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Anti-Trans Bills Cause Harm, Fear Even If They Fail, Advocates Say

RICHMOND, Va. -- Anti-transgender legislation is on the rise nationwide and in Virginia. Even if proposed legislation fails, the vitriol that makes headlines impacts LGBTQ communities, advocates say. Legislation considered anti trans usually falls under efforts that...

Our Richmond, VA Celebrates Black History Month 2023 Rundown

Black History Month is an annual celebration of the achievements and contributions of African Americans throughout US history. The celebration originated from “Negro History Week,” proposed by noted historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson and other prominent...

Best Of VA Missed Connections October 20 – October 26

Hey, welcome to another week of Missed Connections, where the looming shadow of Halloween envelops our entire week. If you're still trying to figure out what sort of costume you're gonna wear this year, you might need a momentary escape from these sartorial anxieties. Rest assured, that's exactly what we've got for you in this week's installment...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections: October 13 – October 19

Welcome to Missed Connections on a crisp fall morning that reminds us all how soon Halloweek will be upon us! If you don't have a costume, don't worry -- you might just have enough resemblance to a somewhat obscure movie star that you don't need one. As for Craigslist, it's got the usual supply of awkward comedy gold, from intentional upskirts in...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections: October 6 – October 12

Welcome to another week of Missed Connections here in the good ol' Commonwealth, where every now and then we get a pretty strong reminder that our newly cosmopolitan state still has some powerful backwoods DNA lurking just beneath the surface. When you see a pretty girl shopping at Lowes with a gun on her hip, you remember… oh yeah, this is still...

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A Balanced Solution

Richmond Hydroponics brings Virginia's first commercially available cannabis fertilizer to market. S. Preston Duncan takes a trip behind the scenes.  In a small airplane hangar of a greenhouse on a wide plot of farmland just upriver from the city, Josh Fitzhugh is battling whiteflies on a 9-foot cannabis indica plant. Just by its silhouette...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections: September 29 – October 5

If you're someone from the massive service economy that seems to be the only thing keeping America afloat these days, rest assured, someone appreciates you -- and whether you're a flight attendant, a security guard, an auto parts store employee, or a priest, you might find that appreciative person in this week's Missed Connections. Alternately,...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections: September 22 – September 28

Welcome to another week of Missed Connections, where sometimes all we need to get through the week without losing our mind is an extra slice of pizza. Reader, I do not have any pizza to share with you this week, but I do have a fine crop of fresh pickings from Craigslist with which to hopefully bring you a smile. For example, the air is cooling...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections: September 15 – September 21

Welcome to another week of Missed Connections, where… I gotta say, y'all crack me up. I mean, from people assuming casual eye contact across a busy street was imbued with deep meaning to dudes saying they didn't approach women in person because they were afraid it would seem creepy, then immediately follow that up with a request for a "discreet...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections: September 8 – September 14

Back for another round of Missed Connections, where the real ones know the deal: the week of circa-Labor Day cooler temps is over. Time for another month of sweat-soaked workout clothes and window units running 24/7. We can at least take comfort in the kind of heat Craigslist is bringing this week -- the kind that doesn't actually raise the...

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