A Chesapeake man is obsessed with saving gas.  He drives thousands of miles a month between home and work and credits NewsChannel 3 with helping him save big.

Philip Twine drives his 2007 Mitsubishi Lancer at least 1,000 miles from his home in Chesapeake to his job in Newport News.

“I’m paying about $320 a month that goes toward gas”, says Philip.

He makes that work whether prices are $3.99 or the current average of $3.58.  Philip depends on WTKR.com to help find cheap gas with the Gas Tracker.

“The easiest thing you can do is go to the website, put in your zip code and whatever the nearest gas price is to you, that’s the one you take,” says Philip. 

Philip says he uses it with the different zip codes between Chesapeake and Newport News as well as other areas.

“It looks like it’s getting cheaper, but you never know, it can go up and down”, says Twine.

Two swim advisories have been announced today.

The first was announced for Virginia Beach from the Chesapeake Bay between Wake Forest Street and Rockbridge Road.

The second is in Dare County for the Jockey’s Ridge area in Kill Devil Hills.

Both advisories come after recent tests showed bacteria levels in the water exceeded safe standards.

The advisory does not affect the Virginia Beach oceanfront or resort area.

Signs will be posted on the beach between Wake Forest Street and Rockbridge Road to alert the public of the swimming and wading advisory. 

RICHMOND, Va (WTVR) -  Governor McDonnell has worked to grow Virginia’s wine industry while in office, and today he’s slated to sign into law a bill that will help  the Commonwealth’s micro-breweries.

Senate Bill 604 gives breweries permission to serve their beer at the same facilities where its made. Right now, the breweries have had to include a full service restaurant  in order to do that.

Without a full-service restaurant they can only sell to go orders, and offer samples.

Several local breweries lobbied for the change including both Legend Brewing and Hardywood Park Craft Brew both of which are Richmond-based.