The Hotel Sierra celebrated the opening of its 10th hotel in the U.S. with a July 9 lunch, cocktail party and open house at its new location behind Short Pump Town Center. With help from Heart of the Community Consulting, the Hotel Sierra Richmond West also raised funds for the Central Virginia Food Bank (CVFB). [...]

A man who allegedly had a seizure coming out of the drive through of the Bank of America at the Shoppes at Westgate Thursday morning caused a multi-car accident that knocked out power, downed trees and almost sent a parked car through the front door of Panera Bread.

If you’re a fan of Richmond-based Ukrop’s, you may want to start stocking up on the store’s signature White House Rolls and Rainbow Cookies. Grocery industry publication “Food World” reports the company is putting its 28 stores up for sale. The company has reportedly circulated a prospectus giving company information to potential buyers.

Development of the The Corner At Short Pump, a 47-acre retail and residential development on West Broad Street at Lauderdale Drive, is back on once again. Crews cleared the land back in September of 2008 and the site has remained vacant while rumors of the reason why ran rampant.

For the throngs of laid off workers in the Richmond area seeking relief from the summer job hunt: its time to go to camp. LaidOffCampRVA is a one night gathering for the areas unemployed, and underemployed, to share their experiences and get advice from each other, according to organizer Connie Salinas. Al Harris Al Harris covers [...]

Stephanie Hudnell and Steve Schwarz were looking for a way to give back to their community, and both found it when they joined the new Short Pump Rotary Club. The club, which formed in January, meets weekly at Maggiano’s restaurant at Short Pump Town Center. Stephanie Colpo Stephanie Colpo is a reporter for the Henrico [...]

A major electronics retailer is opening multiple stores in Richmond this coming year, possibly taking over some locations left behind by Circuit City, including the former Short Pump Town Center store. Indianapolis-based hhgregg announced Wednesday morning they planned to open up to 22 stores, most of which will be located in Richmond; Tampa, Florida; and Memphis [...]

Just before midnight Monday night, many Far West End residents were startled by a sonic boom and low rumbling sound. Reports came into us via Twitter after we asked if anyone else had felt the shaking as we did, right after it happened. We broke the story of a possible earthquake just after 1:30 a.m. [...]

UPDATE: After we first broke the story shortly after midnight, the Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory has confirmed a magnitude 2.3 earthquake occurred at 11:59:52 p.m. with an epicenter near Short Pump. See seismograph below for more information.

Residents of the Wyndham community were startled Monday evening by the sound of two loud explosions, followed by a bright blue light that lit up the night sky. Power lines subsequently fell across Pouncey Tract Road at Old Wyndham Drive. Up to 10,000 residents were momentarily without power as far away as Gayton and Church [...]