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Henrico County reported the following business license filings with start dates during the week. The filings are listed alphabetically by business or trade name, followed by a registered address and business industry classification. 7-Eleven #42618A , 301 South Airport Drive, Henrico – retail food and gasoline sales. Adrian Nunez Irizarry
A curious community filled the lobby of Lancaster High School on Wednesday, Oct. 21, to see the design for a new bridge that will become part of the Middle Peninsula landscape for decades. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) conducted a design public hearing seeking feedback on the proposed design...
Henrico’s Department of Public Works is reducing the speed limit on 54 sections of county-maintained roads countywide following a comprehensive speed study. The study was conducted to ensure posted speed limits align with roadway function, surrounding land use and the safety needs of all users, including pedestrians,
A ground stop was ordered at airports all across America due to "extraordinary circumstances," federal officials said.
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Northern Virginia drivers should know why salted highways can still freeze.
Hundreds of Goochland and Henrico County residents packed Goochland High School Tuesday evening as concerns grow over the possibility of additional hyperscale data center development.
Ready to hunt for long-lost albums at record stores across Virginia that feel like a time capsule?. These 7 record stores offer incredible finds and a chance to rediscover music you thought was gone forever!. 1. Plan 9 Music (Richmond) Richmond has a lot going for it, and Plan 9...
After months of reporting on the widespread HVAC issues across Henrico County Schools, a 30-day analysis has discovered the issues facing HCPS have less to do with money and more to do with process.
When the Caroline County Board of Supervisors approved its consent agenda on Thursday night, it included a change in vendors hired to record meetings and broadcast them to YouTube. The shift to JSPHCO from State of Escape, LLC came after Caroline Commonwealth’s Attorney Benjamin Heidt issued an advisory opinion on...
Ed Kenney of Henrico, Virginia, turned 100 on Nov. 7. The former FBI agent was sent to Texas to work the Kennedy case and recalls visiting Jack Ruby.
The Henrico County Board of Supervisors approved new zoning and sales tax regulations Tuesday related to the sale, cultivation, processing, testing and transporting of recreational marijuana. The incoming changes come as Virginia localities prepare for the launch of the commonwealth’s retail cannabis market, a provision outlined in the state budget...
Two weeks after Henrico County officials reported the first of two sewer main breaks in Gillies Creek, which sent about 1.4 million gallons of sewage into the creek, another sewer spill occurred in Eastern Henrico. The third and most recent incident happened at 8:43 a.m., Nov. 6
Supervisors voted unanimously on Wednesday, Nov. 4, to appropriate $197,000 from county coffers to fix the damaged Middlesex High School gym floor. On Aug. 28, pouring rain flooded the 1970s portion of MHS, which included the John S. Clements Memorial Gymnasium, weight room, locker rooms, carpentry room and team and training rooms. The total estimated cost of damage is $300,000.
Del. Rodney Willett (D-Henrico) announced Nov. 12 that he will seek another term in the Virginia House of Delegates in 2027, launching a re-election campaign in House District 58. Willet represented the former District 73 from 2020 through 2023 and District 58 beginning in 2024. He is an
A weekly look at what’s happening in public and private schools throughout Henrico County. Henrico Schools Henrico County Public Schools highlighted the work of its more than 30 school psychologists during National School Psychology Week, Nov. 9-13. The division profiled Mike Capehart, who serves Arthur Ashe and
Virginia’s Home for Public Media, News & Storytelling | VPM. The blue counties represent localities where a sales tax referendum was on the ballot. Earlier this year, Virginia’s General Assembly passed a budget that allowed Virginia’s localities to put tax referendums on the ballot. Voters in 47...
Governor Abigail Spanberger announced additional opportunity zones earlier this month, part of a federal effort that gives tax breaks for new development. It’s a program that’s seen parts of Richmond flourish, but it’s not the sole silver bullet needed to address Virginia’s housing needs. Governor Spanberger’s...
Goochland County’s proposed zoning amendments would make the Technology Overlay District the only area where future data centers could be located. Within the district, data centers could be approved by-right in the northern and central areas, without a separate public approval process. The proposal would also establish setbacks, buffers and noise limits, though some of those standards would have exceptions.
Varina Elementary School has earned Virginia's 2026-27 Purple Star School designation, recognizing its work to support students and families connected to the military. The Virginia Department of Education and the Virginia Council on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children administer the program. Schools seeking
There’s a small city in Virginia where your Social Security check doesn’t just survive, it actually thrives, and its name is Hopewell. Most retirement advice sounds like it was written by someone who has never actually tried to live on a fixed income. “Downsize your expectations,” they say,...
