Mark Holmberg

Reporter

Recent Articles

  • HOLMBERG: Full moon gets partial blame for Stonewall Jackson death

    Posted on: 11:44 pm, May 2, 2013, by , updated on: 07:30am, May 3, 2013

    It was May 2, 150 years ago, a little past 9 p.m. when, by moonlight, Jackson was mistaken for the enemy.
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  • Meet your new James River Park manager – Nathan Burrell

    Posted on: 11:45 pm, May 1, 2013, by , updated on: 06:28am, May 2, 2013

    Last December we reported on the retirement of Ralph White, the famously independent and dynamic James River Park manager.
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  • Young Richmond woman calls a cab, gets unwanted backseat company

    Posted on: 12:27 am, May 1, 2013, by , updated on: 07:40am, May 1, 2013

    After a woman says a taxi driver picked up another passenger during her ride, the cab company reviews audio/video and fires the driver.
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  • HOLMBERG: Robbers and busy tow trucks need taming before Bottom baseball thrives

    Posted on: 12:13 am, April 30, 2013, by , updated on: 07:31am, April 30, 2013

    Long-existing problems need to be tamed before adding a further complication – a baseball stadium that needs to attract families and children in order to thrive.
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  • HOLMBERG: Hairy men – and some “bearded” women will converge on RVA

    Posted on: 11:27 pm, April 26, 2013, by and , updated on: 07:46am, April 27, 2013

    The event will be hosted by the 150-member RVA Beard League, whose members are known for putting on a fun party.
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  • Hazing expert says laws must be stiffened to slow down deaths, injuries

    Posted on: 12:18 am, April 26, 2013, by , updated on: 12:19am, April 26, 2013

    Two VSU students drowned in the rain-swollen Appomattox River while crossing it as the final stage of an initiation to the Men of Honor social group.
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  • HOLMBERG: Three Stooges-style food fight making a mess of Virginia

    Posted on: 12:00 am, April 25, 2013, by , updated on: 01:17pm, April 25, 2013

    There’s probably never been a bigger food fight in Virginia, certainly not one that began in the kitchen of the Governor’s Mansion.
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  • HOLMBERG: Baseball in the Bottom, shopping district for the Boulevard?

    Posted on: 11:44 pm, April 22, 2013, by , updated on: 11:47pm, April 22, 2013

    Building a new baseball stadium in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom sounds oh-so five years ago, which is the last time the plan fell apart.
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  • HOLMBERG: Bombings in the Richmond area – a short history

    Posted on: 12:30 am, April 19, 2013, by and

    There’s no question, the bombing in Boston could’ve happened anytime, anywhere.
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  • HOLMBERG: Did mayor push out schools superintendent?

    Posted on: 11:59 pm, April 16, 2013, by

    You might say Dwight Jones is the git-er-done mayor.
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  • HOLMBERG: What’s the significance of the Boston bombings? It’s not all bad.

    Posted on: 12:10 am, April 16, 2013, by

    And as you watch these Boston videos again, consider that it seems there are more people running towards the explosions to help rather than running away.
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  • HOLMBERG: The river story, and fate, of Richmond’s Sugar Warehouse

    Posted on: 11:59 pm, April 12, 2013, by and , updated on: 05:10pm, April 15, 2013

    Thousands of drivers pass a piece of Richmond history every day
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