We're closing out the month one month closer to being back to normal. Last night's debate? What a hot mess that was. But we're here to pick up your flagging spirits and update you on what our air, firefighters, and community is doing.

It's Mystery Theme Tuesday! This week's thing is a listerner-suggested theme (you know who you are, so you're d/qed from guessing, kay?). And we've got updates on the Glass Fire, when our air quality is going to get crappy again (and it will, oh yes, it will), and a new restaurant opening! Yes, new places to eat delicious things we aren't kinda sick of by now (sorry, U&U, we love you, but one can eat brisket only so many times during a pandemic).

We have done ZERO preparation for today because the weasles were in overdrive stealing every spare minute of my day. But I won't let them win. It's all request music Monday — yeah, that's what we're calling it. Making lemonade outta lemons.

It's the last cool-ish afternoon before the heatwave hits. Come in and enjoy lazy Saturday music and get informed about our COVID statistics in Richmond and what this upcoming heatwave will mean for air quality here.

We made it to the end of a grueling week, and now we have nothing but a heat wave to face us until Tuesday. But we can do it. We've got a call from resident historian Karen Buchannan with news, too.

It's humpday — halfway through the week and we need a little feel-good energy to get us through. We've got an upbeat music to push you through the rest of the week, and we've got the county's COVID numbers with info about yet another heat wave hitting us soon.

It's Mystery Theme Tuesday! The music? It's got a hidden theme! The news? It's surprisingly good. Let's pat ourselves on the back for sustaining 190 days of COVID and doing it well (at least as of today). Breathe some good air and come on in to play, connect, and chat with your neighbors.

The smoke has come back to town, but not so badly. And yes, COVID is very much a thing. But there's another crisis heading our way: poll worker shortages. Learn how you can volunteer before, during, and after Election Day — and how to get paid doing it, too!

The air is getting worse this weekend, and we'll update you on how and when it will get bad, how bad it will get, and when it might get better. We'll also update on the victim of that horrible car accident on Dornan last June, as well as alert you to a ton of upcoming art classes available in Richmond this fall.

The nice thing about being in horrible, smoky weather for the last month, it makes you appreciate bright sunny days like today so much more. We have a guest playlist from Alexis Lane Jensen and more news from around Richmond.