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Last night the candidates for governor debated in Norfolk. It was the only debate between republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger ... Virginia is celebrating today over the announcement that a multi-national drug company plans to build two new manufacturing facilities in Albemarle County ... Democrats are outraising Republicans in key races for the House of Delegates.

The man who murdered a Wintergreen police officer will spend nearly 50 years in prison…Our candidate conversation series continues with Cathy Rec, the Democrat running for Virginia’s 33rd House district seat…How will a federal government shutdown impact Virginians, and the state's economy?

Now that Virginia’s “bell-to-bell” ban on cellphones in public schools is in effect, we check in with educators and students…Virginia’s Wildlife Action Plan is updated…We take a look at the latest trend in direct mail political persuasion during this year’s campaigns….

Court cases get underway involving several bridge protesters in Shenandoah County...Virginia airports refuse to air a controversial, and probably illegal, video featuring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...School board candidates in Albemarle County attend a forum, but some board races elsewhere in Virginia don’t have any candidates on the ballot....

The candidates in Virginia’s gubernatorial election clashed in a debate last Thursday night, while nuclear power appears to be a shared interest between Democrats and Republicans in the commonwealth... The federal shutdown has halted flood insurance in Virginia... the state may soon lift restrictions on harvesting blue catfish... journalist David Poole talks about his new book ahead of his appearance for WMRA’s Books and Brews...

Local school officials condemn Rockingham County school board member Matt Cross for posting a video of a student fight in a Harrisonburg public school...We visit one Valley vineyard enlisting the help of patrons to fight the spotted lanternfly invasion...The Virginia Department of Health takes the lead from the CDC in its controversial new vaccine advice....

The candidates for attorney general meet in a much-anticipated debate...An appeals court rules that Nexus owes $811 million in restitution and penalties...The Blue Ridge Free Clinic expands its care to mental health services....

Richard Moore, the former executive vice president of the legally embattled company Nexus, has been sentenced to six years and eight months in prison ... Open enrollment is underway for Virginia’s health insurance marketplace. However, with federal tax subsidies set to expire at the end of the year, per the federal spending bill that was signed this week, Virginians could see much higher monthly premiums ... A nonprofit group has purchased the estate of James Monroe, America's fifth president, in western Loudoun County with hopes of turning it into a state park

A woman arrested by federal agents near Harrisonburg is charged with resisting officers... Food pantries brace for increasing demand, just as SNAP benefits end... Jeff Schapiro surveys a busy week in Virginia politics....

A viral video shows a woman being aggressively detained by two federal agents near Harrisonburg... Given a choice between jail and telling authorities what happened to two missing baby giraffes, the manager at Natural Bridge Zoo chooses jail... Legislation pushed by Democrats to allow mid-decade redistricting moves forward in the General Assembly....