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A free healthcare clinic returns to the Valley, with dental, vision and medical services… The family of Irvo Otieno has more questions about how and why the 28-year-old was taken to jail while he was having a mental health crisis… Two years after Virginia abolished the death penalty, a minister who accompanied 28 men to the electric chair has written a memoir about that experience….

Two men escape from a Farmville jail, and one is considered extremely dangerous… Dominion Energy wants to reduce rates for customers… The engineering department at VMI enlists a robot to do battle with ticks….

Governor Youngkin visits Albemarle County to tout the expansion of a local startup… Meanwhile this week, the governor’s plans for diversity, and his plans for next year, have been making headlines, and Jeff Schapiro joins us for analysis… Shenandoah National Park hosts its 37th Wildflower Weekend….

A member of Harrisonburg’s city council is charged with DWI… We take a look at one potential solution to the barriers confronting the placement of solar panels… Early voting in Virginia’s primaries has begun, and one county’s ballots look a little different this year….

The Buckingham County Electoral Board is experiencing more disruption after a judge postpones a hearing on nominations to the panel… The former chair of Virginia's board of elections says the Governor’s decision to exit a multistate voter data partnership is in part due to a year-long misinformation campaign from the right… School board elections are nonpartisan, but the boards themselves seldom are….

A new report calls attention to Virginia's practice of incarcerating people even after their sentence has been completed… Amazon opens a one-million-square-foot warehouse in Fishersville… Full Disclosure’s Roben Farzad analyzes lawsuits over the marketing and availability of vaping products….

A judge in Charlottesville rules against one of the groups trying to stop the melting down of the old Robert E. Lee statue… Culpeper and surrounding counties are one of several PILOT sites for a Marcus Alert system… The General Assembly is working on a rare bipartisan effort to reform Virginia's parole system….

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 former 5th District Republican Representative is making a comeback, winning the nomination for a seat in Virginia’s House of Delegates… The Associated Press reports that Virginia State Police have avoided an independent investigation into a former trooper, and are instead investigating the matter themselves… Researchers are training dogs to help sniff out the invasive spotted lanternfly, which continues to threaten vineyards in Virginia.…

One study says Virginia is safer for teenage drivers than most other states… The Supreme Court’s recent ruling on a case involving the Clean Water Act could have environmental impacts on Virginia for years to come… A Virginia Beach engineer is one of four people in the country chosen by NASA to test out living on Mars….