City Council unanimously approves Richmond 300 plan guiding development, growth for next two decades
After more than three years of development, the City Council voted unanimously Monday to adopt the Richmond 300 plan, which outlines the city's vision for development and growth over the next two decades.
Members of the Richmond City Council remain unconvinced that they should be legally obligated to let the mayor or a representative of his admi…
Raising concerns about balance and the inclusion of a former police officer, the Richmond City Council declined to move forward with settling …
Elections are a time for reflection. Over the past four years, the city of Richmond has experienced progress and endured hardships.
"They decided it wasn’t important enough to hear from the community how they feel about it," said Sheba Williams, the founder of Nolef Turns, a community group that aids people leaving incarceration. "It’s disheartening."
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A Richmond City Council subcommittee on Tuesday voted against a proposed ban on riot control equipment that police have deployed against prote…
The Richmond City Council has voted unanimously to adopt a gun ban on public property during protests and other events.
In a Zoom conference call with more than 430 participants Monday evening, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and three City Council members committed…
Hopewell’s City Council is at odds over its recent decision to strip funding from the Office on Youth — charged with providing activities for …
In anticipation of a spike of COVID-19 cases as Radford University students return to campus, Radford's City Council has banned gatherings of more than 50 people through the end of August.
Richmond council backs civilian review board and Marcus Alert, opposes taking money away from police
The Richmond City Council agreed Monday to advance a pair of police reforms but drew a line at what two council members described as a move to…
Roanoke’s Robert E. Lee memorial does not stand six stories high like the one to the Confederate general in Richmond does. Lee is not cast in bronze, astride a horse. Roanoke’s memorial to Lee is a stone pillar, about 10 feet tall, that sits in a quiet plaza that also bears his name.
Lynchburg Police Chief Ryan Zuidema said protests that took place Tuesday afternoon and evening along Wards Road were free of violence and gunfire.
A split Richmond City Council has approved a budget for the upcoming fiscal year that even its supporters acknowledged will require routine revision because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Residents can weigh in Monday on the scaled-back budget Richmond is considering in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Richmond City Council will cease in-person public hearings and hold electronic meetings about business it deems critical through the COVID…
Monday’s won’t be a normal meeting of the Richmond City Council, if ever there has been one.
On Monday night, the Richmond City Council voted to strike all legislation tied to the Navy Hill project from its docket. Two-plus years of pl…
Charlie Johnson, president and CEO of C.H. Johnson Consulting Inc., walked into a recent Richmond City Council committee meeting to deliver an…
In a rebuke to the $1.5 billion Navy Hill plan, a majority of the Richmond City Council plans to ask Mayor Levar Stoney to pull his controvers…
Another set of eyes to review the $1.5 billion Navy Hill plan will cost the Richmond City Council $215,000, according to a contract with a Chi…
A bloc of Richmond City Council members on Monday sought unsuccessfully to stop the hire of a Chicago-based consultant in line to vet the $1.5…
A bloc of Richmond City Council members on Monday sought unsuccessfully to stop the hire of a Chicago-based consultant in line to vet the $1.5…
