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At its May 26 meeting, the council also advanced funding for a historic rooming house and a health grant, took up two school board requests and reviewed the draft Duke Street framework
Members back a joint committee and signal interest in going beyond the staggered-terms change the board sought in 2024, with a charter-amendment deadline looming
At its 20th community meeting, the developer of Old Town North's former Potomac River Generating Station laid out how it will tear down the plant while building, why one parcel is on hold, and how it is cleaning up a contaminated site — one week before the Planning Commission takes up the project.
The 100-page plan would replace the city's 2014 housing master plan with new goals, principles and targets running through 2040
The city calls the contractor's estimate a "rough order of magnitude" figure of about 5.5% — not the hidden $7 million the ads describe.
Gaskins promoted the refreshed tracker Friday; this edition leans on customer service and shows movement on housing, health and remembrance initiatives
The May 26 legislative meeting also carries added funding for a historic Parker-Gray rooming house and a health-focused neighborhood grant bid
The city's state senator and three delegates will discuss the General Assembly session and take residents' questions at the Del Pepper Community Resource Center.
Governor vetoes some immigration enforcement limits while signing other protections and issuing new executive order.
City crews went electric this week. Residents, businesses and contractors must follow by Nov. 17, when violations can carry $100 to $500 fines.
The Virginia Democrat said he will offer amendments during this week's reconciliation votes and has written to Trump Mobile's chief executive over the venture's 'made in America' claims.
Special-education and English-learner populations are growing even as overall enrollment falls — and they cost more per student to educate
Democrats say the decision prolongs the state’s unregulated marijuana market five years after legalization of possession.
Mayor Gaskins, five of six City Council members, three former mayors and the entire School Board endorsed the seven-term congressman Monday
The companies are proposing a temporary $2.25 billion bill credit for Dominion customers to be spread out on monthly bills over the first two years of the agreement once the deal is officially closed
City has mailed 2026 bills covering the $1.135 tax rate, the $250 refuse fee and the $170.15 stormwater fee
