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  • The founder of the Oath Keepers and four others individuals linked to the far-right, anti-government group go on trial Tuesday on seditious conspiracy and other charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riot.
  • Another man from Virginia faces sentencing in the January 6th insurrection… Transfers to the immigrant detention center in Farmville are paused after three people test positive for COVID-19… Students and faculty from UVA and five other Virginia universities meet in Charlottesville to help ensure that future elections in the commonwealth are fair, and results can be trusted….
  • A man convicted of being part of the white supremacist march through UVa grounds in 2017 is arrested on charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol and attacked police officers in the January 6th riot... About 100,000 Virginians have lost their Medicaid health insurance since the commonwealth started cutting enrollment in May... We conclude our Big Tree Tour....
  • Officials say the Quaker Run fire is under control, but a fire near Natural Bridge is smoking the air quality in the Shenandoah Valley… We take a look at who will lead the new members of the General Assembly… The mother of the 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Newport News will spend time in prison….
  • More than three years after the event, federal authorities arrest a Waynesboro man for alleged violent participation in the January 6th insurrection… Albemarle County joins other school systems in allowing teachers to bargain collectively… We take a look at the areas of agreement, and divergence, between the governor and legislators over the budget….
  • A former Rocky Mount police officer convicted of storming the Capitol in the January 6th riot is the first beneficiary of the Supreme Court’s ruling limiting use of a federal obstruction law… Virginia lawmakers debate how to make it easier for victims of domestic violence to break their leases… Commercial property values are cratering across Virginia, threatening local tax bases….
  • Shenandoah County’s school board bans all instruction about gender identity… A Berryville man is sentenced to time served for his participation in the Jan. 6th Capitol riot… Governor Youngkin joins other Republican governors in his support for massive federal cuts that economists say would hurt Virginia….
  • The man near Norfolk accused of stockpiling large numbers of explosives pleads not guilty… Republicans in the General Assembly want to limit transgender girls from participating in school sports… Virginia attorney and law professor Tim Heaphy has some advice on how, after Unite the Right and January 6th, we can restore faith in government….
  • Shortly after 8:30pm Tuesday, the Associated Press declared Republican incumbent Ben Cline the winner over Democratic challenger Nicholas Betts in the 6th…
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