Starting Jan. 8, 2027, Richmond travelers seeking sun and fun can catch a quick, nonstop flight with Breeze Airways to Cancún, Mexico.
The RIC-to-CUN route will operate twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays through the spring, airline and airport officials said in a surprising Cinco de Mayo statement announcing the
Spirit Airlines ceased operations Saturday, leaving thousands of passengers stranded, 17,000 employees out of work, and Richmond travelers searching for new ways to afford a flight.
Todd Jones, a Richmond resident who relies on Spirit for vacations, said the closure caught him off guard.
"We normally take Spirit
Police have identified the driver killed in a Monday morning crash on New Market Road (Route 5) in Varina as 32-year-old Layten Perkins, of Ohio.
The crash, reported at about 6:16 a.m., had both east and west lanes of New Market Road (Route 5) closed for several hours.
Henrico's Meadow Road between Woodview Drive and the railroad tracks in Sandston has reopened to traffic, weeks ahead of its scheduled reopening in late May. The road closed in November to replace the bridge over Boar Swamp Creek.
The bridge now contains three culverts, replacing a single culvert.