At a meeting of Hopewell’s city council on Tuesday night, Virginia’s Secretary of Finance Stephen Cummings urged the city to prioritize getting its finances in order – weeks after a state ...

New Fire StationWoodlawn Fire Station 24 is a block off Richmond Highway in a residential area, right next to the old station which opened in 1970. Back then, the area wasn’t as densely ...

Reached Monday, Hopewell Police Chief Kamran Afzal, who didn’t lead the department until six months after Howlett’s death, deferred comment to Hopewell City Attorney Sandra Robinson.

In 2019, station 44 responded to just over 1,000 calls and in 2021, responded to over 1,500, which is about a 50% increase. Last year, calls climbed to nearly 2,000.

A former Tucson fire station will be converted into a housing resource center under a plan recently approved by the city council. The Housing First Resource Center will include a shelter and ...

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday the Virginia Homeland Security Task Force (VHSTF) surpassed 2,500 arrests as of July 1, 2025. The VHSTF is a federal-state partnership established by the U.S ...