There are about 645 probationary employees at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard who are anxiously awaiting news of whether their positions are among those being eliminated in a purge of the federal workforce.

On Monday afternoon, Naval Support Activity (NSA), Portsmouth received a report of a suspicious package at around 4 p.m., a Norfolk Naval Shipyard spokesperson said. NSA, Portsmouth and Norfolk Naval Shipyard initiated a base-wide lockdown "out of an abundance of caution,

A shelter-in-place order has been lifted at Naval Support Activity Portsmouth and Norfolk Naval Shipyard on the main installation Monday afternoon after a suspicious package was found, the shipyard said Monday afternoon.