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The Law Was Passed. The Funding Never Came.

One Richmond-area student’s fight reveals how Virginia’s 2020 reforms often died on arrival. When Lyn Jones transferred to Matoaca High School, just south of Richmond, she noticed something odd. Every girls’ restroom was outfitted with a metal dispenser—mounted to the...

Letter to The Editor | Response to ‘Democracy On A Budget’

Disclaimer: The following is a letter to the editor. It represents their personal views on this issue. RVA Magazine is committed to providing a platform for community voices on important local matters. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those...

Mayo Island to Become Richmond’s Next Great Public Park by 2026

As reported by The Richmonder last week, the city is moving forward with plans to transform Mayo Island into a public park, with construction expected to begin later this year and the park scheduled to open in fall 2026. The 15-acre island, located in the James River...

Richmond Ranks #13 for Summer Travel, But Locals Already Know

So we made another list. WalletHub just released its 2025 rankings for Best Summer Travel Destinations, and Richmond came in at number 13. Not bad, considering we’re usually flying under the radar when it comes to national travel lists. Still, if you’ve been paying...

New Strategy to Fight Homelessness: Tiny Homes Coming to Richmond?

A new strategy to address chronic homelessness in Richmond may soon take shape in the form of a gated tiny home community. As first reported by The Richmonder, the Richmond Planning Commission has voted to support the sale of approximately three acres of city-owned...

J6er Charged with Burglary in Varina, Was Living in Northside

In September 2023, Zachary Alam was convicted  of eight felonies related to his activities inside the Capitol on January 6. He was sentenced to eight years in prison and three years of supervised release. However, in January 2025, Alam was released after...

Best of RVA Craigslist Missed Connections 4/14-20

This missed connections gig is a job hazard- today alone there were four whose pictures were just straight up porn. They also leave you wondering certain things like why would a 42-year-old man try to get with someone starting as a VCU freshman this year? How does one get ‘sort of’ hit by a train? What is the underground world of furries like?...

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Best of RVA Craigslist Missed Connections 4/7-4/13

Contributors here at RVAMag read extremely large amount of missed connections every week to bring this column to you, but this week’s take the cake for just being the most fucking creepy batch in a long while. Normally, one or two questionable posts rear their ugly heads, but this week most everything I’ve got is depressingly creepy. There are...

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Best of RVA Craigslist Missed Connections 3/25-4/1

The warm weather is here and everyone’s got spring fever. Your long lost love might be thinking about you too. Or maybe that girl in the Taco Bell drive-thru also thinks you’re her future soul mate. People are looking for love, or at least a good time, everywhere you look in RVA. Check out the best of this week’s missed connections and maybe get...

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Obama asks Netflix for ‘House of Cards’ a Day Early… Again

In what seems to be becoming an annual tradition, the most powerful man in the free world has reached out to the world's largest distributor of digital content and asked for a snow-day favor. As President Obama awoke this morning, along side the many other Americans buried in the latest snow storm, he put a call in to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings....

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Best of Craigslist missed connections 12/30-1/7

New year means new missed connections, and it seems that the gym is not the only place where people carry out their resolutions. Some people may want to take a second look at what they’ve resolved to do. A new year means a new chance at love, so look below and see if you’ve been noticed. But be careful--not everyone may be as clean as they seem....

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Full Metal Christmas!

Tis the season for ridiculous holiday-related videos--and there are many to be found out there! We dug up some of the best metal-themed Christmas videos we could find on the endless rabbit hole that is YouTube, so we could bring them all to you. Enjoy! GWAR Christmas We have to start it off with our local favorites GWAR--what would RVA Christmas...

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Best of RVA Craigslist Missed Connections 7/28-8/4

August love folks... it's not too late to snatch up a summer Betty or Benny and try and stay cool through theses hot nights. Grab a beer, kick on the song below, and cruise our Best of Craigslist below and maybe you'll be the subject of someone's love-lost. Smashley - m4w 8/4 You have tattoos and work at a music store. I wanna bass dat ass girl....

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Best of RVA Craigslist Missed Connections 7/22-7/28

If you're single and live in RVA, perhaps the river is where you should go. It sure seems like theres a lot of bunnies and foxes down there, or maybe that's just what this week's CL missed connections seem to suggest. Either way, take a gander at our "best of" for the week and post your own and maybe your future-true love will rise from the...

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Musicians Wanted – Best of Craigslist Bandmate posts July 2014

After the success of our Craigslist missed connections posts, we thought we'd set our sights on one of RVA's other loneliest pursuits - forming a band. So once a month, we'll round up some of the best CL ads seeking musicians. Maybe you'll find your next jam-mate, or the perfect bass player. Or maybe you'll find out how racist and homophobic some...

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