Virginia sales tax holiday this weekend
Shoppers will save a few dollars this weekend as Virginia’s annual sales tax holiday returns.
'Conversations at the Monument’ to be held Aug. 8 at Lee monument
A coalition of community groups will host “Conversations at the Monument” from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Lee statue at Monument and Allen avenues, it has been announced.
Metropolitan Business League to host candidates forum
The Metropolitan Business League is hosting a two-part candidates forum and town hall regarding small business in the state that will be held online.
Police, others stymied by outside agitators at demonstrations
Are “outside agitators” and white supremacists infiltrating the Black Lives Matter protests against racial injustice and police brutality?
‘Defunding police’ rejected
No to reducing the Richmond Police budget to assuage demonstrators’ demands to “defund police.”
George Floyd Hologram Memorial brings new light, tribute to Monument Avenue
Hundreds of people gathered at the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue on Tuesday night to hear the family of George Floyd and their attorney Benjamin Crump speak and to witness the unveiling of a new hologram in tribute …
Confederate icons swept from Virginia Capitol building
After 88 years, the statue of Confederate traitor Robert E. Lee is gone from the State Capitol.
Free COVID-19 testing
Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.
2nd complaint filed against Judge Cavedo
Richmond Circuit Court Judge Bradley B. Cavedo is facing a second complaint to the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission seeking his removal from the bench based on the judge’s efforts to bar the city and state from removing Confederate statues.
New policies to help RRHA tenants
With nearly two in five residents of public housing in Richmond behind in paying rent and/or electricity charges, the city’s housing authority is pushing policy changes to avoid mass evictions.
Rape kit backlog cleared
It took five years, but the backlog of 2,665 untested rape kits in Virginia has finally been eliminated, Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring has announced.
Henrico schools to reopen virtually this fall
The Henrico School Board voted unanimously last week to reopen schools this fall using a full virtual learning format for the first semester.
Annual National Night Out moved to Oct. 6
Richmond’s observance of the annual National Night Out will not be held on the traditional first Tuesday in August — Aug. 4 this year — because of the coronavirus pandemic, it has been announced.
Kamras seeking removal of school resource officers
A 90-minute virtual town hall with Richmond Public Schools students may lead to the elimination of police officers in city schools.
Slave memorial and museum gets jumpstart under mayor’s plan
A long-stalled effort to develop a museum and memorial park in Shockoe Bottom to tell the story of enslaved people in Richmond seems to have gained fresh momentum, but that could quickly evaporate.
