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Graham Moomaw

Graham Moomaw

GRAHAM MOOMAW covers City Hall after previously covering the statehouse for The Virginia Mercury and The Richmond Times-Dispatch. He can be contacted at gmoomaw@richmonder.org.

Henry Marsh, Richmond’s first Black mayor, dies at 91

Henry Marsh, Richmond’s first Black mayor, dies at 91

Marsh became mayor after residents elected the city’s first majority-Black City Council in 1977, putting him in a leadership role at a tense time when Richmond’s mostly white business class feared a loss of control over city government.

State health officials say Richmond water crisis was ‘completely avoidable’

Questions remain about delayed response to 2022 inspection More than two weeks after a power outage set off a series of events that crippled Richmond’s water treatment plant, Virginia regulators are putting the city on notice that it may have violated state law and are launching their own investigation

State health officials say Richmond water crisis was ‘completely avoidable’

Richmond selects national engineering firm to review water failure

The company is expecting to have “preliminary findings” within a few weeks and will follow up later with a full rundown on what the city can do to prevent future disruptions to water service.

Richmond selects national engineering firm to review water failure

Murder and violent crime fell in Richmond during 2024, police chief says

“I know it's not always obvious for folks and doesn't always feel that way, but this is the hard data,” Edwards said.

Murder and violent crime fell in Richmond during 2024, police chief says

Richmond police chief reveals he got speeding ticket from one of his own officers

Near the end of a briefing Thursday on Richmond’s annual crime statistics, Police Chief Rick Edwards voluntarily revealed he had his own brush with the law the day before. While heading to a meeting in his police vehicle on Wednesday, Edwards said, one of his own officers pulled him

Richmond police chief reveals he got speeding ticket from one of his own officers

Avula calls Bingham departure an ‘amicable separation’: ‘We need a different skill set moving forward’

"Perhaps this event will at least shake everyone else out of their complacency."

Avula calls Bingham departure an ‘amicable separation’: ‘We need a different skill set moving forward’

Richmond DPU director resigns amid water crisis; interim director appointed

Richmond DPU Director April Bingham resigned on Wednesday, and an interim Director has been announced.

Richmond DPU director resigns amid water crisis; interim director appointed