Elise Steele

1 month ago | wstoday.6amcity.com | Elise Steele |Patrick Sidwell |Brianna Williams

This is the moment you’ve all been waiting for. After asking our readers to submit their paw-fect pet photos, we’ve put together our first adorable roundup of Winston-Salem furry friends. We received nearly 70 photos of our neighborhood cats and dogs (and one chicken entry). Meet a few of the crew. Help an animal find its with our shelter adoption guide, featuring organizations like Forsyth County Animal Shelter and Forsyth Humane Society.

1 month ago | rictoday.6amcity.com | Kate Mazade |Patrick Sidwell |Elise Steele

Richmond gets its fair share of rain — even the occasional city-wide water crisis. We’re here to decode the city’s guidelines about rainwater harvesting and help you capitalize on this resource, promote conservation, and prepare for water outages, not to mention save money on your monthly bill. Harvested rainwater is precipitation collected from a non-permeable surface (like your roof) and funneled into a designated vessel (like a rain barrel or cistern) before contacting the ground.

1 month ago | wstoday.6amcity.com | Patrick Sidwell |Elise Steele

We’re trying to achieve a cuteness overload, Winston-Salem. Our extremely dog- and cat-friendly city is full of four-legged companions, and we want to see why yours is the best of them all. Here’s what we’re thinking: We want to see some pictures of your dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, ferrets, snakes, or whatever other creatures share your home. Then, we’ll share them in a future newsletter so we can all enjoy them. 1. Head on over to this link. 2.

2 months ago | rictoday.6amcity.com | Elise Steele |Robin Schwartzkopf

Today marks the one-year countdown to the Skipwith-Roper Homecoming in Jackson Ward — a revitalization project set for a grand opening on April 17-19, 2026, coinciding with the neighborhood’s founding anniversary. This initiative, developed by the local preservation nonprofit The JXN Project, aims to replicate the 1793 home of Abraham Peyton Skipwith, the .

2 months ago | rictoday.6amcity.com | Elise Steele |Robin Schwartzkopf

Grab your binoculars and lace up your sneakers. Tuckahoe Creek Park is expanding with new a boardwalk and increased wetland access. The expansion follows a donation of approximately 21 acres from The Wilton Companies, an 80-year-old real estate agency that has donated 250+ acres to Henrico County over the years. Henrico officials and the CEO of The Wilton Companies announced the news on Monday, backed by the grassy scenery + well-timed flying geese of Tuckahoe Creek Park.