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...
$19 million dollars. $19 million dollars. With this amount of funding available to the Richmond Slave Trail Commission by state and local governments, Richmond might finally see a large scale project devoted to some of its darkest days. What proves to be a big question for the funding pool is what project will the money will be precisely spent on...
2015 will be remembered for a number of things, but few iconic moments will stand out as much as the upcoming release of the new Star Wars film: the Force Unleashed. 2015 will be remembered for a number of things, but few iconic moments will stand out as much as the upcoming release of the new Star Wars film: the Force Unleashed. Not to be...
A new report out of Colorado has shed light on the success of legal marijuana in the Rocky Mountain state in a way which should appeal to Virginia lawmakers. A new report out of Colorado has shed light on the success of legal marijuana in the Rocky Mountain state in a way which should appeal to Virginia lawmakers. According to the Denver Post, a...
Casey Collins, an 11 year Richmond resident currently residing in Church hill, wants folks to be on the look out for man who appeared to have abused a dog on the street. Casey Collins, an 11 year Richmond resident currently residing in Church hill, wants folks to be on the look out for man who appeared to have abused a dog on the street. Collins...
A NOVA legislator hopes to save distressed pets from being left in cars with the help of two new bills aiming to protect man's best friend. A NOVA legislator hopes to save distressed pets from being left in cars with the help of two new bills aiming to protect man's best friend. Del. Kaye Kory (D-38) has proposed two new laws - HB 37 and HB 38,...
Uber and Mellow Mushroom have teamed up to offer free pizzas in 18 cities tonight, and RVA made the cut. Uber and Mellow Mushroom have teamed up to offer free pizzas in 18 cities tonight, and RVA made the cut. Details are below. I feel sorry for both Uber drivers and Mellow Mushroom as both are going to be slammed tonight. Read more about it...
Over the last couple months RVA Mag has been following the progress of ODU student Dawit N.M's project "Contour", a weekly video Over the last couple months RVA Mag has been following the progress of ODU student Dawit N.M's project "Contour", a weekly video series which provides a platform for emerging Virginia graphic designers, writers,...
More Virginians were killed in 2014 by heroin and prescription opioid drug overdose than car crashes. More Virginians were killed in 2014 by heroin and prescription opioid drug overdose than car crashes. For some that seems like an abstract concept, but for local Emcee Evan Barlow, it was all too real. At 14, Barlow began experimenting with drugs...
"Woodman, Spare That Tree!" "Woodman, Spare That Tree!" That's the name of a petition launched recently by locals in an effort to save a beloved oak tree that sits at the intersections of Broad and Adams streets and Brook Road and is in danger of possibly being cut down to erect a statue of Maggie Walker. The petition, which you can view here,...