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  • Police shoot and injure one person involved in a fight at a Walmart near the JMU campus in Harrisonburg… After wandering over D.C. and triggering the scrambling of a fighter jet, a small plane crashes in the mountains south of Staunton… Virginia joins with nine other states to sue FEMA over proposed flood insurance rate hikes….
  • The man shot by a sheriff’s deputy at the Walmart near JMU Sunday died later that night at Sentara RMH… Investigators, combing through the wreckage of the plane that crashed in Augusta County Sunday, say there were no survivors, and that the plane appeared to be on auto-pilot… Full Disclosure’s Roben Farzad discusses how the governor’s order that most Virginia jobs won’t require a college degree, will affect colleges with already declining enrollment….
  • The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank learns more about the “missing guests” who need food assistance, but aren’t getting it… As his Asia trip continues, Governor Youngkin says in Japan that he hopes to create supply chains that are not dependent on China… Virginia's labor force participation rate returns to pre-pandemic levels….
  • The governor’s appointee for diversity and inclusion speaks out against diversity programs on the VMI campus… A group of Valley high school students pay a visit to Farmville, a key historical site during the fight over segregation in Virginia… In our weekly politics chat, Jeff Schapiro joins us to discuss this year’s elections, as incumbents face other incumbents in the primaries, and the governor’s trip to Asia….
  • The state’s legislative Black Caucus joins the NAACP in calling for Virginia’s Diversity Chief to resign after he attacked diversity programs at VMI… The rate of suspected suicide attempts by poisoning among children and adolescents spiked in the first full year of the pandemic… When it comes to curbing tobacco use, Virginia gets one of the lowest grades in the nation….
  • Virginia Beach is recovering from a rare tornado that hit the area Sunday… Governor Youngkin says he won’t run for president… The controversy over the governor’s Diversity Chief isn’t just about rhetoric… An analysis finds that Youngkin’s appointments are less racially diverse and more male-dominated compared to those of former Governor Northam….
  • The second man who escaped from a Farmville jail has been recaptured… Up to 400,000 Virginians could lose Medicaid coverage this week… As President Biden and Congressional leaders meet, Full Disclosure’s Roben Farzad explores why we have a debt ceiling at all, and the potential impact of a default….
  • From the Shenandoah Valley to Charlottesville, police have responded to potential local school threats this week… Former Governor Doug Wilder calls on Governor Youngkin to replace his chief Diversity Officer… An archaeological study in Charlottesville is revealing insights into life there in the 1700s….
  • After reportedly strange behavior and attempts to illegally charge for a FOIA request, the head of Buckingham County’s election office has been fired… After two jail breaks, U.S. marshals remove federal prisoners from a Farmville jail… Governor Youngkin directs state agencies to take new steps to address the fentanyl crisis….
  • Two people are dead after a shooting in Richmond… Virginia’s Air Pollution Control Board votes on whether or not to stay with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Iniative… Now that the debt ceiling deal has given a green light to the Mountain Valley Pipeline, opponents consider next steps….
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