Each Wednesday afternoon throughout the year, free produce is available at Carter Jones Park.
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The proposal includes capping a four-block section of I-95, and adding green space, new buildings and opportunities to celebrate, arts, culture and history. -
Crixell Matthews/A local historian and a University of Richmond professor want Chesterfield County to better honor the enslaved men and children who worked and died in the mines.
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The 12 petals in the design represent the people who died during the shooting. The four petals in the middle represent the four people injured, and a white center circle is for a police officer who was shot.
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Last month, over 200 scouts descended on the Albright Scout Reservation in Chesterfield County to learn a skill known as orienteering in order to complete a badge requirement. But you don’t need to be a scout to learn this valuable skill.
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On a crisp late Saturday night in early April, a group of about 50 people are gathering at a partially deserted school in Goochland County. But they aren’t here for a lecture or to study. Instead, they’re investigating to see if the county’s one time, only school for Black students is haunted.The eager group will have help from the host of the T.V. show “Ghost Hunters,” and from a special paranormal investigation team. And as Ian Stewart from VPM News reports, some unexplained sounds and images will join the adventure too.
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After nearly 400 years, Virginia’s Rappahannock Indian tribe is again in possession of much of its ancestral home. The tribe is believed to have inhabited Fones Cliffs for thousands of years before English colonization of Virginia.
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Late last month, members of the Mattaponi Indian Tribe held elections for a new chief and tribal council. The incumbent government, however, says the election was illegitimate. Ultimately, Gov. Glenn Youngkin's administration will determine who the state will recognize.
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The Pump House, located in Richmond’s Byrd Park District, is a shuttered, dilapidated municipal building constructed in the 1880s. Its sole purpose was to move about 12 million gallons of drinking water per day from the James River and Kanawha Canal up to the reservoir at Bird Park.
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With thousands of roadways in Virginia, there’s bound to be a few that have sections that are confusing even to the seasoned driver. Here’s the tale of one such area.
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The Olympic games start Friday, July 23 in Tokyo, Japan. One athlete to keep an eye on is rugby player and Richmond-born Cheta Emba. Emba grew up playing basketball and soccer at Maggie L. Walker Governor's School and continued with soccer at Harvard. She discovered rugby while cross-training and fell in love with the sport. She’s now one of the leading players on the U.S. Women’s Olympic Team.
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Enslaved Africans who were abducted from what is now Angola arrived in Virginia 400 years ago. Initiatives across the state are marking this anniversary. -
In Richmond, a person in the city’s wealthier neighborhoods can expect to live more than a decade longer than those living in the East End. A VCU clinic is hoping to change that by providing free health services to the city’s low-income seniors.
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Advocates, legislators and journalists are fighting to preserve African American burial grounds across the state, from plantation gravesites to neglected cemeteries.
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A proposed high speed rail line between Richmond and Washington, D.C. would cut commuters’ travel time in half, but it would also cut through one of Richmond’s oldest and largest African American graveyards, though, you might not know it.
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Being Sheriff in Virginia’s least populous county means wearing a lot of different hats -- and there’s no telling how any given day might go. WMRA's Andrew Jenner spent a day with Highland County Sheriff David Neil.
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A new exhibition at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture is taking a closer look at the history of the black experience. “Determined: The 400-Year Struggle for Black Equality” is told through the stories of 30 individuals from Virginia.
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July 20 marks the 50th anniversary of America’s landing the first humans on the Moon. WCVE's Charles Fishburne traveled to NASA Langley to speak with scientists who worked on this mission.
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The Virginia Museum of Fine Art (VMFA) aspires to own the world’s best collection of African American art. The work of curator Valerie Cassel Oliver is part of how they plan to achieve that goal.
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World Refugee Day, was recognized for the first time this year by the state of Virginia. Thousands of refugees have restarted lives in the Commonwealth including about 700people forced to leave Bhutan because of ethnic cleansing. One woman shares her journey to Richmond and how she's pursuing her dreams.
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On the Northern Neck of Virginia, residents recently marked a milestone in preserving Chesapeake Bay history. Inigo Howlett reports from the Irvington Steamboat Era Museum, where the restored pilothouse of the Steamboat Potomac is now on display.
