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Annual checkup
A year after scathing New York Times article, Bon Secoursâ prescription for East End community includes jobs, training, upgraded facilities
Richmond Community Hospital continues to buzz with construction as its owner, Bon Secours, builds up operations at the East End health care center.
Fixing our broken drug pricing system, by Dr. Greg Gelburd
As a recently retired physician, I felt relief for patients across the commonwealth when Virginia legislators recently passed bipartisan measures, Senate Bill 274 and House Bill 570, to create a Prescription Drug Affordability Board. This board would be empowered to finally rein in skyrocketing prescription drug costs that make medicine inaccessible to too many patients. By signing this legislation into law, Gov. Glenn Youngkin can prioritize the health and well-being of Virginians.
Gen Zâer takes advantage of once-low interest rates to purchase first home
In 2021, Raven Moseley needed a place to stay, but she could not afford an apartment that she felt comfortable in without splitting the bill with a roommate. Plus, she could not find a suitable roommate. That is when her mother gave her the idea to buy a home.
Dr. Linwood Jacobs who opened doors for Black Greek organizations at UVA, dies at age 90
Additional roles included community college dean and Gilpin Court mental health provider
Dr. Linwood Jacobs is credited with spearheading the establishment of Black fraternities and sororities at the University of Virginia. And later he focused on student development as the dean of students at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College and helped start a mental health services company based in Gilpin Court.
Shining a light on the âRural Black Churchâ
Leonard L. Edloe, the founding pastor of Hartfieldâs New Hope Fellowship Church, delves into the history and the legacy of the rural Black church in his recently self-published book, âRestoring the Glory: Breathing New Life into the Rural Black Church.â
Personality: Linwood âShawnâ Nelson
Spotlight on board chairman of Rx Partnership
Linwood âShawnâ Nelson, a product of rural Virginia, was no stranger to poverty while growing up.
RRHA prepares to launch home-buying initiative
Richmond is preparing to become the first place in the country to test a revamped federal regulation aimed toward making it easier for people who hold housing vouchers or live in public housing to buy homes. Describing it as a âgroundbreaking and historic ini- tiativeâ that would build wealth for those who qualify, Steven B. Nesmith, the chief executive officer for the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority,
Shock, grief and mourning for 3 Georgia-based U.S. soldiers killed in Middle East drone strike
Described by their parents as bubbly and constantly laughing, Spc. Kennedy Sanders and Spc. Breonna Moffett became close friends soon after enlisting in the Army Reserve five years ago. Sgt. William Jerome Rivers served a tour in Iraq before joining the same company of Army engineers.
Schools are trying to get more students therapy. Not all parents are on board
Derry Oliver was in fifth grade when she first talked to her mom about seeing a therapist.
Neighborhood Housing Services closes
Neighborhood Housing Services of Richmond has quietly closed after 40 years of promoting neighborhood improvement and helping people purchase their first home.
Prisoners in the U.S. are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands
A hidden path to Americaâs dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source â a former Southern slave plantation that is now the countryâs largest maximum-security prison.
More states are teaching financial literacy
Inside a high school classroom, Bryan Martinez jots down several purchases that would require a short-term savings plan: shoes, phone, headphones, clothes, and food. His medium-term financial goals take a little more thought, but he settles on a car â he doesnât have one yet â and vacations. Peering way into his future, the 18-year-old also imagines saving money to buy a house, start his own business, retire and perhaps provide any children with a college fund.
No comment unless we know what youâre talking about
Resolution changes how residents address City Council
Council members unanimously passed a resolution Monday night that will mean changes to its meeting rules and procedures â including some related to public comment.
Needed: A better deal
Mayor Levar M. Stoneyâs administration hoped to expand a program that helps city employees to buy homes in the city.
Some striking UAW members carry family legacies
As Britney Johnson paced the picket line outside Fordâs Wayne Assembly plant, she wasnât just carrying a sign demanding higher pay and other changes. Autoworker jobs have long been a pillar of the Black middle class in America, and the strikes and the fight for higher wages have had even deeper significance for workers like Johnson.
COVID-19 updates
The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:
Flu fight
Virginia State Health Commissioner Dr. Karen Shelton, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and other local officials gathered Tuesday at the Bon Secours Sarah Jones Garland Center for Healthy Living at Richmond Community Hospital to encourage Virginians young and old to receive a seasonal flu shot to protect themselves and others from illness.
Let consumers make their own food buying choices, by John Burnett
Amid Congressâ best efforts to keep the government open, itâs also hard at work to re-authorize affordable food, farmersâ ability to insure their crops, and ranchers being able to export their products to foreign markets.
Town hall meeting to include VUU president, other City officials
The future of the Richmond Community Hospital, the cost of utilities and crime in the city will be the focus of an upcoming town hall in Richmondâs 3rd District on Wednesday, March 20, at Linwood Holton Elementary School at 1600 W. Laburnum Ave. from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
To save lives, lawmakers must seek common ground on gun legislation, by Roger Chesley
Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly, now in charge in both chambers in the session that opened last week, hope to pass several gun-control bills. The wish list includes legislation to ban the sale of new assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, The Washington Post reported.
