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A company in Lynchburg is developing a kind of rocket fuel for NASA;Scientists at the University of Virginia make a discovery that could potentially save millions of lives;The Virginia Board of Education will soon formally consider a new proposal to increase the emphasis on standardized test scores in school ratings;And a contractor based in Richmond is eyeing Staunton as a potential home for a utility-sized solar installation

Senator Mark Warner delivers a million dollar check to the city of Harrisonburg;Major natural disasters have more than doubled in Virginia during the last two decades;U.S. Representative Jennifer Wexton says she’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease;And with the return of spring, so return the next generation of wildlife

Dr. Anthony Fauci visits JMU to talk about his career, the COVID pandemic, and the perils of misinformation… The state medical examiner rules Irvo Otieno’s death a homicide… The Little Grill, a dining staple in downtown Harrisonburg, reopens after closing temporarily last fall… Full Disclosure’s Roben Farzad joins us to discuss the apparently imminent sale of the Washington Commanders….

Governor Glenn Youngkin gets set to lead his first international trade mission as governor… The governor also signs a bill that offers reparations for victims of Massive Resistance… The Mountain Valley Pipeline faces a new setback….

Mary Baldwin University has selected Dr. Jeffrey P. Stein as its 10th president. Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Corrections won an important victory last week. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation recently announced that it is building an archaeology center.

The Harrisonburg High School community walked out of class to support the family of a classmate killed over the weekend;The Charlottesville Albemarle SPCA has placed its CEO on administrative leave, after an independent review by the law firm McGuireWoods;A bipartisan coalition of attorneys general is backing a Virginia veteran who is taking his GI benefits claim to the U.S. Supreme Court; And public colleges in Virginia say they will have to raise tuition unless the commonwealth steps in to increase its share of the cost

A recent study examined whether LED road lighting affects how well people fall – and stay – asleep;The Walmart Chesapeake where six people were killed in November re-opened this/Wednesday morning;Some people in Winchester try to loosen the hold that illicit substances have on the region;And Shenandoah National Park will kick off National Park Week with free admission for all patrons

Almost six years after the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, a grand jury has indicted several participants;The Virginia Supreme Court agrees to hear an appeal regarding the denial of early release for some people incarcerated in the commonwealth;The Virginia Department of Elections is working to remove a long list of now-deceased voters from the voter rolls;And opinions are divided over who will own a massive new offshore wind farm in Virginia

Volunteers will be cleaning up several stretches of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River this weekend; after months of debate, Virginia’s Board of Education adopts new K-through-12 history standards; The challenges of getting into, and sticking with, substance use treatment; and as money pours in for the fall General Assembly campaigns, Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

One of the people carrying a torch in connection with the 2017 Unite the Rally in Charlottesville faces felony charges… Virginia's maternal mortality rate surged during the pandemic… This year’s General Assembly elections are attracting record amounts of campaign cash….