Early voting in Virginia begins today, and in partnership with the public radio news network around the Commonwealth, WMRA introduces our fall election coverage… Jeff Schapiro surveys the fall election landscape, and this week in Virginia politics … The lieutenant governor brings her listening tour about energy costs to Charlottesville….

Broadway is the latest locality to get rid of Flock cameras… Virginia’s environmental officials hold a final public meeting over pollution permitting for the Northrop Grumman plant in Waynesboro… Governor Spanberger declares a state of emergency over the hay shortage caused by Virginia’s drought conditions….

The Harrisonburg Rotary Club cancels a forum for the 6th District congressional candidates… Waynesboro residents speak out at the final hearing before environmental officials decide on a pollution permit for Northrop Grumman… The University of Virginia is in the top ten nationwide when it comes to free speech on campus….

Dozens of residents protest against Northrop Grumman at Waynesboro’s city council meeting… Support for bringing passenger trains to the Shenandoah Valley grows in Harrisonburg… One Charlottesville breast cancer survivor is building a better surgical recovery bra….

Shenandoah County’s school board takes the next step to budget for court costs as it appeals a ruling against Confederate school names… Activities at Westwood Elementary in Waynesboro resume this week, and classes will restart on Thursday, two weeks after a gunman shot his way into the school… We pay a visit to a mobile food pantry in Scottsville….

Augusta County wants the FCC to block Verizon from discontinuing landline service… Waynesboro residents speak out against allowing Northrop Grumman’s new plant to pollute… Early voting in Virginia starts next Friday, and Jeff Schapiro surveys the political landscape, and takes a look back at political reaction to 9/11….

Bridgewater is the latest locality to decide to get rid of its Flock cameras… Conservation groups want to stop the widening of a West Virginia highway near the Virginia border… Preservation Virginia lists historic places in our area that are endangered… We talk with the creators behind a new play at Court Square Theater that chronicles an improv comedy duo….

We check in on Charlottesville’s newly opened homeless shelter… Buena Vista holds its 55th annual Labor Day political festival… A McGaheysville mom builds an online village to support other new moms….

UVa employees march for a living wage on Labor Day… A Waynesboro man is found dead in his car, submerged in a Nelson County lake… Democrats blast President Trump and celebrate Beth Macy’s candidacy at a fundraiser in Harrisonburg….

A suspected arsonist sets fire to tents at a former homeless encampment in Charlottesville… Virginians are sour on the economy, and consumer sentiment is down… As demand has surged, there is now a shortage of estrogen patches for patients who need them….