Henrico Rewind: Week in review - Oct. 26-Nov. 1, 2025

The Three Chopt Presbyterian Church Food Pantry in the Wedgewood section of Henrico County’s West End serves an average of 280 families a week during its Tuesday afternoon distribution of groceries. This year, the numbers of people lining up to receive help have exceeded any other in the 10

Varina District Supervisor Tyrone Nelson and Henrico Planning Director Joe Emerson presented the county’s new land conservation proposal to Varina District residents at an Oct. 20 community meeting. The proposal, which Emerson introduced to the Henrico Board of Supervisors last month, would place about 27% of the Varina District

The items on the agenda for the monthly Capital Region Airport Commission meeting Oct. 28 focused on moving the Richmond International Airport forward to greater heights, but items absent from the agenda – the moral issue of Immigration Customs and Enforcement deportation flights and the impact of the month-long government shutdown

Three Glen Allen residents are under arrest, charged with three others in connection with the attempted smuggling of $1.1 million worth of drugs into the Virginia Correctional Center for Women in Goochland County. The Virginia Department of Corrections Office of Law Enforcement Services made the arrests following a months-long

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

Tens of thousands of people may soon be out of network with their doctors if Bon Secours Mercy Health and Humana don’t come to an agreement by the end of the year. Jim and Joan Foldesi live just minutes from Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center in Mechanicsville, so naturally,

Henrico County will begin providing annual residential leaf-collection services in November, with both free and paid options available for residents. Free collection of bagged leaves will begin Monday, Nov. 10 and continue through Sunday, Feb. 8. Crews will work week to week in five zones; each zone will be collected

One month into the federal government shutdown, Richmond International Airport Transportation Safety Administration workers are experiencing a second zero pay period impacting morale and pocketbook. During the first pay period, the approximately 300 federal employees at RIC (officials from Customs and Border Patrol, Transportation Safety Administration and air traffic controllers)

Henrico County is pledging $100,000 to Feed More, Central Virginia’s main food distribution organization, as the federal government shutdown continues to stall food assistance benefits. While Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced on Tuesday that the state will be able to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP,

OCT. 1 Starbucks Coffee Company, 7101 West Broad Street – The following violation was reported during a routine inspection: facility couldn’t provide verification that staff has been trained on employee health. OCT. 3 IHOP, 9820 West Broad Street – The following violation was reported during a routine inspection: temperature of shredded