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Drug-related deaths for Virginia’s seniors nearly doubled in the years leading up to the pandemic… A bill making its way through Congress would allow alcohol to be shipped through the mail in states where it is legal… Why are teachers in Virginia leaving the job in droves?

The mother of the six-year-old who shot his teacher in Newport News faces prison time… Fear of crime is often used by politicians to score points with voters, but long-term crime statistics tell a different story… Now that the Air Pollution Control Board has voted to remove Virginia from RGGI, Full Disclosure’s Roben Farzad shares his perspective about what that means for energy providers, consumers -- and the economics of climate change…..

School boards are faced with how to respond to new, more restrictive guidelines from the governor on transgender students… Local airports get federal funds for upgrades… We have some tips on how to find your unclaimed property through a state resource….

A man convicted of being part of the white supremacist march through UVa grounds in 2017 is arrested on charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol and attacked police officers in the January 6th riot... About 100,000 Virginians have lost their Medicaid health insurance since the commonwealth started cutting enrollment in May... We conclude our Big Tree Tour....

After two years, Charlottesville again has a permanent city manager… A Charlottesville-based nonprofit launches a campaign to help guide homeowners interested in going solar… As negotiations to amend Virginia’s two-year budget remain stalled, Jeff Schapiro takes a look at lessons from the last such stalemate….

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….