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The Quaker Run fire jumps containment lines, consumes nearly 2,500 acres, and now authorities encourage Madison County residents near the fire to evacuate… Tuesday is Election Day, so we have reports on the security of Virginia’s voting system, the vote counting process, and the future of early voting in Virginia….

Fire officials say the Quaker Run wildfire is a little bigger than previously thought, but containment lines are holding... House Democrats select Delegate Don Scott as Speaker, and he will be the first Black person to fill that role... Meanwhile, Republicans prepare for a General Assembly session where they will be in the minority....

After controversy over student behavior and some teachers’ reluctance to teach, reports of a bomb threat shut down Charlottesville High School’s campus… JMU and the attorney general reverse course and say they won’t file a lawsuit against the NCAA, at least not yet… How will divided government in Richmond affect the budgeting process?

Virginia’s NAACP sues the governor over access to records related to the restoration of voting rights… About 15% of Virginians on Medicaid during the pandemic have since been removed from the program… We continue our “Law of the Land” series with a look at the Page County sheriff’s race, pitting cousin against cousin….

After a flood of racist comments from white supremacists on Zoom during a virtual city council meeting, Charlottesville is suspending public comment, unless it’s in person… The Central Shenandoah Health District re-opens a clinic in Waynesboro after more than a year… A consultant for Governor Youngkin helped organize the January 6th rally that preceded the Capitol insurrection in 2021….

Recent rains have not done much to ease drought conditions in the Valley, and Staunton is still asking residents to conserve water… Environmental groups want Virginia to regulate the release of so-called forever chemicals into rivers and streams… Full Disclosure’s Roben Farzad explains why Virginia has more at stake than other states in seeing a long-term federal spending agreement reached before the 45-day stopgap measure runs out….

5th District Rep. Bob Good was the only Virginia Republican to join the Democrats in voting to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy… Harrisonburg is one of 15 cities across the country selected to receive grants that aim to repair the damage caused by infrastructure that divided communities, including the city’s Northeast neighborhood… State election officials say they’re working on resolving an issue that caused eligible voters to be removed from Virginia’s rolls….

The animal shelter in Farmville is under quarantine due to an outbreak of canine parvovirus… The governor orders an investigation into his administration’s removal of eligible voters from the rolls… Scientists work to increase the population of striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay….

A new Mormon temple, the third in Virginia this year, will be constructed in Winchester… More than ten years after the Affordable Care Act became law, a Virginia-run marketplace is now open for enrollment… Pressure is growing on the Youngkin administration for investigations into its mistaken removal of thousands of voters from the rolls….

Some local sheriffs refuse the attorney general’s request to donate surplus tactical gear to send to Israel for its war against Hamas… The wildfire in Madison County has now burned more than 1000 acres, and has spread to Shenandoah National Park, and we have an update… Saturday is the last day of early in-person voting, and Tuesday is Election Day, so Jeff Schapiro joins us to discuss the final days of the campaign….