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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….

Charlottesville’s Daily Progress and other daily Virginia papers owned by an Iowa-based company move to publishing three times a week… Today is the deadline to create or update voter registration before Virginia’s primary elections on June 20th… Full Disclosure’s Roben Farzad discusses the squeeze that local cable providers are feeling as a result of the growth of streaming services….

Despite pleas from dozens of advocates, the state’s air pollution control board votes to pull Virginia out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative… An animal shelter in Lyndhurst takes in dozens of animals seized from a single property… A 19-year-old man is in custody in connection with a deadly mass shooting in Richmond following a high school graduation….

The new director of Charlottesville's animal shelter asks volunteers involved in previous protests over alleged abuse there to stay away during the summer… A dental clinic in Amherst and four others around the state each get $200,000 to improve dentist accessibility… Can AI prevent pedestrian traffic deaths?

The Shenandoah Valley is now in a moderate drought, and is among the driest regions in Virginia… A woman incarcerated at Middle River Regional Jail in Verona has died… Virginia’s primary election is Tuesday, and Jeff Schapiro joins us to discuss some historical examples of incumbents who have been unseated in primaries….

A suspect is in custody after a Wintergreen police officer is fatally shot in a struggle… Some Republican candidates for seats in the General Assembly continue to push former President Trump's lies about a rigged 2020 election… We explore what Afton is doing with its COVID relief money….

Parts of Charlottesville find their neighborhood sprinkled with homophobic and anti-transgender flyers… In this era of more common mass shootings and gun violence, some local fire departments are investing in body armor… We follow up yesterday’s report on the use of federal COVID relief funds in Afton with a tour of Scottsville, just south of Charlottesville….