Union Hill is a small, rural, unincorporated community in Buckingham County, about an hour-and-a-half drive west of Richmond. Of all the places in Virginia, why has Dominion Energy targeted this community for the controversial compressor station it says it needs for its Atlantic Coast Pipeline?
There was one overriding question that drew an overflow crowd July 17 to the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s Board of Commissioners meeting: “You tear down that housing, where are the people supposed to go?”
The Defenders have written a guide to help you prepare for big storms – without spending a lot of money.
At a time when the eyes of the country and much of the world is focused on Virginia and its sorry history of racial oppression, Richmond City Council took a step this evening in the right direction: it voted to rename the street known as The Boulevard to honor Richmond’s native son Arthur Ashe.
Braving unusually cold weather, more than 30 community members gathered this morning outside the Governor’s Mansion for a quickly called protest demanding Ralph Northam resign his position as the Commonwealth’s chief executive officer after being exposed as a racist.
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