Charles Fishburne is a correspondent for WCVE Public Radio. He brings over 40 years experience as a broadcast journalist and news executive in Richmond, Washington D.C. and New York. Charles was also a long-time television news anchor and news director in Richmond.
With the first full week of summer coming up, the Virginia Department of Social Services is once again offering cooling assistance for people who need it. Charles Fishburne reports.
Country music legend and Varina resident Jimmy Dean died Sunday night at the age of 81. He was best known for his smash hit about a workingman hero, “Big Bad John,” and as an entrepreneur for his sausage brand. But here, his friends remember how he used to share with them stories and songs like this one in 1996.
Virginia’s Tax Commissioner Janie Bowen died unexpectedly yesterday morning and as Charles Fishburne reports, she was well-regarded as an innovator and a public servant.
Richmond’s water rescue team pulled a woman kayaker from a rock in the James River yesterday…and as Charles Fishburne reports, their busy season is just beginning.
The Virginia Department of Taxation has received national recognition for its pioneering, and successful efforts at teleworking. Charles Fishburne reports.
Within a few days, some 20,000 Richmond area children, who depend on school lunch programs for a square meal, will have to find it somewhere else. As Charles Fishburne reports, Central Virginia’s “Feedmore” is ready to fill the gap.
The Virginia Supreme Court has overturned a judge’s decision allowing congregations that broke away from the Episcopal Church to keep their property, and sent the case back to Fairfax County Circuit Court . Charles Fishburne reports.
The United States Senate has turned back an attempt to limit the EPA’s power to further regulate air pollution from vehicles and industrial facilities. Charles Fishburne reports.
Over the weekend, UVA’s associate dean of engineering, who was also America’s second woman in space…was inducted into the Astronauts Hall of Fame. Before she left for the ceremony at Kennedy Space Center, Charles Fishburne talked with former Astronaut Kathy Thornton about her time in space.
VDOT has immediately reduced the weight capacity allowed on the aging Huguenot Bridge, after a routine inspection by engineers uncovered some serious structural problems. Charles Fishburne reports.
