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Carmenita Higginbotham, the dean of the internationally recognized VCUarts program, will step down at the end of the 2026-27 academic year, the university announced on Friday.

VCU lauded Higginbotham’s tenure, during which U.S. News & World Report recently had VCUarts tied for the No. 1 public fine arts graduate program in the country, and in second place for its ov...


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Weather: High of 85. Warmth returns gradually as the week continues.

On this date in 2017, a pro-Confederacy rally on Monument Avenue ends early when counterprotestors vastly outnumber the protestors.


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After a series of problems with a summertime overhaul of Richmond’s utility billing system, city officials say they’re planning to extend customer service hours to help more residents struggling to understand their bills.

Mayor Danny Avula’s administration says it has brought in extra staffing to help deal with a summertime spike in calls from residents, an increase the...


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Richmond’s City Council on Monday approved the redevelopment of the 95-year-old Virginia Home on the edge of Byrd Park into apartments. 

The decision, which was part of the package of uncontroversial legislation known as the consent agenda that the council considers every meeting, got the backing of all eight members present. Councilor Stephanie Lynch, whose 5th Distric...


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He was a small town kid, a country boy at heart, trying his best to get his bearings in the big city.

Stu Brown’s initiation began one December day in 1994 when, as a 21-year-old senior at Concord College in West Virginia, he arrived in Richmond to interview for a position as a health and physical education teacher and multi-sport coach at Varina High School.

As ...


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