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Henrico using $1M grant to prep site for development
Jan 30, 2026

Henrico using $1M grant to prep site for development

A $1 million state grant will soon be used to prepare roughly 220 acres near Richmond International Airport for development.

ICE eyes massive Hanover warehouse for processing facility
Jan 30, 2026

Developer says sale of Ashland facility to ICE has been canceled

The sale of a 43-acre site in Hanover County that was set to be purchased by ICE for a detainee processing facility is no longer happening.

Kenneth Alexander. Photo courtesy Virginia Community College System
Jan 30, 2026

Norfolk mayor named Richard Bland College’s interim president

Norfolk Mayor Kenneth Alexander will serve as interim president of Richard Bland College, effective May 11.

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Jan 29, 2026

Developer withdraws Hanover data center campus proposal

Developer HHHunt withdrew its application for a 10-building data center campus in Hanover County.

ICE eyes massive Hanover warehouse for processing facility
Jan 29, 2026

Hanover supervisors oppose ICE facility site in statement, but authority is limited

The Hanover County Board of Supervisors issued a statement opposing ICE's plan to purchase and repurpose a warehouse in the county.

ICE eyes massive Hanover warehouse for processing facility
Jan 23, 2026

ICE eyes massive Hanover warehouse for processing facility

ICE hopes to purchase a more than 552,000-square-foot warehouse in Hanover County and repurpose it into a processing facility.

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Jan 22, 2026

Henrico-based ASGN to acquire Quinnox for $290M

ASGN announced this week that it will acquire Chicago-based digital services company Quinnox for $290 million in cash.

The former Dominion Energy tower at 707 E. Main St. in Richmond. The building is being repurposed to include a hotel and multifamily housing. Photo courtesy Douglas Development
Jan 22, 2026

Former Dominion Energy tower in Richmond getting $158M makeover

The former Dominion Energy tower in downtown Richmond is undergoing a $158 million transformation that will result in a hotel and housing.

The University of Virginia Rotunda. Photo by Jay Paul
Jan 16, 2026

5 U.Va. board members resign at Spanberger’s request

The New York Times reported Friday evening that three University of Virginia board members have resigned at the request of Abigail Spanberger, who will be sworn in Saturday as Virginia's Democratic governor.

U-Va. board member text messages reviewed by The Washington Post were obtained through Virginia's Freedom of Information Act by Richmond-based author Jeff Thomas. MUST CREDIT: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post
Jan 16, 2026

‘This is war’: In texts, U.Va. board members plotted with Youngkin, decried DEI

As Republican leaders moved to root out what they have criticized as liberal ideology at the University of Virginia, some conservative appointees to its board texted privately about ending “chemical and surgical mutilation” for transgender youth at its hospitals and undoing “regimes of racial classification” in its class[...]

An offshore wind turbine. A boat sits in the background.
Jan 16, 2026

Federal court grants Dominion injunction, allowing offshore wind construction to proceed

Dominion Energy won a preliminary injunction Friday in federal court, allowing construction to resume on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project off Virginia Beach's coast. In December 2025, the U.S. Department of the Interior paused the project for 90 days, leading the Richmond Fortune 500 utility to sue the government.

Rob Norton, president of Cordish Gaming Group, was on hand for a media preview of the Live! Casino Virginia temporary venue in Petersburg, set to open Jan. 22, 2026. Photo by Jay Paul
Jan 15, 2026

Petersburg casino preview features 900+ slot machines

A temporary casino with 900 slot machines and 30 table games – but still no poker or a sportsbook – will open in Petersburg on Jan. 22

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