Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoed a handful of bills Thursday — including proposals for a recreational marijuana marketplace; Hanover County recently approved the development of a multi-million-dollar data center near the town of Ashland; Richmond's oldest brewery is selling its headquarters — and isn’t saying what comes next just yet.
Mar 29, 2024•6 min
DC officials are finalizing steps to keep a sports arena in Washington; Virginia elected officials are taking their budget fight to the public; Levar Stoney presented his final budget proposal as Mayor of Richmond Wednesday.
Mar 28, 2024•11 min
Richmond Connects gets approved; Legislation to allow all Virginia localities to ask voters if they’d support a 1% sales tax hike to fund new public schools sits on Gov. Youngkin's desk; and other stories
Mar 27, 2024•6 min
Also: Agencies in the Shenandoah Valley are using new approaches to address a regional housing crisis and battle homelessness; RVA Diamond Partners has finalized a schematic design for a minor-league baseball stadium — the first stage in the architectural design process for the city’s Diamond District project.
Mar 26, 2024•7 min
Ramadan is considered one of the holiest months for Muslims.
Mar 25, 2024•6 min
Local developer Ed Nunnally is moving forward on a mixed-use development in Chesterfield; The apparent resolution of a years-long legal battle that’s rocked the U.S. residential real estate industry is expected to have impacts on agents in metro Richmond; a long-running local bookstore is embarking on yet another new chapter as a unionized workplace; and other local business stories.
Mar 23, 2024•6 min
Also: 100+ wildfires are burning across Virginia, Richmond and other capital cities are changing their public comment rules, and a new round of vetoes and laws from Gov. Glenn Youngkin was announced Wednesday.
Mar 22, 2024•7 min
GRTC narrows search for new permanent transfer hub to two locations; Eight Republican candidates are competing for the nomination to run against Sen. Tim Kaine; Hanover County teacher wins prestigious award; and other stories
Mar 21, 2024•8 min
Henrico's police department won't respond to certain calls now; Virginia's Department of Forestry is holding a tree exchange program; the Highland County Maple Festival; and other stories
Mar 20, 2024•6 min
PlanRVA’s regional forum lays transportation groundwork for 2050; Virginia leaders oppose proposed natural gas plant; VCU's potential racial literacy courses under review by Youngkin administration; and other stories
Mar 19, 2024•7 min
Wintergreen Resort wrapped its ski season earlier this month. Now, volunteers with the Nature Foundation at Wintergreen are turning their attention to native plants in the area. Randi B. Hagi with partner station WMRA reports.
Mar 18, 2024•6 min
A Northside private school is breaking out the wrecking ball for an old hospital building as it looks to build up parts of its campus in the long term; Months after dropping millions of dollars to buy the property next to its Henrico location, Costco is preparing to put that land to use; For the first time in three and a half years, parties are being seated at 733 W. Cary St.; and the field of potential sites for GRTC’s new permanent transfer station has narrowed to two.
Mar 16, 2024•5 min
Governor Glenn Youngkin addressed community members and media at a Henrico County restaurant Thursday; Twelve teams from around the country recently competed in Henrico County at the A-10 women's basketball tournament; Democratic U.S. Senator Tim Kaine is co-sponsoring a bill that would require employers to provide paid time off for voting; Richmond’s a food town. And to mark its ever-changing restaurant landscape.
Mar 15, 2024•12 min
A slew of bills are awaiting Governor Glenn Youngkin’s signature after the regular General Assembly session ended last week; The Virginia Rural Health Association named Nancy Bell as its new president; Henrico’s crime rate decreased by 7 percent overall, according to an annual county report.
Mar 14, 2024•6 min
During its Monday meeting, the Richmond City Council approved changes to public comment; At a recent meeting of the Powhatan County N-double-A-C-P, parents and community members voiced concern over alleged and ongoing racist incidents at local schools; A new report from the City of Williamsburg says creating a school district independent of James City County wouldn’t happen until at least August 2028.
Mar 13, 2024•7 min
Ten people were taken into custody and charged, according to Virginia State Police, after at least nine chained themselves together across the interstate. Also: A bill banning legacy admissions has been signed into law, private jet crashes in Bath County, and Virginia has more electric vehicles than ever.
