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Drought conditions in the Valley lead to burn bans in some places… WMRA’s Randi B. Hagi reveals the results of her year-long investigation into migrant children that have gone missing from Culpeper County… A new local production will allow dozens of community members, including those experiencing homelessness, to enjoy the theater….

The Quaker Run fire jumps containment lines, consumes nearly 2,500 acres, and now authorities encourage Madison County residents near the fire to evacuate… Tuesday is Election Day, so we have reports on the security of Virginia’s voting system, the vote counting process, and the future of early voting in Virginia….

Raising Virginia’s minimum wage will be on the agenda for Democrats in next year’s General Assembly… Because so many lawmakers will be new, lobbyists are poised to fill in for the gaps in experience… We have a profile of Skyline Literacy, a Harrisonburg non-profit providing literacy, English-language and citizenship education for decades….

Albemarle County’s prosecutor wants a court to withhold a report on the 2022 shooting deaths of three UVa students… Members of the General Assembly return to the Capitol to consider a budget question about benefits to veterans and their families… It’s time for lightning bugs, but as their numbers may be down, we have some tips for attracting more to your yard….

UVa’s athletic foundation creates a scholarship fund in memory of the three student athletes killed in a 2022 shooting… At least three county school boards in the WMRA area have ditched membership in a long-standing school board association, and that created an outcry in Orange County… Ten years after it was proposed, the Mountain Valley Pipeline is now in service….

It’s primary day in Virginia, and lots of candidates are vying for seats statewide… A UVa senior shatters the women’s 100-meter butterfly world record in her semifinal race at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials… A small family practice has been serving patients in one Augusta County community for 50 years and counting….

An old rock quarry and landfill are now a beautiful public park in Waynesboro… With July 1st comes lots of new laws, including prison reforms and changes to the Developmental Disability waiver system… Representative Abigail Spanberger says changes the federal government made to college student aid applications hurts farm families….

Primary results are in, but as of early on the day after the primary election, the contest in the fifth congressional district is still too close to call… Republican Hung Cao wins the chance to challenge incumbent Senator Tim Kaine in November… Virginia’s Senate can’t reach a compromise to fix a veterans’ education benefit program….

JMU education students walk out to protest the Trump administration’s cuts, and its threat to demolish the Department of Education… State police catch the man who triggered a shelter-in-place order on UVa grounds last week… You’ve heard of food deserts, but there are also “pharmacy deserts” across Virginia….

Virginia’s third official measles case this year is confirmed, and it’s the second one in Charlottesville… One analysis shows that Virginia is one of five states where efforts to arrest and remove unauthorized immigrants appear most aggressive… Democratic candidate for governor Abigail Spanberger proposes housing solutions….