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A driver for Augusta County schools is charged with reckless driving after their car with four children inside gets stuck in floodwaters… Charlottesville provides warming centers, as bitterly cold temperatures head our way this week… Virginia has a new state healthcare exchange, and open enrollment ends Tuesday night….

Governor Youngkin proposes nearly half a billion dollars to support Virginia's early child care system... In addition to all the news we have to cover today, we’ll also check in with Jeff Schapiro for a review of the week in Virginia politics... We have a preview of our special Saturday Books & Brews, talking with author Mills Kelly about a lost section of the Appalachian Trail....

UVa will pay for lower-income students to attend… Workers at the Hershey plant in Stuarts Draft get a second chance to unionize… The next General Assembly aims to overhaul Virginia’s mental health system….

Fifth District Republican Bob Good will be the next chair of the House Freedom Caucus… Emergency services providers are dealing with an increase in calls, even while funding from the state has dried up… Governor Youngkin proposes a new approach to Virginia's mental health system….

With new socially conservative members, the Rockingham County School Board takes a turn toward censorship and book banning… Virginia’s 5th District Republican representative says the new spending deal reached by leaders in Congress should be rejected by his far-right caucus… One day before the General Assembly reconvenes, we review some of the bills that will be up for consideration….

The General Assembly reconvenes next month, and members of both political parties hope to add new amendments to the commonwealth's constitution. And, a statewide education program ends as federal funding for it is exhausted.

We track more people moving out of Virginia than into it. We ask: where does our recycling go? And we look back on some of the year’s most noteworthy stories.

Valley Republican Ben Cline endorses Trump for president… Gas prices across Virginia continue to drop, now less than $3 a gallon in our area… We preview this month’s Books & Brews in an interview with featured speaker Karen Marsh, author of “Wake Up to Wonder”….

Clean-up of so-called “forever chemicals” from Virginia’s water systems could cost millions of dollars over several decades... The General Assembly gavels back into session today, and we have a preview... The foundation that operates Monticello wants to buy the historic Michie Tavern....

The General Assembly gavels into session, and for the first time the House of Delegates is led by a Black speaker… Medical marijuana dispensaries may finally come to the Valley… An expert on liver disease at the University of Virginia touts the benefits of taking a break from alcohol with a dry January….