Mar 12, 2024•6 min
It's a Monday episode ... but wait! There's news! Virginia’s General Assembly session adjourned sine die over the weekend after lawmakers approved a budget. Today's feature focuses on the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents in Staunton. It's the only state-run psychiatric facility for minors in Virginia.
Mar 11, 2024•7 min
Shamin Hotels is planning a 12-story, 299-room hotel on the site of the longtime Hardee’s restaurant at 921 Myers St; a mixed-use conversion of the former Hotel Jefferson building in the Petersburg's Old Towne district is set to wrap up in coming months; and Red Amp Audio has equipped its Grace Street facility with Dolby Atmos recording and audio mixing technology, making it the first commercial sound studio in Virginia to be Dolby-certified as an Atmos-capable studio.
Mar 09, 2024•5 min
Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly have reached a state budget compromise; Virginia state lawmakers kept an Alexandria arena proposal out of a budget compromise announced Thursday; State lawmakers voted this week to require plant sellers to label known invasive species at their stores.
Mar 08, 2024•8 min
Virginians should eat more blue catfish, GRTC's LINK expands, Charlottesville's Downtown Mall named to National Register of Historic Places; and other stories
Mar 07, 2024•7 min
Keep an eye on those results (unofficial until certified) with the Virginia Department of Elections website. Also in today's newscast: The General Assembly is winding down as various bills head to Gov. Glenn Youngkin's desk; Liberty University has been fined $14 million for underreporting crime stats; Richmond City Council expresses concerns over meals tax issues; and a conversation with Gerald McCarthy, longtime president of the Virginia Environmental Endowment.
Mar 06, 2024•10 min
It’s Super Tuesday in Virginia and polls are currently open; A bill sponsored by Tazewell Republitor T. Travis Hackworth would allow the state to set aside funds for cleaning up polluted industrial lands; The director of Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality previously led a consulting firm that worked on the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Mar 05, 2024•8 min
Back in 2018, Richmond launched a Vision Zero program to address its traffic-related fatalities and severe injuries on city streets. Officials created a task force, launched an action plan and unveiled a data dashboard. The goal is to bring the numbers down to zero all by the year 2030 — which is only six years away. Will the city make its goal?
Mar 04, 2024•6 min
Richmond’s decades-long effort to commemorate its history as the nation’s second-largest slave market reached a milestone Tuesday with the unveiling of a new master plan for the 10-acre project in Shockoe Bottom; Another major mixed-use redevelopment is on the drawing board for Henrico’s west end; A chain of biscuit-focused breakfast restaurants is on the rise locally with plans for a new spot in Carytown; and other local business stories.
Mar 02, 2024•6 min
Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley made a campaign stop at a West End Henrico hotel Thursday to rally support for her party's nomination; A bill that would protect employee pay if a person needs extended leave to take care of a family member is being sent to the governor for approval; The Commonwealth will not bar localities from setting limits on solar installations this year.
Mar 01, 2024•7 min
$230 million headed to transit projects in Central Virginia; Tribal consultation bill moves forward in General Assembly; More General Assembly legislation headed to Gov. Youngkin's desk; and other stories.
Feb 29, 2024•7 min
Protesters delivered a petition calling for work to stop on the Mountain Valley Pipeline to Attorney General Jason Miyares’ office last week; Richmond City Council has appointed its first manager of the citizen police oversight board; On Monday, Richmond City Council passed an ordinance that permits the city to accept several historic African-American cemeteries … including East End, Evergreen, and Forest View.
Feb 28, 2024•13 min
State Senator Ghazala Hashmi hosted a town hall Sunday for Chesterfield County residents to learn more about a proposed Dominion Energy gas plant; Dominion Energy is selling half its interest in the Virginia Beach offshore wind project; Ricmond's finance department plans to complete a review of certain delinquent meals tax bills by July 1st.
Feb 27, 2024•6 min
The Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro is known as one of the world’s leading teaching hospitals for wildlife medicine. And its president, former Untamed host Ed Clark, will retire next month after more than four decades leading the organization. WMRA’s Randi B. Hagi reports.
Feb 26, 2024•6 min
A former Dominion Energy-owned parking lot in the Fan is being eyed for what would be the largest new-construction apartment development the neighborhood’s seen in recent years; An old-timey diner from Lynchburg is touching down in the Devil’s Triangle; and three cousins are now looking to bring their market concept to the Southside to help quell Manchester’s grocery needs.
Feb 24, 2024•5 min
