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Virginia has a large contingent of federal employees, second only to California, so a government shutdown would have a big impact here… Advocacy groups express concern that elections officials have removed more than 10,000 Virginians from voting rolls who previously had their rights restored… A UVa researcher argues that urban design and planning can affect the mental well-being of people who live in cities….

Firefighters from across Virginia continue working to contain the blaze in Madison County that’s now burned more than 400 acres… Albemarle County launches a new on-demand public transportation system for areas outside traditional bus routes… Full Disclosure’s Roben Farzad treats us to a look at the scary sums of money Americans now spend on Halloween….

Forestry officials are hopeful that colder temperatures could help fight a wildfire in Madison County… Northern Shenandoah Valley communities receive money from the EPA to expand their recycling programs… A group that aims to help elect Republicans offers to collect voters’ ballots and drop them off at polling stations, and the attorney general says that’s OK….

A Winchester man will serve prison time for embezzling nearly $1 million from Harrisonburg’s Community Services Board... Virginia joins a multi-state lawsuit against Meta, Facebook’s parent company... Culpeper County’s sheriff faces 13 felony counts, but he’s still running for re-election, and that race is the subject of the final installment of our “Law of the Land” series....

A flashpoint for white supremacist violence is no more, as the large bronze statue of General Lee that stood in a Charlottesville park is finally dismantled and melted down for art… Virginia’s U.S. Senators speak out on the war between Israel and Gaza… As campaign ads flood the commercial airwaves, we check in with Jeff Schapiro for a review of the week in Virginia politics….

A wildfire in Madison County near Shenandoah National Park has spread rapidly since last Tuesday… Virginia election officials say they’ve reinstated nearly 3400 people mistakenly removed from voter rolls… Cardinal News reports on the Virginia authors, including John Grisham, who say that AI threatens their livelihoods….

Even as firefighters get control over the Quaker Run fire in Madison County, other fires pop up, and it is Fall Fire season… The Samuels Public Library in Front Royal is fully funded after a heated battle over books, and we talk with one author whose work was targeted by local book banners… Jeff Schapiro joins us to discuss the new leadership in the General Assembly, and how it might affect the next state budget….

Officials say the Quaker Run fire is under control, but a fire near Natural Bridge is smoking the air quality in the Shenandoah Valley… We take a look at who will lead the new members of the General Assembly… The mother of the 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Newport News will spend time in prison….

The Matts Creek Fire now covers more than 8,000 acres, and continues to harm our air quality… Health leaders from around Virginia gather to discuss the challenges and opportunities of rural health in the Commonwealth… UVA delays the public release of an external report regarding the deadly shooting of three student athletes a year ago….

The Matts Creek Fire has now consumed more than 10,000 acres, and has closed a number of trails and roads near the Blue Ridge Parkway… There’s new federal funding for a program in Augusta County that provides an alternative to criminal prosecution for non-violent people with mental health or substance abuse issues… Virginia officials say that they want more foster children to be placed with relatives….