are safe.
• Hampton City Schools released early today so that buses can get students home ahead of the anticipated bad weather. All classes will be conducted online Friday. Click here for detailed scheduling information. All after-school programs and activities are canceled.
• Thomas Nelson Community College has shifted all classes to remote learning until at least Monday.
• Hampton Roads Transit bus service will stop after the first routes beginning after 6 p.m. Friday. On Saturday, under the snow route plan, a limited number of buses will run, and on an expected one-hour delay.
• The health district's testing and vaccination clinics, located in the Sherwood Shopping Center (13785 Warwick Blvd. in Newport News), will close at 5 p.m. today. The vaccination clinic will open at 10 a.m. Friday and close at 5 p.m. The testing clinic is closed on Fridays.
• The Animal Control Advisory Committee meeting scheduled for this evening has been postponed.
• The Monster Jam event scheduled for Friday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m. at the Hampton Coliseum has been rescheduled to Sunday, January 23 at 7 p.m. All tickets purchased for the Friday event will automatically be honored for the rescheduled event with the same seat locations. If ticket holders are unable to attend Sunday’s 7 p.m. event, exchanges are also available for the Saturday 7 p.m. or Sunday 1 p.m. events. For more information, please contact Feld Customer Service at (800) 844-3545 or visit https://www.feldentertainment.com/customer-service/ [feldentertainment.com].