VPM Daily Newscast

Today’s top audio stories include Richmond Mayor-elect Danny Avula selects transition team members; What motivated Virginia’s Latino voters at the polls?; GOP primary in Virginia’s 10th Senate District; Henrico supervisors OK purchase of about 18 acres for new firehouse and training area.   

Plus: a Henrico County lawsuit about skill games, the groundbreaking of a new Chesterfield elementary school — and more Central Virginia news.

Plus: an upcoming vote for Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden staffers to unionize, Gov. Glenn Youngkin asking for more federal funding to help aid in recovery efforts in Southwest Virginia and Virginia’s in-state tuition being among the highest in the country. 

What’s at stake in Virginia’s upcoming special elections; the Rappahannock Tribe is now a part of the federal Tribal Historic Preservation Program; Dr. Avula’s first one-on-one interview since the election; 6 acres east of Movieland at Boulevard Square in Richmond will be site of 400 housing units; Ting lays off 40% of its staff. 

Plus: a second small nuclear reactor being planned for Virginia; JMU’s collecting oral histories for U.S. veterans; Richmond partners with the Salvation Army on a shelter and training center; Youngkin has a plan for housing; and CoStar CEO considers the future of Swannanoa Golf and Country Club

Two years after opening as a massive indoor entertainment facility, The Park RVA is expanding outdoors; A local developer’s assemblage of derelict buildings in the Museum District may finally see the wrecking ball before year’s end; Restaurateurs Jeremy and Sarah Chapman are preparing to open Steampunk Pizza at 10396 Leadbetter Road in Ashland; The regional arm of the Girl Scouts has secured a former bank branch in Henrico for its new local headquarters; and a national thrift store chain is expanding its local presence with its first spot in the city limits.

Plus: news about the creation of the Virginia Veterans Network, a new manufacturing facility in Pittsylvania County — and other news from across Central Virginia. 

Northern Virginia’s  South Asian population is on the rise. And its political representation is catching up. There are now 65,000 South Asian residents in Virginia’s 10th District, according to the Indian American Impact Fund.

Plus: a new Virginia Department of Education resource hub, figures on Virginia’s opioid overdoses, and other stories. 

Today’s top audio stories include pieces on a new Virginia Department of Education resource hub, figures on Virginia’s opioid overdoses, and other stories. 

Street closures ahead of the Richmond Marathon; a Brown v. Board  scholarship program could be expanded; Richmond eyes purchase of land in Southside; Chesterfield schools to again discuss trans policies; the Mountain Valley Pipeline was fined about $17K