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Governor Spanberger visits Harrisonburg and Verona as part of her first ‘National Night Out’, hosted by local public safety agencies… Charlottesville’s plan for a new homeless shelter faces opposition from some of those who would be moved there… A new study estimates Virginia would need to double the number of state-subsidized childcare slots to serve most eligible kids….

Weather officials confirm that at least four tornados swept through our area during Tuesday's severe storms… Summertime should be a time for fun and sun for our kids, but many of them face hunger as well… Energy – how it’s produced and consumed – is very much in Virginia headlines, and Jeff Schapiro takes a look at the politics of that….

Waynesboro residents are pushing back against Northrop Grumman as the aerospace and defense company seeks to increase its chemical emissions at its plant in the city... Senator Mark Warner announced that his current campaign for re-election could be his last... Early voting in Virginia's primary elections is down from 2024... and local governments are trying to figure out ways to reign in data center development...

A turkey escapes the poultry industry and finds a home in Nelson County... Harrisonburg City Council plans to vote on automatic license plate readers... a program to use drones as first responders is unveiled in Central Virginia... Virginia Democrats are looking ahead to the 2028 election... And we take a late summer road trip through the Shenandoah Valley...

An elephant from the Natural Bridge Zoo has been moved to an accredited animal sanctuary... Bridgewater residents voice concerns about flock cameras... Unemployment is rising across Virginia... AI could make the Commonwealth more vulnerable to cyber threats... and we go to a Central Virginia powerlifting competition...

We examine the fight over the future of flock cameras in Rockingham County... a woman's death at a Fishersville assisted living facility is being investigated as a homicide... The Virginia Department of Health is sticking with the state's vaccine schedule following an executive order from President Trump... Northern Virginia will add more jobs later this year... and we follow researchers with the Smithsonian studying birds providing pest control for farms....

Shenandoah County students and the N-A-A-C-P won their lawsuit against the county school system last week, and lawyers for the both sides are considering their next steps... we'll hear part two of WMRA's series about several immigrant dairy farm workers who were detained in Page County and deported... vaccination rates are below what's needed to establish herd immunity in many Virginia counties... people are calling for a pause on data center development in Virginia... and the Perseid Meteor shower could be visible in areas with clear skies...

We'll hear the second report of our two part series on the grassroots effort to remove Flock cameras from the Valley... Virginia Democrats hope to avoid a repeat of this year's stalled budget talks despite their majority in Richmond... An exhibit honoring a pioneering Harrisonburg educator is unveiled at Rocktown High School... Dominion Energy is asking the state for more money to cover fuel and power costs... and we'll get a rundown of this week's state government and politics news from Radio IQ's Michael Pope and Jeff Schapiro...

A dairy farm in Page county lost half of their employees when they were detained and transferred to immigration enforcement... At least one Virginia lawmaker opposes the sale of Dominion energy to NextEra... ...campaigning has begun on a proposed state constitutional amendment on abortion... and cases of eight men executed in Virginia will be reviewed as part of a reassessment of a former state forensic scientist...

The Shenandoah County School Board will appeal a federal judge's ruling regarding the names of two county schools... scientists from around the country gathered in Charlottesville to test technology that could revolutionize farming... Staunton's Amtrak station is on track for upgrades thanks to federal grant money... Sentara Health and Anthem remain in a contract dispute... The number of Black men on college campuses and in the labor force is declining... and drones are tested as emergency responders...