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Virginia joins other Republican-led states in sending National Guard troops to the border with Mexico… The primary contest between incumbent Senator Creigh Deeds and challenger Delegate Sally Hudson near Charlottesville is drawing more votes than any other in the state in early voting… Albemarle County plans to buy a large tract of land to attract new defense department contracts to the area….

Early results show that Senator Creigh Deeds will likely get to defend his seat in November, but some other Senate incumbents lost, including Trump supporter Amanda Chase… The Rockingham Harrisonburg SPCA says it is completely full and they are desperately seeking fosters for kittens… Prosecutors in Dinwiddie County withdraw charges against two of the ten people involved in the death of Irvo Otieno….

A flood of racist and antisemitic remarks disrupts a Charlottesville City Council meeting… Staff at the Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary in Nelson County say that one aspect of climate change impacts everything they do… Virginia’s election season is well under way, the House Speaker drama in D.C. highlights the extremism of one Virginia Republican, and Jeff Schapiro is here to talk about it….

A group of Rockingham County students is vowing a lengthy fight over the school board’s recent decisions… A trial date is set for the former UVa student accused of murdering three of his schoolmates in 2022… In the General Assembly, the governor’s tax proposal fails its first test, but another change to the tax code to help lower income families advances….

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….

Governor Youngkin offers an optimistic view of Virginia’s finances, but some lawmakers are skeptical… A group of professors call on state lawmakers to defend college DEI initiatives against the Trump administration… We have an exit interview with Michael McKee, stepping down as head of the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank after more than a decade….

Dangerous heat and humidity settle into our area… Protesters gather in downtown Harrisonburg to oppose the ongoing violence between Israel, Gaza and Iran, just hours before President Trump orders airstrikes on Iran… Unless amendments to Trump’s massive spending and tax bill are made, federal cuts to Medicaid would have a significant impact on Virginia’s health care system….

Virginia’s ACLU sues ICE for allegedly detaining young people unlawfully at Farmville’s detention center and elsewhere...Meanwhile, Albemarle County’s Circuit Court Clerk says recent detentions at the courthouse by ICE agents have a chilling effect on court attendance...The Roanoke Times and Richmond Times-Dispatch will eliminate their Monday print editions....

Today is primary day, and among the Republican seats up for grabs is the Sixth District, where incumbent Representative Ben Cline faces a challenger… A new study finds that most public school districts in Virginia have still not financially recovered from the Great Recession… Grab your walking stick, WMRA’s Randi B. Hagi takes us for a hike in Virginia’s newest state park, near Woodstock….

One abortion provider along Virginia’s border with Tennessee will move into the Old Dominion in order to continue providing services, but one Republican state senator has already announced legislation that would outlaw abortion in Virginia… Governor Youngkin’s order requiring state employees to return to the office is adding to tensions at the Department of Health… A flour mill in Nelson County gets state money to boost infrastructure for locally sourced food….