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A fire in a JMU dorm displaces hundreds of students, but no one is hurt… Many customers in southside Virginia are still without electricity, after this week’s ice storm downed trees and power lines… We review the latest from the General Assembly, and we have analysis of the week in Richmond from Jeff Schapiro….

Residents in Charlottesville are in favor of expanding food options with a new co-op grocery store… We review the week in the General Assembly, with analysis from Jeff Schapiro… A new program in the House of Delegates aims to make it easier for parents to seek office — and stay there….

The judge overseeing a fraud trial for the leaders of NEXUS issues another delay… UVa’s board of visitors will assess the school’s health care system and its resumption of gender-affirming care for minors… We explore what’s being done in the Valley to help those who have inadequate access to both healthy food and health care….

VMI’s board of visitors votes against keeping the school’s first Black superintendent in the job… JMU education students plan to walk out of classes on Wednesday to protest federal cuts… Virginians share the same rising fears about inflation and tariffs as the rest of the country, as consumer confidence plunges….

In a visit to Harrisonburg, the governor honors a local nonprofit dedicated to fighting human trafficking… Charlottesville unveils a state historical marker recognizing the sales of enslaved people on Court Square in the 18th and 19th centuries… A Charlottesville non-profit encourages private property owners to preserve their trees….

A Bridgewater College political scientist who studies the decline of democracy in other countries warns that it’s happening in the U.S…. A state committee addressing cuts to the federal workforce will soon take a tour across Virginia… ICE raids a handful of neighborhoods in Northern Virginia….

JMU education students walk out to protest the Trump administration’s cuts, and its threat to demolish the Department of Education… State police catch the man who triggered a shelter-in-place order on UVa grounds last week… You’ve heard of food deserts, but there are also “pharmacy deserts” across Virginia….

The first Black leader at VMI blames partisanship for a recent decision by the school’s governing board not to renew his contract… We meet one former FEMA employee who lives in the Valley, one of thousands fired without cause by the Trump administration… Moves by the administration in Washington are trickling down to Virginia lawmakers, on both sides of the aisle, and Jeff Schapiro has analysis….

Rockingham County’s school board bans more books from its libraries… A local produce distribution program faces steep funding cuts… Virginia will stay out of RGGI for the foreseeable future….

Local food banks feel the strain of inflation, potential federal aid cuts, and even artificial intelligence… Environmentalists worry that President Trump’s cuts could be disastrous for restoring the Chesapeake Bay… In this election year, both major political parties in Virginia mull new party chairs….