VPM Daily Newscast: May 22, 2024

The VPM Daily Newscast contains all your Central Virginia news in just 5 to 10 minutes. Episodes are recorded the night before.

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Here’s a recap of the top stories on the morning of May 22, 2024:   

Richmond School Board could be reshaped by upcoming election

Reported by VPM News

Several candidates seeking re-election to the Richmond School Board first joined the panel in 2020, amid the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. At least one member is seeking a position on a different city panel and another has not yet filed paperwork to run.

Veterans Health Administration opens clinic at Langley-Eustis

Reported by WHRO News’ Steve Walsh

The new VA clinic will serve as many as 10,000 veteran patients, providing primary care and outpatient services.

In other news:

• Youngkin's plan to vacate James Monroe Building on hold (Richmond Times-Dispatch)*

• Streets near Carytown get safety improvements after residents’ advocacy (WRIC)

• Measure expanding localities’ speed-limiting authority takes effect July 1 (Virginia Mercury)

In case you missed it:

• DOD contract fuels $41.2M expansion of Orange County rocket factory (Orange County Review)*

• Documenting and preserving Virginia’s largest, most revered trees (Virginia Mercury)

• Louisa man pleads guilty to bringing ammunition into Turks and Caicos (CNN)

*This outlet utilizes a paywall.