Home testing encouraged to eliminate lead paint hazard
Richmond has eliminated the lead paint hazard from 32 homes so far using a $2.3 million federal grant and has 13 more residential units that will be worked on, data show.
Legal Aid Justice Center moves
The Richmond Legal Aid Justice Center, a key nonprofit law firm and advocacy group serving low-income residents, relocated Monday to 626 E. Broad St.
Applications being accepted for heating assistance
It’s application time for families and individuals seeking financial assistance to keep the heat on.
City health district offering free flu shots on Friday
With fall finally arriving, the Richmond City Health District is looking to get ahead of any potential illness by bringing flu vaccinations to the public — all at no cost.
Judge rules against Coliseum referendum
Any lingering hopes that a referendum to allow Richmond voters to weigh in on the Coliseum replacement project have been swept away by Judge Joi Jeter Taylor, chief judge of the Richmond Circuit Court.
City School Board approves expansion of early childhood education programs
The Richmond School Board approved a plan to expand early childhood programs to cover more students and families.
Prosecutors: Norfolk can move Confederate monument
Norfolk can relocate a Confederate monument despite a state law barring the removal of war memorials, the city’s top prosecutor and the state’s attorney general argued in a lawsuit.
'Girl power' electrifies RPS mentoring program
Fourteen eighth-grade girls came together at Richmond’s Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in a room set up in the round with self-esteem games, prizes, conversation and positive energy as the sounds of Alicia Keys’ “Superwoman” fueled the atmosphere.
Late journalist Gwen Ifill to be honored on USPS 2020 Forever stamp
Pioneering journalist Gwen Ifill, the late anchor of the PBS “News Hour,” will be honored on a Forever stamp in 2020, according to an announcement Tuesday by the United States Postal Service.
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Court-ordered RRHA evictions raising alarms in Creighton Court
The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority has quietly stopped leasing apartments in the Creighton Court public housing community in the East End that is earmarked for future redevelopment.
Dr. Lucas officially inaugurated as VUU president
Dr. Hakim J. Lucas was inaugurated as Virginia Union University’s 13th president last week in an event that recognized and honored the historic institution’s past and future.
Questions swirl about state NAACP's relationship with Dominion Energy
Is the Virginia State Conference NAACP starting to cozy up to Dominion Energy after more than two years of attacking the utility company’s push to construct a natural gas pipeline?
Cityscape: Slices of life and scenes in Richmond
Rocks typically covered by the rushingwaters of the James River are now visible because of low water levels.
No more monuments to slave owners and Confederates
Letters to editor
On Monday, the Commonwealth of Virginia took another absurd step toward creating another space in Richmond to celebrate slave owners and Confederates.
End blockade of funds for HBCUs
Columnists
Each year as families beam with pride at seeing a son, daughter or another relative graduate from college, that achievement is nearly always the result of a family’s commitment to higher education. And when these institutions are among more than 100 Historically Black Colleges and Universities, that pride is magnified by the history of how our forefathers overcame what once seemed to be insurmountable challenges.
Suspend use of biased facial recognition technology
Columnists
It’s no secret that Amazon has been promoting DIY (Do It Yourself) surveillance products to consumers, such as its very own smart doorbell, Ring. But what Amazon shoppers and most everyday Americans are just starting to find out is that the real target customers for these surveillance tools are police departments and other law enforcement agencies — something that should have every person of color worried.
Dreadful in Texas
Editorials
We are dismayed by news out of Fort Worth, Texas, that Atatiana Jefferson, a 28-year-old African-American woman babysitting her nephew in her own home, was shot and killed by a police officer as she stood near a window.
Changing the landscape
Editorials
We were delighted with the unveiling and dedication this week of “Voices from the Garden: The Virginia Women’s Monument” in Capitol Square.
Documentary and panel on voting rights suppression set for Oct. 30
Voting rights and the efforts to suppress them is the focus of a film and panel discussion 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, at the Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for Contem- porary Art, 601 W. Broad St.
Civil rights activist Theresa A. Walker, widow of Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, to speak on Oct. 26 panel
Theresa Ann Walker, a civil rights activist and widow of Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker who led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and was chief of staff to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will be featured at a panel, “The Role of Women in the Civil Rights Movement: The Chesterfield and Petersburg Experience,” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Chesterfield County Central Library, 7051 Lucy Corr Blvd.
