Henrico Rewind: Week in Review – Oct. 19-25, 2025

Henrico’s Board of Supervisors Oct. 14 unanimously approved four rezoning cases that will bring 251 new apartments and single-family homes to the county at a board meeting. The approval allows developers to construct two five-story buildings that will house 150 multi-family apartment units and additional office spaces in the

Henrico County is reshaping its infrastructure with dozens of ongoing and planned public works and utilities projects. The October editions of Word on the Street from each of the county’s five magisterial districts — Brookland, Fairfield, Three Chopt, Tuckahoe, and Varina — highlight initiatives that prioritize pedestrian safety, school access, infrastructure

Residents of the Wyndham community are speaking out against plans for a massive data center campus that would be built just feet from their neighborhood, citing concerns about noise, environmental impact and health risks. The project, proposed by real estate company HHHunt, is called the Hunting Hawk Technology Center. It

Some Henrico County neighbors have expressed their frustration over a project that’s closed a West End road longer than expected. Henrico County shared this week that work on Sadler Road, off West Broad Street near Innsbrook, is taking longer than expected. “We know the Sadler Road closure has been frustrating

A recent controversy involving Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones was brought to the local stage at a Henrico Board of Supervisors regular meeting Oct. 14. During the public comment period of the board’s meeting, Richmond-area resident Andrew Hixson, who said he does not live in Henrico but works

Thousands of people celebrated the pinnacle of Diwali – a five-day festival that honors the goddess Lakshmi and light over darkness – Oct. 20 throughout Henrico County with food, worship, community events and family observances. In advance of the holiday, students in a class at Colonial Trail Elementary School in Glen Allen,

War, displacement, resettlement and acculturation mark the refugee experience. The International Rescue Committee has resettled people from war-torn countries in Henrico for a decade. To mark that milestone, the IRC is holding a fundraiser Oct. 24, that focuses on the lived experiences of the people the humanitarian group has impacted.

During an Oct. 14 Henrico Board of Supervisors meeting, county staffers presented a proposal to construct Henrico’s first animal cruelty registry, which also would be the first registry of its kind in Virginia. If approved by the board, the registry would be published on the Henrico Police website and

The Virginia Department of Forestry is offering Virginia residents a free replacement for invasive callery trees. For every one callery tree you have removed from your property, you will be able to pick up one free native tree to replace it at an exchange event on November 8 from 9

Justin Leonard eagled the final hole to capture the 2025 Dominion Energy Charity Classic title at The Country Club of Virginia’s James River Course in Henrico Oct. 19, marking the end of the tournament’s decade-long run at the course. Leonard’s eagle helped him finish the tournament at