Despite low morale, Richmond International Airport’s federal employees work without pay as government shutdown...
One month into the federal government shutdown, Richmond International Airport Transportation Safety Administration workers are experiencing a second zero pay period impacting morale and pocketbook. During the first pay period, the approximately 300 federal employees at RIC (officials from Customs and Border Patrol,...
Chesterfield Food Bank to add food distribution day following SNAP changes
Chesterfield Food Bank Outreach Center will hold an additional food distribution day next week to help residents impacted by the government shutdown.
Thousands of Airport Workers on the Job Without Pay
RICHMOND, Va. — Some airports are experiencing an increase in flight delays and cancellations amid the government shutdown that furloughed workers or required them to work without pay. Over 11,000 Federal Aviation Administration employees were furloughed, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s federal...
Virginia lawmakers advance plan to redraw state’s congressional districts
RICHMOND, Va. - Lawmakers in Richmond are advancing a plan to redistrict Virginia’s U.S. House districts, but there is still an uphill battle before new maps could become a reality. What we know:. It was a party line vote in the Virginia Senate on Friday and a response to...
VSP investigate shooting on Route 60 in New Kent
NEW KENT, Va. (WWBT) -Virginia State Police are investigating a shooting that happened on Route 60 Thursday morning. VSP says on Oct. 30, just before 10:30 a.m., the driver of a Hyundai Kona was shot at 1701 Pocahontas Trail/Route 60 in Quinton. He then drove himself to a nearby Love’s...
This Charming Restaurant In Virginia Serves Up The Best Chicken Sandwich You’ll Ever Taste
Nestled in the heart of Richmond’s historic Fan District, Joe’s Inn stands as a culinary landmark that has captured the hearts and appetites of locals for generations with unpretentious food that somehow manages to taste like home, even on your first visit. The unassuming brick building with its...
Missing woman last seen in Ashland has bumblebee, lemon tattoos, police say
Police are asking the community for help in finding 31-year-old Kara Melton, who was last seen leaving her Ashland home on Monday.
36-year-old man shot, killed outside Richmond church
A 36-year-old man was shot and killed outside of a Richmond church Wednesday afternoon.
Richmond to NN Amtrak service halted through Monday
Amtrak service between Richmond and Newport News has been suspended through Monday due to work on the line stemming from the train derailment in New Kent County last Saturday.
It’s The PGTW Halloween Fund Drive Show!
O.k. kids, it’s the POP Goes The World Halloween show!. We’re still about $10,000 short of our goal of $50,000. WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio is, and has always been a D.I.Y. radio station. We have never had corporate or government sponsorship, money, or input. This has always been proudly, and fiercely THE...
