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.@myVPM with a great story on Richmond's first Superintendent of Parks. Thanks to the listener for submitting this question, so that more Richmond residents could learn about our history. "Curious Commonwealth asks: Who was Humphrey Calder?" vpm.org/news/2025-05-21/curi… #RVA
April Bingham stepped down from her role leading Richmond's Department of Public Utilities on Wednesday, according to a city press release.
Anthony “Scott” Morris will take over the role in an interim capacity. vpm.org/news/2025-01-15/bing…
RVA will undergo a review of the events that led to the water system failure and soon would announce the details of that process, according to Mayor @DannyAvula. He and @GovernorVA have discussed beginning investigations into what led to the outage. vpm.org/news/2025-01-11/rich…
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"This is fresh from the tap!" - @DannyAvula, who just drank some fresh tap water ahead of kicking off the press conference.
ALT A screenshot of a livestream of Richmond Mayor Danny Avula about to drink a glass of water, fresh from the tap. There are three people in the photo, with the mayor in the middle.
So, what's next?
You gotta flush those pipes. You should also flush out appliances like washer machines and dishwashers, as well as your ice makers and refrigerator water dispensers. vpm.org/news/2025-01-11/flus…
Richmonders likely will need to continue boiling water for another day. But at about midnight Tuesday, two pumps at one of the city’s water facilities began working again, and water pressure should be restored later today (hopefully). vpm.org/2025-01-07/avula-ric…
The city is currently offering bottled water to residents at 10 locations between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., as well as 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
ALT • Bellemeade Community Center, 1800 Lynhaven Ave • Broad Rock Library, 4820 Old Warwick Rd. • East End District Initiative, 701 N. 25th St. • Hickory Hill Community Center, 3000 Belt Blvd. • Midtown Green, 2401 W. Leigh St. • Pine Camp Community Center, 4901 Old Brook Rd. • Randolph Community Center, 1415 Grayland Ave. • Southside Plaza, 4100 Hull Street Rd. • West End Library, 5420 Patterson Ave. • Westover Hills Community Center, 1301 Jahnke Rd.
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🚨 breaking news 🚨
Pod Virginia is joining forces with VPAP and VPM to launch a new podcast featuring the voices of Virginia’s press corps
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In higher ed news, @GlennYoungkin just announced that his budget proposal includes state funds to pay for the VMSDEP program and a cap on tuition increases.
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New for @myVPM: Patriot Front members settle civil suit over defaced Arthur Ashe mural
Read to see how RPD/the city's prosecutor reacted when I told them they confessed months ago: shorturl.at/RFF9J
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New for @myVPM: Va. Democrats to press cannabis market bills in 2025 despite expected veto vpm.org/news/2024-12-16/paul…
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I’ve been working on this for a while now. I want to thank everyone who shared their perspective with me. 🌟 @myVPM
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Former Republican Del. David Ramadan, a professor @ScharSchool @GeorgeMasonU, gave VPM News his “basic analysis” of the nationwide results.
#election #elections2024
@NPR #Virginia vpm.org/elections/2024-11-07…
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New on @myVPM: Avula said he’s thankful for his years of partnership and friendship with Stoney and what that will mean for the City Hall transition.
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Eugene Vindman wins, via @AP. Derrick Anderson's team issued a brief: “The process is ongoing and thousands of uncounted ballots remain. We want make sure everyone’s voice is heard in this extremely close race.” vpm.org/elections/2024-11-06…
Unofficially, it looks like six of the incumbents on Richmond's City Council will remain on council. Here's the (unofficial) local results: vpm.org/elections/2024-11-06…
