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Wildfire smoke from Canada again affects our air quality... A judge throws out most of a lawsuit to stop a Black cultural center from melting down Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee statue... We survey some of the national champion trees in our area, according to the Virginia Big Tree program....

A major new legislative study finds that Virginia is significantly underfunding public education… The United Way of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County collects school supplies for local families… Governor Youngkin launches an ad campaign to encourage his fellow Republicans to vote early in this November’s statewide elections, but he faces skepticism within his own party….

Now that the primaries are over, the major party candidates look ahead to November… Virginia, where abortion is still legal, sees an uptick in patients as border states restrict the procedure… A Dominion Energy pilot program encourages customers to shift electricity usage to off-peak hours….

Early results show that Senator Creigh Deeds will likely get to defend his seat in November, but some other Senate incumbents lost, including Trump supporter Amanda Chase… The Rockingham Harrisonburg SPCA says it is completely full and they are desperately seeking fosters for kittens… Prosecutors in Dinwiddie County withdraw charges against two of the ten people involved in the death of Irvo Otieno….

A survey of telehealth providers in Virginia shows that they are seeing improvements in the remote care offered to patients… A group called Progressive Prosecutors for Justice is one of the big winner’s in last week’s primaries… Two environmental groups sue the U.S. Navy over a Northern Virginia naval base’s weapons testing….

Another man involved in the racist torchlit march on UVa Grounds in August 2017 has been indicted… New rules for about 60,000 Virginians on probation seem to be working… One of the new laws going into effect on July 1st requires people who want to view pornography online to verify their age….

Virginia’s primaries are open to all voters, but does that mean that partisans make mischief at the ballot box?... How does the Supreme Court’s reinforcement of the Indian Child Welfare Act affect tribes in Virginia?... Jeff Schapiro joins us to discuss results from Tuesday’s primaries….

Harrisonburg will improve its bicycle lanes, thanks to federal infrastructure money… Top Virginia legislators say that talks in Richmond over the state budget have broken down and negotiators have been sent home… The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear a case filed by a Virginia veteran….

How will the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action affect Virginia universities?... Culpeper County’s Sheriff is indicted on corruption and bribery charges… Staunton has a new flood monitoring system… Virginia enters a new budget year in a state of uncertainty, and we have details and analysis with Jeff Schapiro….

Parts of our area move into the red zone in air quality from Canadian wildfires, meaning the air is unhealthy for the general population… Areas around Charlottesville will get hundreds of thousands of dollars for opioid abatement… Lawyers for the family of Irvo Otieno ask the U.S. Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation into his death….