State Emergency Officials Urge Virginians to Prepare for Hurricanes

Wayne Farrar in News

Virginia Secretary of Homeland Security Terrie Suit and Department of Emergency Management chief Michael Cline diiscuss what citizens need to do to be ready for a hurriane.

Groups Call for Tax Increase

Craig Carper in News

A coalition of progressive groups is calling on Governor McDonnell and the General Assembly to balance next year's budget with additional taxes.

Four Haitian Students to Attend J. Sargeant Reynolds

John Ogle in News

The work of a William and Mary student will bring four Haitian students to America to go to college.

Danny Yates

Woman Charged With Reckless Driving In Death Of Henrico Police Officer

Charles Fishburne in News

A Henrico County woman is scheduled to be tried next month for reckless driving, in an incident that killed an off-duty Henrico county police officer who was driving a motorcycle.

Tech Lockdown After Campers Report Seeing Man With A Gun

Charles Fishburne in News

Virginia Tech officials quickly locked down the campus yesterday morning after three children attending a summer camp reported a man holding what looked like a gun, near the dining hall.

WCVE Forum August 7: Counterfeit Crackdown–The Global Fight Against Pirated Goods

Counterfeit Crackdown

America Abroad takes a look at the long war against counterfeiters. Companies have been fighting the proliferation of knockoff Rolexes and Gucci bags for years. Now both business and – quite literally – people’s lives are at risk as counterfeiters move in on markets for everything from drugs to car parts. Globalization and the Internet make it tougher and tougher to catch the copycats.

Governor Announces $800,000 in Tourism Grants

Craig Carper in News

Governor McDonnell has announced $800,000 dollars in grant projects to increase tourism in Virginia localities. Craig Carper reports.

ACLU Asks Law Enforcement Policies on Cellphone Tracking

Charles Fishburne in News

The ACLU has launched a massive campaign to determine if law enforcement agencies around the country are using cellphones to track potential criminal suspects...without a warrant...Charles Fishburne reports.

Regional Tourism: Ways You Can Make an Impact

by Leadership Metro Richmond
Mon, August 1, 2011
Regional Tourism

What is the bigger tourist destination, Richmond or the Williamsburg/Virginia Beach complex? The answer may surprise you. This month’s Start the Conversation looks at tourism in the greater Richmond metro area.

“Crime in the City” on NPR’s Morning Edition

NPR’s Neda Ulaby

NPR’s Morning Edition series on crime novelists and the cities that inspire them returns, spanning the country from Brattleboro to Seattle and the globe from Moscow to Mexico City. The action begins the week of Monday, August 1.

Monday, August 1: Brattleboro, VT NPR’s Neda Ulaby (pictured) meets up with writer and cop Archer Mayor in Brattleboro, Vermont. Mayor is the author of an acclaimed series of police novels featuring Brattleboro police detective Joe Gunther.