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The new director of Charlottesville's animal shelter asks volunteers involved in previous protests over alleged abuse there to stay away during the summer… A dental clinic in Amherst and four others around the state each get $200,000 to improve dentist accessibility… Can AI prevent pedestrian traffic deaths?

The Shenandoah Valley is now in a moderate drought, and is among the driest regions in Virginia… A woman incarcerated at Middle River Regional Jail in Verona has died… Virginia’s primary election is Tuesday, and Jeff Schapiro joins us to discuss some historical examples of incumbents who have been unseated in primaries….

Parts of Charlottesville find their neighborhood sprinkled with homophobic and anti-transgender flyers… In this era of more common mass shootings and gun violence, some local fire departments are investing in body armor… We follow up yesterday’s report on the use of federal COVID relief funds in Afton with a tour of Scottsville, just south of Charlottesville….

VMI's chief diversity officer resigns after nearly two years of constant backlash from White alumni and students… Senator Tim Kaine says he’s pushing the Postal Service to improve mail delivery in areas that are still not getting proper service… Jeff Schapiro surveys the week that was in Virginia politics and government….

Police shoot and injure one person involved in a fight at a Walmart near the JMU campus in Harrisonburg… After wandering over D.C. and triggering the scrambling of a fighter jet, a small plane crashes in the mountains south of Staunton… Virginia joins with nine other states to sue FEMA over proposed flood insurance rate hikes….

A survey of telehealth providers in Virginia shows that they are seeing improvements in the remote care offered to patients… A group called Progressive Prosecutors for Justice is one of the big winner’s in last week’s primaries… Two environmental groups sue the U.S. Navy over a Northern Virginia naval base’s weapons testing….

Another man involved in the racist torchlit march on UVa Grounds in August 2017 has been indicted… New rules for about 60,000 Virginians on probation seem to be working… One of the new laws going into effect on July 1st requires people who want to view pornography online to verify their age….

How will the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action affect Virginia universities?... Culpeper County’s Sheriff is indicted on corruption and bribery charges… Staunton has a new flood monitoring system… Virginia enters a new budget year in a state of uncertainty, and we have details and analysis with Jeff Schapiro….

Parts of our area move into the red zone in air quality from Canadian wildfires, meaning the air is unhealthy for the general population… Areas around Charlottesville will get hundreds of thousands of dollars for opioid abatement… Lawyers for the family of Irvo Otieno ask the U.S. Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation into his death….

The General Assembly remains at odds on how to best utilize the commonwealth’s more than $3 billion budget surplus, and schools in particular could receive less funding… Dominion customers are paying less for electricity… Staunton concludes its three-day celebration of America’s 247th birthday….