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Drought conditions in the Valley lead to burn bans in some places… WMRA’s Randi B. Hagi reveals the results of her year-long investigation into migrant children that have gone missing from Culpeper County… A new local production will allow dozens of community members, including those experiencing homelessness, to enjoy the theater….

The Richmond Electoral Board reverses their decision to reduce early voting opportunities, a financial dispute between a health insurance company and peoples’ doctors threatens the health of those people, and a new museum is coming to Waynesboro.

The Perseid meteor showers are underway, and so are election campaigns for the General Assembly. And a new poll finds Virginians would rather spend the Commonwealth’s budget surplus on funding schools than on tax cuts for the wealthy.

Three men from Central America won their immigration cases, but Immigrations and Customs Enforcement are detaining them anyway; Senator Tim Kaine meets with black business leaders in Richmond; for over thirty years, children from across the mid-Atlantic who survive burns have attended a summer camp just for them in the Shenandoah Valley.

Two legal challenges against the Mountain Valley pipeline dismissed last week. Charlottesville and Albemarle county join a national program to address violent crime, while, in Staunton, a man dressed as Spider-Man patrols the streets. Secretly recorded audio plays a role in election campaigns, and the 87th Annual Old Fiddler’s Convention happened in Galax last week.

Billboard Governor Youngkin visits the Rockingham County Fair and talks about supporting education, 1,000 students in Albemarle County won’t have a bus ride to school, chronic wasting disease spreads across the deer population, and a charitable bingo hall in Richmond argues a referendum should be removed from the city ballot.

After three months of waiting and a lawsuit, two men have been released from detention at the ICE facility in Farmville… A lawsuit accuses a park ranger with false arrest over alleged drunken driving on the Blue Ridge Parkway… Dulles International Airport takes a major step forward in renewable energy….

Finance leaders in the General Assembly say they may be close to a deal on the remainder of the current two-year budget... After the dismissal of years of legal challenges, construction on the Mountain Valley Pipeline resumes... A federal judge in Charlottesville rejects a request from abortion providers to shield Virginia from any future restrictions on the drug mifepristone....

Whether it’s Canadian wildfires affecting our air quality, or more frequent and intense wildfires here in Virginia, climate change is making the problem worse… We have more details on the agreement that the General Assembly reached on the two-year budget… Virginia Tech researchers look for a way to make American trains more fuel efficient….