Could there be a spike in homelessness in Richmond?

A seminar aimed at fostering good mental health among Black men and featuring a former NFL player turned licensed therapist will be held 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Academic Learning Commons

Republican Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin vetoed 25 bills — including some that passed with broad bipartisan support — as he took action on more than 800 bills the divided legislature sent him during its regular session.

“In my family, it took just one generation to go from segregation to the Supreme Court of the United States.” With those words, incoming Justice Ketanji Brown Jack- son acknowledged both the struggles and progress of Black Americans in her …

Richmond has long boasted of having one of the best ambulance services in the country. But the Richmond Ambulance Authority is warning City Council that the ability to maintain quality emergency response is being jeopardized by Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s …

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an unprecedented challenge to people and businesses during the last two years. But some Richmond area residents have been able to find a silver lining during the crisis.

The shutdown has come for a Richmond-based program that linked people released from jails and prisons to training for construction jobs.

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues. The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are providing walk-up testing throughout the area.

A coalition of religious and community groups have received new commitments from City Council members to address affordable housing, including the state of mobile homes, in the city.

The City of Richmond last year was awarded a $4 million federal grant to improve health literacy in Black and Latinx sections of the city.

Virginia State University President Makola M. Abdullah and Norfolk State University President Javaune Adams-Gaston have been appointed by President Biden to serve on his board of advisors for historically black colleges and universities.

GRTC is facing pushback for firing a driver who subdued a passenger after he refused to don a mandatory mask and hit the driver on the arm when he called for assistance.

Alice M. Massie, the former president of the Monroe Park Conservancy, has been acquitted of assaulting a Virginia Commonwealth University student.

Richmond’s oldest fire station has a date with a wrecking ball after 114 years. This is Fire Station No. 12, which opened at 2223 W. Cary St. in 1908 when horses pulled the equipment to fires.

Republican U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah say they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic elevation to the U.S. Supreme Court, giving President Biden’s nominee a burst of bipartisan support and all …