Applications due Sept.15 for VMFA Museum Leaders in Training Program
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is accepting applications from students in grades eight through 12 for its Museum Leaders in Training Program.
First Lady kicks off initiative to attract grocers to Va.’s food deserts
A new initiative could help bring new grocery stores to low-income areas of cities and counties that major chains no longer serve and that have been defined as food deserts.
Monument Avenue Commission Sept. 13 meeting postponed
The Monument Avenue Commission’s much-anticipated Sept. 13 public hearing on the Confederate statues in Richmond has been postponed until sometime in October.
Attorney general opinion says Richmond statues may be moved
Richmond apparently could remove four of the five Confederate statues on Monument Avenue without violating a state law protecting them, according to an opinion from Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring.
Back-to-school events during Labor Day holiday
Thousands of Richmond children will fitted be for new shoes for free on Labor Day before heading to class next Tuesday, Sept. 5.
Labor Day holiday schedule
Labor Day holiday schedule
State auditor: City may be on brink of financial distress
Richmond is usually portrayed as being in good financial health despite having one in four residents living in poverty. Coupled with a building boom, the city reports a balanced budget, $114 million in savings that it does not need to …
Bike sharing rolls into Richmond
By Jeremy M. LazarusNext week, Mayor Levar M. Stoney will launch the RVA Bike Share program that promotes cycling by allowing people to rent bikes for a few hours to a week or more.
City starts tax amnesty program
Have you failed to pay city taxes? Good news. The city is now offering a two-month amnesty program to allow residents and businesses to pay what they owe without the interest and penalties that boost the expense.
Warehouse owner left with waste collected by CVWMA
Warehouse 25 at Clopton SiteWorks on South Side is the best evidence that the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority has failed to keep its promise to properly dispose of old and broken TVs and computer monitors that are filled with …
$7.43M
Four months ago, top city administration financial officials told Richmond City Council to forget about a surplus. But for the second year in a row, there’s an August surprise.
Back-to-school backpacks, supplies and shoes giveaways slated
Several back-to-school events are scheduled to provide free school supplies and shoes for Richmond students who will start classes in less than two weeks. Richmond City Councilman Michael J. Jones, 9th District, is hosting a school supplies giveaway for children …
Physicals, immunizations Aug. 25 for RPS students
The Richmond City Health District is hosting a back-to-school health fair for Richmond Public Schools students 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25, at the health district clinic, 400 E. Cary St.
ACLU changes stance in wake of Charlottesville violence
The American Civil Liberties Union no longer will defend hate groups seeking to march with firearms. That was the policy change announced last week by the organization’s national executive director, Anthony Romero. The organization directly attributes the change to the …
Powerless over statues?
When it comes to the Confederate statues on Monument Avenue, Mayor Levar M. Stoney has been in the spotlight, along with members of Richmond City Council.
