Henrico County remains under a drought watch advisory after Virginia environmental officials reviewed conditions across the state this month.
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality said Oct. 23 that the Drought Monitoring Task Force maintained the watch designation for the portion of the Middle James drought region that includes Henrico, Chesterfield and Hanover counties and the cities of Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Petersburg and Richmond.
Other parts of the Middle James region remain under a more serious drought-warning advisory. Those areas include Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Nelson, Powhatan and Prince Edward counties, along with Charlottesville and Lynchburg…