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  • A former police officer from Rocky Mount is guilty of storming the U.S. Capitol during the January 6th insurrection… Will alcohol sales in Virginia be privatized?... We visit a farm in Augusta County that’s full of lambs….
  • After months of controversy and criticism, the board of directors at James Madison's Montpelier reverses course, and will share governance with descendants of those whom Madison enslaved… An artist from Batesville produces work that will generate humanitarian aid for Ukraine… Statewide news too, including a Full Disclosure discussion about a possible big merger in Virginia tobacco….
  • The General Assembly reconvenes today to approve Virginia's budget, and we have a preview… A new UVa Health study finds that suicide attempts by poisoning among children is way up in recent years… The Chesapeake Bay Foundation holds its 32nd annual Clean the Bay Day this weekend….
  • Two people being held in the disappearance of an Augusta County toddler are indicted on murder charges… People are still dying of COVID-19, and statewide the highest transmission levels are in Augusta and Highland Counties, and rising… We continue our series on food insecurity among children in our area….
  • High marks for air quality in our area, from the American Lung Association… A new COVID test from a company based in Charlottesville… What will the General Assembly do with the governor’s amendment to a bill limiting solitary confinement?
  • Short jail sentences proposed for two Virginia Beach men involved in the January 6 riot, a gunman opens fire in the nation’s capital, and the American Lung Association says our area has some of the cleanest air in the country…
  • The United States Supreme Court allows a Northern Virginia governor’s school to continue its new admissions policy – for the time being, the General Assembly reconvenes on Wednesday for a special session, including consideration of several amendments. One from Governor Glenn Youngkin involves marijuana, and a new book sheds possible light on the mystery surrounding the murder of two women in Shenandoah National Park in 1996.
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