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Adjustments in City’s pension plan may take six or more years
City Hall’s 4,200 retirees likely may wait years before seeing another cost-of-living adjustment in their pensions.
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County voters approve bond issue for building, expansion projects
Voters in Chesterfield and Henrico counties overwhelmingly approved the plans of each county to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars for school, public safety, parks, libraries and other infrastructure needs.
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City approves funds to temporarily house homeless
The first major cold snap is forecast to hit Richmond this weekend, but City Hall is still struggling to provide shelter for the homeless who have no where to go.
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Mabel Lighty, gifted math teacher, dies at 83
Mabel Eunice Caster Lighty taught math to two generations of Richmond high school students and then went on to teach math for another 14 years at Reynolds Community College.
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Genisis Brooks, 4, left, and Eboni Watford, 5, pet a goat that was grazing Sunday at New Generation Church, 19 Overbrook Road. The church rented …
Published on November 3, 2022
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Worries grow about City’s policy for sheltering the homeless
For apparently the first time in a decade, City Hall did not open a temporary shelter for the homeless when the temperature, including the wind chill, recently fell below 40 degrees.
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CoStar expansion a shining example
Tuesday was a banner day for Richmond as ground was broken on one of the biggest single private developments in city history.
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Chesterfield and Henrico voters to decide on bonds for schools, other projects
Voters in Henrico and Chesterfield counties are being asked to allow their governments to borrow a half-billion dollars apiece to spend on schools, libraries, public safety and other infrastructure needs.
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New name for Lee Bridge withdrawn
For now, the name of slavery-defending Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will remain on the Route 1 bridge over the James River in Richmond.
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City Council to consider real estate tax rate
The question of whether Richmond property owners will see a cut in the real estate tax rate is still up in the air.
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Richmond’s eviction filings surpass pre-pandemic levels, says legal aid litigator
Deputies from the Richmond Sheriff’s Office had a packed schedule of 126 evictions to oversee this week.
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Richmond voters have few voices in next week’s midterm elections
The country is just a few days away from an election that will determine whether Democrats or Republicans will control one or both houses of Congress.
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Virginians now may register and vote the same day
Hard to believe, but Virginia now allows people to register and vote when they go to the polls, even on Election Day.
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James River Park gains key acreage at trailhead
Private property that provides an entry to a popular trail in James River Park is being donated to the city.
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Players of color plentiful in World Series despite lack of Black players
For the first time since 1950, there are zero African-American players on either World Series 26-man opening roster.
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Police Chief Gerald Smith resigns
20-year-veteran Richard Edwards becomes acting chief
The troubled tenure of Police Chief Gerald M. Smith is over.
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Businessman and civic activist Anson L. Bell, 69, dies
Anson Lloyd Bell, a Richmond contractor and businessman who was active in community affairs, has died. Mr. Bell, who crusaded for Black inclusion in city contracts and on other issues, died Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. He was 69.
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High job hopes
Nonprofit offers former convicts free solar training for brighter futures
Criminal convictions can be a real barrier to finding work.
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Reunion planned for RPS’ 1972 high school graduates
Fifty years ago, thousands of Richmond students were daily boarding school buses to carry out a federal court order to integrate the city’s public schools.
