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  • Staunton asks residents to conserve water, as drought conditions in Virginia worsen… Donald Trump and Governor Youngkin will appear together for the first time in a Chesapeake rally the day after the first presidential debate… UVa opens a new research center dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease….
  • A Charlottesville medical tech company graduates from a state program to go global… Virginia’s Education Department, under Governor Glenn Youngkin, proposes changes to a course on Black history… Virginia’s abortion laws haven’t changed since Dobbs, but they’re being watched….
  • The NAACP sues Shenandoah County’s school board over its renaming of schools for Confederates… Meanwhile, Rockingham County’s school board votes to ditch a lobbying group it deems too liberal… Shenandoah National Park hosts events to promote the stewardship of natural areas….
  • Nearly a third of Virginia’s counties are maternity care deserts, and we explore the effect of that lack of care in Page County… The Wildlife Center in Waynesboro is taking in more eagles these days… Efforts to ease the fentanyl crisis in Virginia are showing some hopeful signs….
  • The director of an assisted living facility in Rockingham County is arrested and charged with neglect… The Virginia Cannabis Control Authority approves a medical marijuana provider for the Shenandoah Valley… The first day of early voting in Virginia is later this month, and Jeff Schapiro surveys the beginning of the final stretch of campaigning and more in Virginia politics….
  • Fire crews respond to multiple wildfires in West Virginia areas bordering Virginia… Democrats pick up 13 House of Delegates seats in Tuesday's election, for a supermajority in the chamber… That’s partly reflected by the prospect that next year, there will be no Republican delegates from northern Virginia….
  • As state lawmakers prepare for federal job and spending cuts, anti-Trump protesters descend on Richmond… The General Assembly begins the second half of its session… We visit the orphaned bear cubs spending their first months of life at Waynesboro’s Wildlife Center….
  • 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….
  • Wildlife officials shorten firearm bear hunting season in western Virginia to protect populations threatened by mange... Trump restores the Confederate names of military bases, including three in Virginia... The two major-party candidates for governor share their ideas about improving childcare....
  • Shenandoah County’s sheriff's office is among more than a dozen in Virginia that have signed cooperation agreements with ICE… Virginia may have lost its battle against the spotted lanternfly… How is Trump’s trade war affecting businesses in the commonwealth?
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