HENRICO: COUNTY OF REFUGE – How local nonprofits work to assist newcomers fleeing conflict worldwide • More than 7,700 Henrico customers remain without power following winter storm

HENRICO: COUNTY OF REFUGE – How local nonprofits work to assist newcomers fleeing conflict worldwide

Editor's note: This is the first in a special series of articles, produced in partnership with The Chronicle of Philanthropy, examining the nonprofit organizations that are key to helping refugees in Henrico find employment, learn a new language, acclimate to a new community and thrive.

On a warm summer morning, in their apartment in Nottingham Green community off Quioccasin Road in Henrico's Near West End, 18-year-old Sona Safi translated for her father, 53-year-old Hamayoun Nazari, to help him express his experiences settling in Henrico County as refugees fleeing Taliban rule in Afghanistan. Click here to read more

More than 7,700 Henrico customers remain without power following winter storm

UPDATE: 12:08 PM – Just more than 7,700 Dominion Energy customers in Henrico County remained without power at noon, according to information provided by the company. That figure had climbed as high as 14,000 as of about 9:30 a.m. before shrinking. ORIGINAL ARTICLE: 9:30 AM

Henrico CitizenTom Lappas, Citizen Publisher

Legislative battles ahead in Richmond as session kicks off this week

With Youngkin in his final full year and Democrats in control, clashes loom over budgets, abortion and energy

Henrico CitizenMarkus Schmidt, Virginia Mercury

Youngkin proposes exempting tips from Virginia’s state income tax

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin this week announced a proposal to exempt service tips from Virginia’s state income tax, a move he said would put an estimated $70 million annually back into the pockets of more than 250,000 Virginians.

Henrico CitizenCitizen Staff Reports

Israeli and Jewish Film Festival to be held in Henrico, Richmond Jan. 7-26

Amythyst Kiah to perform Jan. 8 at The Tin Pan

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