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We go into the field (and stream) to learn how government and nonprofit agencies assess the health of our local waterways… Senator Creigh Deeds hopes that Virginia law will help provide hope for families threatened with separation by the Trump administration… Governor Youngkin selects September 9th for a special election to fill the seat of the late Representative Gerry Connolly….

Residents say they witnessed an ICE detention near Harrisonburg, with the help of State Police and the FBI… The parent company of the Daily Progress reports the results of a February hack that affected the company for weeks… An unusual program in Nelson County deploys belly dancing to help seniors with neuro-degenerative conditions….

Federal Justice officials accuse UVa of stalling on its promise to eliminate DEI efforts… New unemployment claims in Virginia are up… Voting rights advocates try again to remove the governor’s power to restore rights to convicted felons….

A second case of measles in Virginia is identified in someone who spent time in Charlottesville... A hiker from Virginia Beach dies after falling off the walking trail at Crabtree Falls in Nelson County... A former Augusta County deputy sues Sheriff Donald Smith for allegedly creating a hostile work environment....

Floodwaters sweep away a 12-year-old boy in Albemarle County… Defense Department money will help fund the use of ultrasound technology at UVa to better target cancer treatments… The Weldon Cooper Center at UVa predicts job losses in Virginia this year, in part due to federal job cuts in Washington….

The body of the boy swept away by floodwaters in Albemarle County is recovered… Harrisonburg and parts of Louisa County are under water restrictions… The Wildlife Center says if you stumble upon a fawn that you think has been abandoned, it’s probably fine….

Police in Shenandoah County say a swatting incident led to a school lockdown… In a stop in Harrisonburg, Governor Youngkin announces millions for investments in workforce housing… A new poll shows a majority of Virginians opposed to Trump’s tariffs and DOGE cuts….

President Trump’s pardon of former Culpeper County Sheriff Jenkins is not the first time a conviction for corruption has been set aside… Turnout is unusually high for early primary voting, especially on the Democratic side… Two Virginia men honor a forgotten part of Virginia’s history with a special kind of river cruise….

Former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins, convicted on bribery charges, may get a pardon from President Trump… Charlottesville City Schools transfers decades worth of historic records to the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center… Virginia’s Supreme Court strikes down a law meant to speed broadband deployment across railroad lines….

Small towns and rural areas may be hit the hardest by federal spending cuts… Jeff Schapiro surveys the week in Virginia politics… We meet a woman in Rappahannock County who wanted to see if a small prescribed burn on her property would help native plants grow….