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Right-to-contraception bills highlight key reproductive health care debate in this year’s elections • RHHD officials urge precautions to prevent heat-related illnesses

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Right-to-contraception bills highlight key reproductive health care debate in this year’s elections

Contraception access is an issue resonating loudly within Virginia’s public and political spheres this year and last month, it manifested through state lawmakers contrasting Virginia’s twice-failed attempt to protect access to birth control medications against a similar measure that recently sailed through neighboring Tennessee’s legislature. Click here to read more

RHHD officials urge precautions to prevent heat-related illnesses
Officials from the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts are urging people to take precautions to prevent heat-related illnesses this summer, such as drinking plenty of water, minimizing sun exposure and wearing loose-fitted, light-colored clothes. Summer temperatures in Virginia normally climb into the upper 90s and even reach higher than 100
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AAA officials urge precautions during summer’s ’100 deadliest days’ on the road
Officials with AAA are urging drivers to take precautions during the “100 deadliest days,” a period between Memorial Day and Labor Day during which teen-driver-related fatalities typically spikes. In Virginia, 246 people were killed in crashes involving a teen driver between 2019 and 2023. A third of those deaths occurred
Henrico CitizenCitizen Staff Reports
Youngkin vetoes clean energy bills supported by Dominion, environmental groups
The bills would have increased small-scale solar projects and energy storage
Henrico CitizenCharlie Paullin, Virginia Mercury
Henrico’s Top Teachers – Jamice Lee, Ashe Elementary School, fifth grade
At the beginning of every school year, Ashe Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Jamice Lee and her students make lists of all the things they are to other people in their lives. “Brother,” “daughter,” “friend,” “cousin” and others are among the terms that appear. But at the top of everyone’s list,
Henrico CitizenTom Lappas, Citizen Publisher
Restaurant Watch
MAY 21 Shake Shack, 5400 West Broad Street – The following violations were reported during a routine inspection: the drive-thru area dish machine ran three times and never reached the required temperature for sanitizing; temperature of chicken nuggets on warming shelf is too low; staff handling food are wearing watches and
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In the Garden: How to create, plant and maintain a pollinator garden
Celebrate National Pollinator Month this June by creating and maintaining a garden that attracts and supports these important members of our ecosystem. Pollinators are responsible for about 75% of the food we eat and play an important role in producing food, fiber, medicine and more. The European honeybee is the
Henrico CitizenMelinda Myers, Special to the Citizen
Great Brews & Good Times: A Night at Intermission Beer Company
(Sponsored Content) Have you ever stumbled upon a place that instantly feels like home? A place where good times flow as freely as the craft beer, and laughter mingles with the satisfying clicks and clacks of board games?
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Full Moon Fever to perform at Dorey Park Farmers Market's Second Saturdays summer concert series June 14

One Voice Chorus to present Summer 2025 Concert June 14 at Tucker High School

ALSO MAKING NEWS

• Local EV dealer Recharged in growth mode, snags extra Broad Street car lot next door (Richmond BizSense)
• Overnight lane closures coming to I-64 East in Henrico (ABC 8)
• A rare tick-borne disease has started spreading into Virginia (VPM News)

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Henrico News Minute – June 12, 2025
Henrico and Hanover supervisors hold a historic joint meeting about regional water issues; the Henrico School Board will meet twice today; Henrico’s second confirmed case of rabies involves a person being bitten; FeedMore offering free breakfast and lunch for anyone 18 and under.
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TRENDING THIS WEEK ON HENRICOCITIZEN.COM

• In joint meeting, Henrico and Hanover supervisors urge regional collaboration, oversight as solution to water issues
• Henrico's second rabies case of 2025 confirmed
• Varina LandLab earns designation as Chesapeake Gateways site
• Kaechele ES fifth-graders and longtime music teacher celebrate their next chapters
• Henrico’s Chatsworth School, a one-room schoolhouse during segregation, celebrated as a National Landmark

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