VPM Daily Newscast
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.
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5/21/25 - Curious Commonwealth asks “Who Was Hu...
He’s the namesake of the Humphrey Calder Community Center.
8 min
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05/20/25 - Traffic impacts are expected as grad...
Henrico County will also see impacts closer to the Henrico Sports and Events Center.
3 min
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5/19/25 - Murders highlight Chesterfield's need...
Almost 40% of the county’s 2024 homicides were from instances of IPV.
4 min
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BizSense Beat: Ownership of Petersburg restaura...
4 min
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5/16/25 - RVA HealthCorps initiative to run thr...
Also: VCU has hired a consultant to assist with anti-DEI compliance.
4 min
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5/15/25 - Chesterfield School Board votes to in...
"This is the world we live in.”
5 min
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5/14/25 - Richmond City Council fires IG James ...
Also: VDH is advising caution with eating some fish from the Chickahominy River.
3 min
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05/13/25 - The first homes built through Henric...
The program, which was launched last July, aims to reduce the cost of a home for qualifying first-time home buyers.
4 min
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5/12/25 - New UVA institute to develop next-gen...
The biotechnology center also aims to help transform scientific discoveries into new treatments and medicine.
5 min
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BizSense Beat: Feed More HQ purchased, Powhatan...
3 min
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05/09/25 - A special review has been launched i...
The final report will be released on December 1.
5 min
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5/08/25 — What the dissolution of VCU’s DEI off...
“It’s contradictory to the message and the mission”
8 min
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5/7/25 - One-third of Virginia’s rural hospital...
Proposed cuts to federal health insurance programs could put the health of those hospitals and their patients at risk.
7 min
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5/6/25 - DOGE cuts 16 AmeriCorps community serv...
Nearly $400M in grants were terminated, mostly for education and health care.
3 min
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5/5/25 - Crisis Receiving Center in Henrico cel...
The center at St. Joseph’s Villa assists children experiencing behavioral health crises.
5 min
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BizSense Beat: Richmond water treatment plant, ...
4 min
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5/2/25 - Diving through history with Tara Roberts
The journalist helps scuba divers uncover slave shipwrecks.
8 min
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05/01/25 - New federal data points to a shrinki...
In Virginia, data from the Richmond Fed also points to slowing sectors.
6 min
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4/30/25 - International students at four of Vir...
This comes as a reversal from the Trump administration.
3 min
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4/29/25 - Rep. Rob Wittman’s constituents held ...
Virginia's 1st CD covers portions of the Northern Neck and Greater Richmond.
5 min
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4/28/25 - Where do Virginia's statewide candida...
In other news, we have an update on the two men recently detained by ICE in Charlottesville.
4 min
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Policy Matters: April 24, 2025
4 min
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BizSense Beat: SMART SCALE, Insurance company s...
4 min
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4/25/25- University of Richmond dedicates memor...
The memorial was built on the site of a graveyard the University previously paved over.
5 min
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4/24/25 - Charlottesvile area protests alleged ...
The governor’s office recently announced 500+ migrant arrests.
4 min