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In downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, a bustling bazaar sells the rare ingredients used in the millennial art of natural vegetable dyeing. Nathan Santamaria travels through the catacomb-like spaces of the market and all of its chaos to the place where the dyes are sold.

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….

The idea got a standing ovation at the governor's State of the State address Monday night, with Democratic Leader Craig Fitzhugh saying, "Actually I had hoped that we would do that earlier."

The mother of the six-year-old who shot his teacher in Newport News faces prison time… Fear of crime is often used by politicians to score points with voters, but long-term crime statistics tell a different story… Now that the Air Pollution Control Board has voted to remove Virginia from RGGI, Full Disclosure’s Roben Farzad shares his perspective about what that means for energy providers, consumers -- and the economics of climate change…..

The FBI says it has solved the 1996 case of a brutal double murder of two young women in Shenandoah National Park… Excessive heat is combining with a “flash drought” in Virginia this weekend, with almost no rain relief expected anytime soon… The big political story this week was Tuesday’s primary, but also, the General Assembly will need a do-over after deadlocking on the issue of military educational benefits, and Jeff Schapiro reviews the week….

Rockingham County’s school board expresses its intention to follow Governor Youngkin’s directive to do more against antisemitism... As we enter hurricane season, the governor says Virginia is prepared, despite Trump administration cuts to FEMA... After DHS named Trump-friendly Augusta County as one of many on its list of “sanctuary jurisdictions,” a national sheriff’s association complains and the list is taken down….

Harrisonburg’s city council selects former councilman Richard Baugh to temporarily fill the seat vacated by George Hirschmann… A huge facility in Cumberland County that breeds beagles for medical research is shut down over allegations of mistreatment of the animals, and meanwhile Virginia strengthens state laws against animal cruelty… The General Assembly has finally passed a two-year budget, now on the governor’s desk, and we survey that and more in Virginia politics and government with Jeff Schapiro….

The Jewish Democratic presidential candidate admitted differences with his conservative Christian audience at Liberty University, but called for civil discourse on social justice and morality issues.

A man from Winchester is being prosecuted in federal court after allegedly making a series of online posts threatening to kill or harm Vice President Harris… The NAACP is suing Shenandoah County’s school board over its May decision to revert to Confederate names for two schools, and we launch a four-part series diving into that, and the history behind it… VMI is known for emphasizing strength and self-discipline, but this fall the school will use canine therapy to ease the transition to college….