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Frustrated neighbors speak out as Henrico road closure drags on • Leonard wins final Dominion Energy Charity Classic golf tournament in Henrico; new tournament to enter region in 2026

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Frustrated neighbors speak out as Henrico road closure drags on

Henrico County shared this week that work on Sadler Road, off West Broad Street near Innsbrook, is taking longer than expected. Click here to read more

Leonard wins final Dominion Energy Charity Classic golf tournament in Henrico; new tournament to enter region in 2026
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
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Henrico Citizen named one of 12 ‘Local News Bright Spots’ nationally by Northwestern University’s Local News Initiative
The Henrico Citizen was named one of 12 Local News Bright Spots for 2025 by the Local News Initiative at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism Oct. 20. The announcement came as part of the initiative’s annual State of Local News report, which documents and tracks local news sources in
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CARE and LINK GRTC services paused Monday by outage
Henrico County Greater Richmond Transit Authority CARE and LINK service riders are being left in the lurch Monday as the nationwide Amazon Web Services outage is affecting the GRTC’s VIA system. At about 12:30 pm, GRTC posted a service alert about the outage on its Instagram page stating
Henrico CitizenDina Weinstein, Community Vitality Reporter
Teens use electric unicycle to steal motorcycle in Henrico
Two teenage boys could face grand theft auto and conspiracy charges after police say they used an electric unicycle to steal a motorcycle from a West End parking lot in broad daylight. The unusual theft occurred in the 9600 block of West Broad Street in late September, where surveillance video
Henrico CitizenWTVR CBS 6
Cost of living continues to increase in Virginia, data shows
Emily Cagle and her husband chose to live in Metro Richmond because it was more affordable than Northern Virginia, where her husband is from. “I think it’s gotten really absurd,” Cagle said, about the cost of living in Richmond. Standing outside a Henrico County Kroger, Cagle said she spends“
Henrico CitizenBilan Osman, Capital News Service
As election nears, Democrats campaign on high utility bills, energy plans
Clean Virginia’s “The Energy Bills are Too Damn High” tour of the state stopped in Richmond Thursday night. It was promoted as a way to allow community members to hear from Democratic elected officials and candidates about how they want to address rising utility bills in coming legislative sessions.
Henrico CitizenShannon Heckt, Virginia Mercury
Business in brief: Oct. 20, 2025
Pawfect Sweets LLC, a maker of oven-baked dog treats made with locally sourced ingredients, will hold a grand opening party Saturday, Nov. 1 at 2 p.m. The family-run store, co-owned by Krystal Barnes, is located at 8906 West Broad Street in Henrico. Pawfect Sweets’ menu includes Woofles in flavors
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Virginia Career Works – Henrico Center to hold career fair Oct. 23

The Taters to perform Oct. 24 at Henrico Theatre

ALSO MAKING NEWS

• Capital Square spends $35M for two eastern Henrico apartment complexes (Richmond BizSense)
• Suspect arrested after allegedly firing shots at female victim driving in Varina (ABC 8)
• Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease spreading rapidly across Central Virginia (NBC 12)

TRENDING THIS WEEK ON HENRICOCITIZEN.COM

• Frontier launches direct service from RIC to Atlanta, Denver
• Speaker asks 2 Henrico supervisors to rescind endorsements of Jay Jones; they decline
• Henrico congressional representatives express alarm, demand answers from ICE as RIC deportation flights soar to new high in September
• Henrico’s Challenger Day brings students baseball, inclusivity, and little moments of joy
• Developer withdraws controversial data center proposal for Darbytown Road site in Varina

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