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  • Thousands of dogs from a shuttered breeding facility in Cumberland County will soon be up for adoption… Governor Youngkin’s new appointees to VMI’s board of visitors raise concerns that they could roll back efforts to make VMI more inclusive and diverse… Advocates for abortion rights in Virginia are thinking about how they could help people from other states that prohibit the procedure….
  • Virginia State Police temporarily reduce the operating hours for its Med-Flight helicopter service due to a shortage of pilots;A call to end industrial fishing for menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay;Clinicians talk about how they're handling an increased demand for their services;And a new tourism initiative encourages people to drive to destinations in Virginia
  • We begin a series examining the role of police in our public schools… One state bordering Virginia has outlawed abortion, perhaps followed by more in the future, and we meet one organization in the commonwealth stepping up to help… Meanwhile, for the first time since before the pandemic, Virginia loses its Number One ranking for business, according to CNBC, and Democrats blame Governor Youngkin’s divisive politics….
  • Virginia’s Senators are working on legislation that would protect the right to travel across state lines to access abortion… In the second of a two-part investigation into school resource officers, we focus on two school districts that have made different decisions, Harrisonburg and Albemarle County… It’s Friday, so we review the week in Virginia politics….
  • Virginia’s expansion of Medicaid a few years ago, led by former Democratic Governor Ralph Northam, has markedly decreased the number of poorer residents without health insurance… A Charlottesville city employee who was present at the January 6th Capitol insurrection will remain on the payroll… The Farmville school that became a part of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case is now part of a national park….
  • It’s August, that means school bells will soon be ringing in hallways around Virginia, but there’s still a teacher shortage… Did you fill up your gas tank over the weekend? You may have noticed the price was just below $4 for the first time in months… The Mountain Valley Pipeline is struggling, but environmentalists worry that Congress may give it a boost….
  • University of Virginia students return to class as the suspect in Sunday’s shooting appears in court… UVa says Saturday’s football game is cancelled, and instead, there will be a university memorial service for those killed and wounded… Some experts say that Virginia’s proposed history revisions are racist, politically biased and inaccurate… One Harrisonburg engineer helps contractors and officials in Puerto Rico build hurricane-resilient houses….
  • Amidst a divisive and confusing process, state education officials put off the first review of a new history standards draft… School board meetings have become a flashpoint in recent years, but one local district is trying to talk through those conflicts… This week’s news in Virginia was dominated by the violence at UVa, but there’s more to review, and we’ll check in with Jeff Schapiro for our weekly politics and state government chat….
  • A UVa student, the football team’s running back, is recovering from a second surgery to repair wounds from Sunday’s shooting after a field trip… The suspect, in custody, was on that field trip before opening fire on the bus after it returned to grounds… NASA successfully launches the Artemis 1 rocket, and the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton played a role….
  • Got a construction job you need done? You may have a long wait, and we explore why… The campaign to end solitary confinement in Virginia’s prisons is getting a boost from two state senators, one Democrat, one Republican… It’s an eventful week in Richmond, with a new General Assembly and a new Republican executive branch, and we survey the week in Virginia politics….
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