Editor's Choice
TOP NEWS
Henrico News Minute – Jan. 20, 2025
How soon could every Henrico water customer be served by county water – and why do some county residents still receive their water from Richmond anyway?; a repeat champion in the Henrico Divisionwide Spelling Bee; Henrico students reflect on the school system's cell phone policy.
Click here to read more
Henrico students weigh in on school system's cell phone policy
The return to school this month marked a new phone policy for some Virginia school divisions, but not Henrico County. While other districts such as Richmond City and Hanover County have adopted the Virginia Department of Education’s recommended “bell-to-bell” phone ban, which restricts students from having their phone on
Click here to read more
Tuckahoe MS student repeats as Henrico Schools' spelling champ
Tuckahoe Middle School eighth-grade student Rohith “Ro” Thomas repeated as champion of Henrico County Public Schools’ Divisionwide Spelling Bee Jan. 16 at J.R. Tucker High School, spelling the word "ubiquity” to win the title in the eighth round. Tessa Winsor, an eighth-grader at Quioccasin Middle School, was runner-up.
Click here to read more
After first week back in school following water crisis, Henrico students reflect: ‘It was pretty rough’
Henrico students have returned to school after a “rough week” of unforeseen challenges, with a snow storm and county-wide water issues causing schools to close from Jan. 6 to Jan. 10. Many students living in Eastern and Northern Henrico lost access to tap water altogether last week, while some reported
Click here to read more
Henrico’s water treatment facility could be equipped to serve all of the county within 5-10 years ‘or sooner’
Although it is contractually obligated to purchase an average of about 12 million gallons of water per day from the City of Richmond until midway through 2040, Henrico County should have the infrastructure in place to supply all county customers with water from its own treatment facility well before then,
Click here to read more
