The 100-plus wildfires that were burning in Virginia last week have all been contained, according to the Department of Forestry; Mayor Levar Stoney has proposed recharging the Neighborhood Climate Resilience Grant program in his latest budget proposal;v Richmond’s Commonwealth’s Attorney has a message for residents: Please don’t send sensitive mail in blue US Postal Service mailboxes.

Will Virginia outlaw child marriage?; Curious Commonwealth presents: Three Chopt Road

Legend Brewing Co. has put its Manchester real estate up for sale, leaving the future of Richmond’s oldest brewery up in the air; The new design team that’s now driving the Diamond District ballpark has provided the City of Richmond with a first look of the stadium that would replace The Diamond; and the Richmond Kickers are looking to spruce up their stadium.

Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoed a handful of bills Thursday — including proposals for a recreational marijuana marketplace; Hanover County recently approved the development of a multi-million-dollar data center near the town of Ashland; Richmond's oldest brewery is selling its headquarters — and isn’t saying what comes next just yet; Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoed numerous gun-related bills this week, including a piece of legislation that would’ve made it a misdemeanor for parents and adults who don’t lock up their firearms when they know minors will be present.

DC officials are finalizing steps to keep a sports arena in Washington; Virginia elected officials are taking their budget fight to the public; Levar Stoney presented his final budget proposal as Mayor of Richmond Wednesday.

Richmond Connects gets approved; Legislation to allow all Virginia localities to ask voters if they’d support a 1% sales tax hike to fund new public schools sits on Gov. Youngkin's desk; and other stories

Plus: Richmond's Diamond District hits first design milestone

Ramadan is considered one of the holiest months for Muslims.

Local developer Ed Nunnally is moving forward on a mixed-use development in Chesterfield; The apparent resolution of a years-long legal battle that’s rocked the U.S. residential real estate industry is expected to have impacts on agents in metro Richmond; a long-running local bookstore is embarking on yet another new chapter as a unionized workplace; and other local business stories.

City Council’s proposal would give additional work to the finance department.

GRTC narrows search for new permanent transfer hub to two locations; Eight Republican candidates are competing for the nomination to run against Sen. Tim Kaine; Hanover County teacher wins prestigious award; and other stories

Henrico's police department won't respond to certain calls; Virginia's Department of Forestry is holding a tree exchange program; the Highland County Maple Festival; and other stories

PlanRVA’s regional forum lays transportation groundwork for 2050; Virginia leaders oppose proposed natural gas plant; VCU's potential racial literacy courses under review by Youngkin administration; and other stories

Conservation volunteers are propagating native plants

A Northside private school is breaking out the wrecking ball for an old hospital building as it looks to build up parts of its campus in the long term; Months after dropping millions of dollars to buy the property next to its Henrico location, Costco is preparing to put that land to use; For the first time in three and a half years, parties are being seated at 733 W. Cary St.; and the field of potential sites for GRTC’s new permanent transfer station has narrowed to two.

Governor Glenn Youngkin addressed community members and media at a Henrico County restaurant Thursday; Twelve teams from around the country recently competed in Henrico County at the A-10 women's basketball tournament; Democratic U.S. Senator Tim Kaine is co-sponsoring a bill that would require employers to provide paid time off for voting; Richmond’s a food town. And to mark its ever-changing restaurant landscape.

A slew of bills are awaiting Governor Glenn Youngkin’s signature after the regular General Assembly session ended last week; The Virginia Rural Health Association named Nancy Bell as its new president; Henrico’s crime rate decreased by 7 percent overall, according to an annual county report.

During its Monday meeting, the Richmond City Council approved changes to public comment; At a recent meeting of the Powhatan County N-double-A-C-P, parents and community members voiced concern over alleged and ongoing racist incidents at local schools; A new report from the City of Williamsburg says creating a school district independent of James City County wouldn’t happen until at least August 2028.

Also: Bill banning legacy admissions signed into law, private jet crashes in Bath County, and Virginia has more electric vehicles than ever.

Also: We've got some timely news from the General Assembly's adjournment.

Shamin Hotels is planning a 12-story, 299-room hotel on the site of the longtime Hardee’s restaurant at 921 Myers St; a mixed-use conversion of the former Hotel Jefferson building in the Petersburg's Old Towne district is set to wrap up in coming months; and Red Amp Audio has equipped its Grace Street facility with Dolby Atmos recording and audio mixing technology, making it the first commercial sound studio in Virginia to be Dolby-certified as an Atmos-capable studio.

Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly have reached a state budget compromise; Virginia state lawmakers kept an Alexandria arena proposal out of a budget compromise announced Thursday; State lawmakers voted this week to require plant sellers to label known invasive species at their stores.

Virginians should eat more blue catfish, GRTC's LINK expands, Charlottesville's Downtown Mall named to National Register of Historic Places; and other stories

As of midnight, the current and former presidents appear to have effectively swept their party primaries in Virginia.

It’s Super Tuesday in Virginia and polls are currently open; A bill sponsored by Tazewell Republitor T. Travis Hackworth would allow the state to set aside funds for cleaning up polluted industrial lands; The director of Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality previously led a consulting firm that worked on the Mountain Valley Pipeline.