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Flying Squirrels add CareScout to CarMax Park lineup

CareScout, a long-term care and aging services company based in Richmond, has been named a founding partner of CarMax Park, the upcoming home of the Richmond Flying Squirrels, the team announced Tuesday.

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Virginia Brews festival returning with craft beer, live music

Craft beer enthusiasts will have the chance to sample brews from across the state when the Virginia Museum of History & Culture hosts its eighth annual Virginia Brews festival on Saturday, Aug. 2.

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804 Day festival highlights local music, culture

Richmond’s 804 Day returns to Shockoe Bottom on Saturday, Aug. 2, bringing a free outdoor music and community festival to the 17th Street Market.

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Colonial Downs sees rare double dead heat in opening race

One of horse racing’s rarest outcomes took place Friday at Colonial Downs Racetrack when the day’s opening race ended in a “double dead heat” — a tie for first place and a tie for third.

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Kotto named head coach of Lady Panthers tennis team

Virginia Union University has tapped international tennis veteran Gabriel Kotto as the new head coach of the Lady Panthers tennis program.

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Bubba Wallace overcame questions, doubts with 1st Brickyard 400 win

Bubba Wallace spent three long years questioning everything about his racing world.

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Equity in Government Act promotes social justice, by David W. Marshall

During the Reagan era, prominent figures of the Religious Right movement played a significant role in mobilizing conservative Christians and advocating for their political interests. While the movement was largely led by figures such as Jerry Falwell (Moral Majority) and Pat Robertson (Christian Coalition), younger individuals such as Ralph Reed and Paul Weyrich also played a key role in the movement’s organizational and political outreach.

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Democratic mayors show the way to winning working-class voters, by Keith Harris and Richard McDaniel

A common Republican talking point is that Democrats can’t be trusted to manage major cities. Donald Trump and his Republican allies can barely hide their disdain for Democrats of color leading America’s largest cities. They deride these mayors as “DEI” hires who want lawlessness and crime to run rampant while their cities decline.

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Democrats, Wilder, NAACP decry federal probes on Virginia colleges

State Democrats, former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and the Virginia NAACP are speaking out against what they describe as politically motivated federal investigations and partisan interference in the leadership of Virginia’s colleges and universities.

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Black Widows capture WFA Division III title with defense, special teams

The Richmond Black Widows claimed their first Women’s Football Alliance Division III title with a 25-7 victory over the Oklahoma Rage on July 25 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio.

Youngkin threatens to cut Richmond funding over $5.8M owed to wrongfully convicted man

Gov. Glenn Youngkin is threatening to withhold state funding from Richmond until the city pays the $5.8 million the governor says the city owes to a man who spent 45 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.

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Custom motorcycle and Vespa exhibits roll into Branch Museum

Two new exhibitions at the Branch Museum of Design in Richmond showcase striking contrasts in motorcycle design — from gritty, one-of-a-kind builds to sleek, stylish scooters.

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New exhibit highlights legacy of Black Catholics in Virginia

A new exhibition exploring the history and contributions of Black Catholics in Virginia is now on view at the Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia.

MJBL Black World Series returns

The Metropolitan Junior Baseball League’s 34th annual championships are underway in Richmond, with youth teams from across the East Coast competing through Sunday, Aug. 3.

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Ben Jealous on leave from Sierra Club amid turmoil with union

Former Maryland gubernatorial hopeful took the helm of environmental group in 2023

Ben Jealous, the former Maryland gubernatorial candidate turned Sierra Club executive director, is “on leave” from his post at the national environmental advocacy group.

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Trump’s name game is a pitch to his base, by Clarence Page

As if he didn’t have enough on his mind in late summer, President Trump has called on two professional sports teams to revert to their former names — which unfortunately sound to many ears like racial slurs.

Justice, unevenly served

Several years ago, we witnessed a personal racial reckoning by our governor, Ralph Northam, who, after remembering the time he wore blackface as part of a Michael Jackson costume, came to understand how wrong that was.

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Campaign uses 54-foot ladder to highlight speeding dangers

Last week, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles and the City of Richmond unveiled a 54-foot bright yellow ladder beside The Diamond to illustrate the force pedestrians experience when struck by a vehicle. According to the campaign, a person hit by a car going 40 mph suffers the same impact as being pushed from the top of the five-story structure.

Richmond to launch smart signal system to boost bus reliability

The City of Richmond will begin rolling out an advanced traffic signal system this fall aimed at improving public transit service and emergency response times.

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Jackson named deputy chief administrative officer for finance and administration

Tanikia Jackson has been appointed as the City of Richmond’s new Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Finance and Administration, city officials announced recently. Her first day on the job is scheduled for Aug. 11.

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