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Medical marijuana operators reflect on industry’s first 12 months in Virginia

Marijuana still a budding industry in Virginia

The Richmond area’s first and only medical cannabis operator has opened an outpost in Short Pump. It’s the latest sign of the state’s nascent and ever-evolving marijuana industry and comes about a year after the first sales of medical cannabis in Virginia.


Could the Richmond casino end up elsewhere? It’s up to state legislators

Legislators might allow casino in another Richmond area county

Sen. Jeremy McPike (D-Dale City), who was one of the co-patrons of the 2020 bipartisan bill that assigned casino opportunities to five localities in Virginia, said he thinks the General Assembly may consider assigning the slot that had been slated for the city to another locality in the region.


‘Tremendous fall from grace’: Matson asks for 37-month prison sentence

Disgraced attorney Matson trying to get lower prison sentence

Dozens of letters filed with the court on Matson’s behalf extol an otherwise standup lawyer, husband, father, friend and church-goer who in their eyes made an inexplicable, out-of-character error in judgment. The prosecution sees a calculating, multi-year scheme built on Matson abusing his stature in the relatively small circle of high-level bankruptcy attorneys and sullying the near-sacred trust given to such trustees.


Smooth sailing for marina owner with suit settled and Lilly Pad blooming

Kingsland Marina kickstarting boat rental business

As its centerpiece restaurant attracts big crowds — including some A-list celebrities in town shooting movies — the new and improved Kingsland Marina in Varina is enjoying busy but calmer waters after settling a legal dispute that had been lingering over it for years.


After peddling frozen treats from truck, local man opening shop in the Fan

Midlothian man opening ice cream shop in the Fan

“It’s been a very meandering existence,” said Westray Paul, owner of Westray’s Finest Ice Cream. “I’m a full-time ice cream man now.”

Medical marijuana operators reflect on industry’s first 12 months in Virginia

Marijuana still a budding industry in Virginia

The Richmond area’s first and only medical cannabis operator has opened an outpost in Short Pump. It’s the latest sign of the state’s nascent and ever-evolving marijuana industry and comes about a year after the first sales of medical cannabis in Virginia.


Could the Richmond casino end up elsewhere? It’s up to state legislators

Legislators might allow casino in another Richmond area county

Sen. Jeremy McPike (D-Dale City), who was one of the co-patrons of the 2020 bipartisan bill that assigned casino opportunities to five localities in Virginia, said he thinks the General Assembly may consider assigning the slot that had been slated for the city to another locality in the region.


‘Tremendous fall from grace’: Matson asks for 37-month prison sentence

Disgraced attorney Matson trying to get lower prison sentence

Dozens of letters filed with the court on Matson’s behalf extol an otherwise standup lawyer, husband, father, friend and church-goer who in their eyes made an inexplicable, out-of-character error in judgment. The prosecution sees a calculating, multi-year scheme built on Matson abusing his stature in the relatively small circle of high-level bankruptcy attorneys and sullying the near-sacred trust given to such trustees.


Smooth sailing for marina owner with suit settled and Lilly Pad blooming

Kingsland Marina kickstarting boat rental business

As its centerpiece restaurant attracts big crowds — including some A-list celebrities in town shooting movies — the new and improved Kingsland Marina in Varina is enjoying busy but calmer waters after settling a legal dispute that had been lingering over it for years.


After peddling frozen treats from truck, local man opening shop in the Fan

Midlothian man opening ice cream shop in the Fan

“It’s been a very meandering existence,” said Westray Paul, owner of Westray’s Finest Ice Cream. “I’m a full-time ice cream man now.”

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