Officials from Richmond International Airport and Southwest Airlines Tuesday celebrated the airline's first direct flight to Nashville, one of two new destinations Southwest is serving from RIC. The first flight to Nashville passed through a ceremonial water arch (pictured) at the airport before taking off. Southwest previously had
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The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is investigating after someone dumped multiple large metal drums apparently containing pharmaceutical and cosmetology substances at at least seven locations in Eastern Henrico County and the city of Richmond. Nearly 80 55-gallon drums containing the substances were found dumped in total at the locations,
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A proposal that would give Henrico County three seats on the GRTC board of directors – granting it equal board representation with the two owners of the system, Richmond and Chesterfield – earned unanimous approval from the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors Feb. 23 and could be approved by the Richmond City
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When COVID-19 was declared a national emergency at the beginning of March, Feed More, a hunger-relief organization serving Central Virginians, was serving roughly 161,000 food-insecure individuals. Fast forward to early June, Feed More was assisting more than 241,000 food-insecure individuals, according to Doug Pick, CEO and president of
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Michael Fauntroy, an associate professor of political science at Howard University in Washington, said political campaigns have a long history of trying to suppress Black voters. “I think it happens in every election,” Fauntroy said. “The extent to how sophisticated an operation it is will depend on the sophistication of
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