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 hundred-degree temperatures becoming an everyday thing, Henrico County’s Health Department has some tips that can help everybody, and some assistance for county residents. Charles Fishburne reports.
With temperatures topping 100 degrees yesterday, and more hot weather on the way, the city has opened three cooling shelters to provide relief for people to escape the heat. Charles Fishburne reports.
The Commonwealth Transportation Board has just approved a six-year budget for highways, rail, transit, bicycle and pedestrian highway projects, and as Charles Fishburne reports, it leaves major highway congestion issues unresolved.
Jet fighters from NORAD may well be buzzing around Richmond skies next week, as the North American Aerospace Defense Command practices intercepting dangerous aircraft. Charles Fishburne reports.
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.
