Henrico County's 7-day COVID-19 positivity percentage continues to rise, hitting 7.5% Aug. 7. A total of 44 new confirmed cases in the county were reported by the Virginia Department of Health Tuesday, increasing Henrico’s overall total to 3,948. One new death of a person in his or her 70s was reported in the past 24 hours.
More than 64,000 PCR tests now have been conducted of Henrico residents, and just about 6.1% percent of them have returned positive results.
At an Oct. 10 meeting, Henrico School Board members addressed the drop in the number of Henrico’s fully accredited schools and expressed concerns about the state’s new accreditation system that will be implemented next year. Fourteen Henrico schools were designated as “accredited with conditions” by the Virginia Department
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The Henrico Citizen is among five local newsrooms in Virginia and 205 nationally selected to receive funding from Press Forward, a nationwide philanthropic initiative that aims to strengthen communities through local journalism. The grantees were announced today. Press Forward intends to provide $500 million in funding for local journalism during
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Henrico man battles disease so rare that doctor once said it's like being struck by lightning and hit by a car on the same day
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At its Oct. 10 meeting, the Henrico Planning Commission issued a rare recommendation of denial, to a proposed data center and light industrial complex in the Fairfield District on the Richmond-Henrico Turnpike near its intersection with Azalea Avenue. Planning Department staff had recommended approval, but the proposal had raised opposition
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