VPM's daily newscast contains all your Central Virginia news in just 5 to 10 minutes. Hosted by Benjamin Dolle, Phil Liles, Kim Strother and VPM News staff, episodes are recorded the night before so you can wake up prepared.
More steps have been taken toward the planned development of the 200-acre GreenCity site in Henrico, A Charlottesville developer has revealed its plans for the 2-acre site it purchased earlier this year in Manchester, and KavaClub, a fledgling Fan bar that wants to serve the trendy Polynesian drink kava, has hit yet another legal roadblock.
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09/15/23 - Youngkin took Altria jet to Hamptons...
About 1,200 acres in Hanover County are being considered for a future data center park; Public records show Governor Glenn Youngkin may have borrowed Altria’s corporate jet to attend a fundraiser in New York; Governor Youngkin signed Virginia’s budget Thursday on the steps of the state capitol building; and other local news stories.
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09/14/23 - VCU's Board of Visitors is set to me...
VCU's Board of Visitors is set to meet to decide if buildings will be demolished to make way for new construction; Gov. Glenn Youngkin, the Republican House and Democrat-controlled senate all proposed $100 million for a billion-dollar project in Richmond; Attorney General Jason Miyares and his team have received an $80 million dollar settlement from Monsanto for environmental contamination; and other stories
Concerns raised about Richmond's shelter plans for people experiencing homelessness in winter; Schools in Richmond now fully accredited
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09/12/23 - Governor Glenn Youngkin’s political ...
Governor Glenn Youngkin’s political action committee borrowed Altria’s corporate jet on a recent trip; The father of a Virginia student who was sexually assaulted in her high school bathroom has been pardoned after being arrested two years ago for disrupting a school board meeting; A new transfer bus station in Downtown Richmond officially opened Monday.
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09/11/23 - Apple cider makers have begun their ...
09/11/23 - Apple cider makers have begun their annual harvest across Virginia.
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BizSense Beat: Sept. 8, 2023
Teams vying to lead the mixed-use City Center redevelopment are aiming high with their visions for a required convention center hotel; a local video production company is in the midst of rehabbing their 150-year-old property in Shockoe Slip; and Louis Salomonsky, a titan of the Richmond real estate development scene, died last week after a battle with cancer.
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09/08/23 - Virginia’s sales tax holiday will be...
Virginia’s sales tax holiday will be reinstated if Governor Glenn Youngkin signs the bipartisan budget deal approved by lawmakers Wednesday; State education officials announced a new effort to address pandemic-related learning loss Thursday; Central State Hospital, where Irvo Otieno was killed in March, has recorded more medical emergencies this year than last.
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9/07/23 - Virginia lawmakers pass bipartisan bu...
9/07/23 - Virginia lawmakers pass bipartisan budget with teacher pay raises, tax rebates; Midsize solar developers in limbo after Dominion requirement spiked by SCC, and other news
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09/06/23 - Lawmakers are returning to Richmond ...
Lawmakers are returning to Richmond today to pass a long-awaited update to the state budget; Tenants and housing activists rallied this week outside the Red Oak Apartments in Richmond's Ginter Park neighborhood; The operators behind Richmond’s new proposed casino have offered the city new incentives – in the form of childcare subsidies- in their final push for a $562 million dollar resort in Richmond’s south side.
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09/05/23 - Hampton resident Linda Janet Holmes ...
Hampton resident Linda Janet Holmes studies alternative birthing methods and the Black women behind them.
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BizSense Beat: Sept. 2, 2023
Shake Shack is making it a double in the Richmond market; the CEO of Commonwealth Autism discusses a deal to purchase Good Foods Grocery in Bon Air; A Mechanicsville coffee shop is branching out in Hanover; and other local business stories.
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09/01/23 - Hanover officials adopt solar power ...
After 18 months of input from county residents and committee members, Hanover’s Board of Supervisors adopted a framework that paves the way for solar power to brighten up the county, Central Virginia Transportation Authority names first-ever executive director; and other stories
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08/31/23 - Intoxicating hemp widely available o...
Virginia is cracking down on the sale of intoxicating hemp products like delta-8; Some state retirees and beneficiaries may have had their information leaked during a cyber-attack earlier this year; A VCU Health program is one of six recipients splitting a $5 million-dollar grant to help sustain the work of hospital-based community violence intervention programs in the commonwealth; and other local news stories.
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08/30/23 - Central Virginia Transportation Auth...
Youngkin calls General Assembly back to Richmond for special budget session, Curious Commonwealth explores fruit foraging; and other stories
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08/29/23 - The city of Richmond may soon force ...
The city of Richmond may soon force the sale of multiple properties because of unpaid taxes; Richmond-area members of the world’s largest union of performers and broadcasters rallied in support of fair contracts over the weekend; The commonwealth’s last U.S. Army installation named after a Confederate figure has a new designation.
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08/28/23 – Student cellphone use limited in sch...
Hopewell Public Schools now requires middle and high school students to keep their cellphones locked away.
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BizSense Beat: Aug. 26, 2023
An upstart Fan bar is looking to the court system for help in its battle with the state health department; Stone Brewing is in production expansion mode at its massive East End Richmond facility; and a 4-acre food truck park is moving into the former Innsbrook After Hours location.
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08/25/23 – Hanover nearing construction readine...
The board of supervisors recently heard an update on the yearslong effort to expand broadband service.
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08/24/23 – Virginia localities are working to l...
PFAS can be found in firefighting foam, nonstick cookware, private wells and public waterways.
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08/23/23 - Richmond and the Virginia Museum of ...
The city of Richmond and the Virginia Museum of History and culture recognized the family history of nine Black Richmonders this past weekend; There may be a rural-urban divide among mice – and you may be able to use it for free pest control; Virginia Beach is hosting a hiring event on Saturday to help combat its shortage of garbage truck drivers.
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08/22/23 - Virginia is making a plan to combat ...
Emails obtained by VPM News show Virginia is talking with more than a dozen other states, including Ohio and Florida, to come up with a plan to combat voter fraud; A Richmond-based Kava-Bar is taking the Virginia Department of Health to court over its battle to open; Bus riders who rely on the Greater Richmond Transit Company’s downtown hub will see some service changes when the new transfer station opens next month.
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08/21/23 - Richmond’s in the process of setting...
Richmond’s in the process of setting up a major surveillance system.
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08/18/23 - Workforce, environment top upcoming ...
Professional, environmental and health regulations make up the majority of those under review.
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BizSense Beat: Aug. 18, 2023
One of the larger remaining pieces of the GreenCity puzzle is now in place for the massive arena-anchored development in the works in Henrico; A local developer has pulled the plug on its plans for hundreds of new apartments downtown; A hotelier and financier are teaming up to buy a downtown office tower and carry out a previously proposed plan to turn it into hundreds of apartments; and other local news stories.