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VPM s daily newscast contains all your Central Virginia news in just 5 to 10 minutes. Hosted by Benjamin Dolle, episodes are recorded the night before so you can wake up prepared.
Listeners can subscribe through NPR One, Apple Podcasts, Megaphone, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts.
Here’s a recap of the top stories on the morning of Friday, May 14, 2021:
Children 12 to 15 years old are now approved to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Local health districts are expanding how Richmond and Henrico children can get the shot.
Virginia will receive more than $7 billion in COVID relief funds from the American Rescue Plan. Richmond will get more than $150 million and Henrico over $64 million. Senator Tim Kaine spoke with reporters Thursday about how the legislation will help rebuild the nation’s economy. Kaine says he’s now shifting his focus to rebuilding the economy and trying to pass the Biden administration s infrastructure proposal, whic
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VPM s daily newscast contains all your Central Virginia news in just 5 to 10 minutes. Hosted by Benjamin Dolle, episodes are recorded the night before so you can wake up prepared.
Listeners can subscribe through NPR One, Apple Podcasts, Megaphone, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts.
Here’s a recap of the top stories on the morning of Thursday, May 13, 2021:
Chesterfield is trying to relocate over 500 people from the county currently incarcerated at Riverside Regional Jail. A state committee recently recommended that the jail be found responsible for the deaths of three inmates over the last two years. The county’s Board of Supervisors heard several testimonies yesterday detailing the poor conditions at the facility. The state panel also suggested the jail be decertified and closed. A formal decision about the facility’s fate has yet to be made.
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VPM s daily newscast contains all your Central Virginia news in just 5 to 10 minutes. Hosted by Benjamin Dolle, episodes are recorded the night before so you can wake up prepared.
Listeners can subscribe through NPR One, Apple Podcasts, Megaphone, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts.
Here’s a recap of the top stories on the morning of Tuesday, May 11, 2021:
In Virginia, Black women are three to four times more likely to experience maternal health problems. VPM News Intern Lyndon German dug into a Richmond-based program recently launched to address this.
Henrico County residents will have a chance to comment tonight on a proposed mixed-use apartment complex to replace the former Virginia Center Commons.The Board of Supervisors will vote on rezoning over seven acres of land to allow homes to be built on the property. Two companies, Shamin Hotels and Rebkee Company, purchased parts of the complex in January according to Richmond BizSense. The
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VPM s daily newscast contains all your Central Virginia news in just 5 to 10 minutes. Hosted by Benjamin Dolle, episodes are recorded the night before so you can wake up prepared.
Listeners can subscribe through NPR One, Apple Podcasts, Megaphone, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts.
Here’s a recap of the top stories on the morning of Friday, May 7, 2021:
Starting May 15, Virginia will relax physical distancing measures in restaurants and entertainment venues. But, Gov. Ralph Northam added all COVID-19 restrictions could be lifted in June, if all goes well.
According to a new poll, about two-thirds of Virginia parents say they re likely to have their children vaccinated. The poll was conducted for VDEM by VCU s Wilder School. The poll found parents in Western and Northwestern Virginia had the highest levels of vaccine hesitancy. Of parents with children aged 12 to 17, 59% in the Northwest and 84% in the Western part of the state said the