Henry Graff
Reporter
Richmond, Va.
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Henry Graff joined the NBC12 news team in January 2020. He currently reports on the city of Richmond during the week on NBC12 and CW Richmond.
Before coming to Richmond, Henry spent more than 16 years reporting for NBC29 in Charlottesville. While there, he reported on a number of stories in our commonwealth, up and down the East Coast and around the world. Henry has been to Haiti numerous times since the devastating earthquake there. He has reported from Charlottesville's sister city in West Africa and from Nicaragua.
He has also followed Charlottesville firefighters to Ground Zero, picked vegetables with former first lady Michelle Obama at the White House, and reported from the Outer Banks during Hurricane Earl in 2009.
Henry is originally from Philadelphia. When he's not chasing down a story, Henry enjoys cooking and reading. He is also an avid runner.
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|By Henry Graff
Virginia’s Governor is speaking publicly for the first time about the death of Ivro Otieno.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 2:13 PM EDT
|By Henry Graff
From one side of the road to the other, you can see the progress being made along Brookland Park Boulevard.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 1:46 PM EDT
|By Henry Graff
As part of his state of the city address earlier this year, Mayor Levar Stoney promised to create more affordable housing.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 2:44 PM EDT
|By Henry Graff
Family and friends are remembering the life of a 13-year-old killed over the weekend.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 3:19 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Utility billing concerns and aging technology are some of the issues facing Richmond’s Department of Public Utilities, as those inside the department try to usher it into the 21st century.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 11:43 AM EST
|By Henry Graff
Richmond City Hall was closed for the first time Wednesday in honor of International Women’s Day.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 3:03 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
It’s not her first time on Capitol Hill, but this day is different because Jennifer McClellan is now joining the 118th Congress.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 2:12 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Packing up order after order, those at Hanover Hemp, LLC now have a growing worry about the future of the business.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 3:00 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
With shovels in the dirt, Thursday marked the start of construction at a 25-acre site off Route 301 in Mechanicsville.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 1:23 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
As part of his plan, Stoney wants to set aside $1.7 million from surplus money to create the Richmond Pathways Program.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 4:38 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Early voting for the 9th district senate seat race is from March 13 through March 25.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 2:26 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
At Sneed’s Nursery in Chesterfield County, workers are getting all the shrubs, fruit trees and a whole lot of flowers into place and ready for purchase.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 1:55 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
On Main Street near Virginia Commonwealth University, Lt. Edgar Greer runs LiDAR, trying to catch speeders barreling toward campus..
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 2:20 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
It’s a final push for votes, in a February special election, to elect the next lawmaker in Virginia’s 4th Congressional District.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 3:45 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
It’s our first look inside the charred remains of William F. Fox Elementary School and at the work that’s beginning to rebuild it.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 1:27 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Starting Monday, February 27, Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority will open six public housing and project-based voucher waitlists of various bedroom sizes.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 2:42 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
In response to a booming rental market, Richmond City Council is now working to create the framework for a rental inspection program.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 12:44 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Outside the statehouse Tuesday, Virginia’s First Lady stepped out of the shadows for a political mission that’s turned personal.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 3:22 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
A host of new turn lanes and improved pedestrian crossings are on the horizon for part of Chamberlayne Avenue in Richmond.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 1:55 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
At Fox Elementary School debris removal work is complete along with stabilization efforts to make sure the walls don’t collapse.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 3:20 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Deemed unsafe and completely condemned just last year, Richmond firefighters can no longer use this burn building at its current training facility in Sandston.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 4:01 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Crossover Day marks the time when lawmakers wrap up work on their own legislation.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 12:55 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
A Senate bill would make it a felony to buy, sell or offer for a sale a catalytic converter that is separated from a vehicle, unless certain conditions are met.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 2:47 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
In a neighborhood already ripe with graffiti, one mural is now catching the attention of Richmond City Hall.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 10:27 AM EST
|By Henry Graff
The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia on West Leigh Street is marking 40 years of preserving stories that inspire.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 12:49 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia on West Leigh Street is marking 40 years of preserving stories that inspire.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 4:59 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
According to the transcript, prosecutors say the officers told the woman to get into the back of his police vehicle, and after some time told the victim he was taking her home.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 12:30 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
On Wednesday, Richmond School Board Member Jonathan Young plans to introduce a school consolidation plan during the school board's budget work session.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 6:33 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
David Mitchell’s ordeal started at the end of 2021 when he noticed the gas bill for his new house was higher than expected.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 4:01 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
In response to a rising number of crashes involving pedestrians, Richmond City Councilors would like to use nearly half million dollars to add curb extensions along Main and Cary Streets between Belvidere Street and Arthur Ashe Boulevard.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 3:23 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Wednesday, during a crime briefing, Acting Police Chief Rick Edwards said the department in interested in using sensors around the city to track gunfire.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 3:05 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Tuesday morning state democrats unveiled a constitutional amendment from reproductive freedom.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 12:45 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Attending school board meetings, Becca DuVal became increasingly concerned about the division’s chronic absenteeism rate.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 3:21 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
At the Virginia State Capitol Thursday, there was a push for Sage’s Law.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 4:32 PM EST
|By NBC12 Newsroom and Henry Graff
The Hopewell community has been devastated recently by an increase in crime and violence.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 2:02 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Lawmakers at the Virginia State Capitol got an earful on Lobby Day with a heavy focus on new gun laws or repeals.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 3:04 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Two grants are set to help a pair of Richmond organizations help families in need.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 3:33 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Inside the Virginia Statehouse polarizing ideas are emerging on how to keep communities safe.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 2:35 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Both the Virginia Senate and Virginia House of Delegates gaveled in to start the process of working through hundreds of pieces of legislation.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 2:54 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Ahead of the start of the 2023 Virginia General Assembly, state lawmakers are pitching their bills to the public, and hoping for support across the aisle.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 3:15 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Richmond City Hall says Enrichmond Foundation will be held accountable in court, and work is underway to help those organizations affected by the money loss.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 2:57 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
The James River Park System is now hiring a Park Ranger Supervisor to help jump start the organization’s first-ever park ranger program.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 2:48 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
With 20,000 cars rolling through the intersection on a daily basis, those living not far from Laburnum Avenue and Hermitage Road are hopeful the area will be the target of safety improvements.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 2:55 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Five developers from across the country are competing for the opportunity to take on phase one of a revitalization effort called the City Center Innovation District.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 7:09 AM EST
|By Henry Graff
During a meeting Monday night, the school board voted overwhelmingly to change the name of the high school.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 12:39 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Between drunk drivers on the road and random gunfire in the sky, police in Richmond have a lot on their hands as we enter the new year.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 10:19 AM EST
|By Henry Graff
Rick Edwards was thrust into the spotlight at the end of October after then-Police Chief Gerald Smith resigned.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 3:22 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Inside Richmond City Hall, council is working on its wish list for 2023 and deciding which challenges to tackle and how.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2022 at 2:36 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
With hundreds of bills already filed, and even more on the horizon, legislators are gearing up for plenty of debate inside the Virginia Statehouse.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2022 at 9:18 PM EST
|By Henry Graff
Wednesday morning, a team of five began the painstaking process of counting more than 26,000 ballots cast in Tuesday’s primary.
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