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By STACY PARKER,
Virginian-Pilot
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Windsor Woods resident Bob Jennings woke up in the middle of the night as Hurricane Matthew pummeled Virginia Beach in 2016. He saw water rising toward his house.
Jennings had lived there for 30 years, and it had never flooded. He started to put towels by the front door, but then water started coming through the walls.
“There was water all behind me,” Jennings said. “It got worse and worse.”
VaNews April 16, 2024
By KARRI PEIFER,
Axios
Richmond police are ramping up patrols in “hotspots” and activating an 11 p.m. curfew for teens in response to a spate of gun violence that killed four teenagers in the past two weeks.
Eight Richmond Public School students have been shot, and four of them killed since Easter. Elementary school students were among the youngest victims; a 14-year-old middle school student was the youngest killed.
In an emotional press conference Monday, Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards, Mayor Stoney and RPS superintendent Jason Kamras pleaded with the community to help them curb the sudden increase in violence.
VaNews April 16, 2024
By NORMAN K. STYER,
Loudoun Now
The four-year effort to increase opportunities for agricultural operations even as western Loudoun properties are carved up into new subdivisions is nearing a final Board of Supervisors vote, but debate continues over whether the new policies would hamper broader countryside conservation efforts.
Following a public hearing that stretched to nearly 3 a.m. April 11, county supervisors have scheduled a June vote on the proposed zoning regulations for rural cluster subdivisions aimed at limiting development on the best spaces for farming, defined as having prime agricultural soils.
VaNews April 16, 2024
By KATE ANDREWS,
Virginia Business
More details have rolled in about the five Petersburg casino contenders, all of whom presented their plans during a town hall Sunday at the Petersburg Public Library. Hosted by state Sen. Lashresce Aird, D-Petersburg, the town hall saw officials representing Bally’s, Cordish Cos., Penn Entertainment, Rush Street Gaming and The Warrenton Group reveal more details about their casino proposals, even though the city doesn’t yet have the state legislature’s go-ahead to include a casino referendum on this fall’s ballot.
VaNews April 16, 2024
By NICK BROADWAY AND MICHELLE WOLF,
WAVY-TV
A Virginia senator and local business owners are speaking out against amendments to a skill games bill which would affect businesses in Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Richmond and Roanoke.
Republican state Sen. Bill DeSteph held a community discussion Monday afternoon at Scandal’s Bar and Lounge in Virginia Beach.
VaNews April 16, 2024
By SARAH HAMMOND,
WVEC-TV
If you’re looking for a lottery ticket in Virginia today (Monday), you might be out of luck. That’s because hundreds of convenience stores are protesting a move by Gov. Glenn Youngkin to regulate skill games in the state.
Nik Patel said skill games are a big part of their business at Border Station in Chesapeake. “We have big expenses like anybody else. Wages are going up. So those skill game machines would provide extra income to offset those costs,” he said.
VaNews April 16, 2024
By DAVE RESS,
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Tragedy in Richmond — with eight people, including four juveniles, killed in shootings since Easter — but success in Hopewell, where efforts to break cycles of retaliation have produced a 72% drop in shootings, show Virginia cannot let up on gun violence prevention efforts, two Tri-Cities legislators say.
That’s why the $72.5 million the General Assembly put in the state budget for community violence intervention programs is so important, said state Sen. Lashrecse Aird, D-Petersburg, and Del. Carrie Coyner, R-Chesterfield.
VaNews April 16, 2024
By STAFF REPORT,
Loudoun Times
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Twelve Democrats and four Republicans have qualified for the ballot for the June 18 10th Congressional District primary elections, according to the Virginia Department of Elections. Early voting for the primaries begins May 3. ... The winner of the November general election will take the seat held since 2019 by Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Leesburg), who is stepping down at the end of her term due to a serious health condition.
VaNews April 16, 2024
By ROBERT ZULLO,
Virginia Mercury
The nation’s largest public power company, the Tennessee Valley Authority, which serves 10 million people in Tennessee and parts of six neighboring states, has put forward plans for eight new natural gas plants since 2020.
In South Carolina, Dominion Energy and Santee Cooper are pushing the state legislature to pave the way for a 2,000-megawatt natural gas power plant. Farther north, Dominion also plans new gas generation in Virginia. In its most recent plan filed with state regulators, Georgia Power is looking to add new gas turbines. Likewise, Duke Energy in North Carolina is proposing new gas plants and delaying coal power retirements.
VaNews April 16, 2024
By DAVID MCGEE,
Bristol Herald Courier
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The Bristol Casino, future home of Hard Rock, reported more than $16.2 million in adjusted gaming revenues in March, its most successful month to date.
The Virginia Lottery, which oversees casino gaming in the state, on Monday reported a combined $65 million in gaming revenues from the state’s three casinos, the temporary Bristol Casino, temporary Caesar’s Virginia in Danville and the permanent Rivers Casino in Portsmouth.
VaNews April 16, 2024
