Around 7 a.m., Sept. 29, 1864, five regiments of U.S. Colored Troops charged Confederate defenses under withering fire and dislodged troops dug in at New Market Heights in Eastern Henrico — about a mile east of what is now Interstate …

GRTC riders no longer have to wear masks when they board a bus. Neither do travelers taking airplanes, trains or any other form of public transit.

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

GRTC’s current free fare program was supposed to remain in place through June 2025, but now is at risk of ending far sooner. The regional bus company eliminated fares soon after the pandemic hit in March 2020 with the help …

Stacey Daniels-Fayson has resigned from the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority after serving more than a year as interim chief executive officer, the authority has confirmed.

A new program seeking to address Richmond’s recent rise in gun violence is in the works at Virginia Commonwealth University, with a new, nearly $1 million investment backing their work.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin is the first member of the Virginia Interfaith Power & Light’s Environmental Justice Hall of Fame.

As design funding for a new George Wythe High School is expected to be approved by Richmond City Council on Monday, April 25, Richmond Public Schools’ Wythe Reimagined community meetings will continue across the city.

Early childhood education is getting a major boost from an initiative at Virginia Commonwealth University that works to recruit, train, support and retain quality early childhood teachers.

More fresh lettuce, tomatoes and other regionally grown produce could be headed to the cafeteria meals served to students in schools in Richmond and Henrico and Chesterfield counties.

After a year of internal disagreement and conflict with the mayor and City Council, the Richmond School Board voted 5-4 Monday to build a much-needed and long-overdue new George Wythe High School with a capacity for 1,800 students.

Richmond voters for the first time could cast their ballot for more than one candidate in the 2024 City Council elections.

A former three-star Army general has been tapped to become the next president of Hampton University.

Dr. Hakim J. Lucas, the president and chief executive officer of Virginia Union University, has more job security.

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.