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Harrisonburg’s skate community weighs in on plans for a reconstructed skate park… Legislators in Richmond fill two vacancies on the SCC, advance legislation that would end legacy admissions in public universities, defend early voting, and move to eliminate some exceptions to Virginia's minimum wage laws….

Rockingham County high school students stage walkouts in protest of a school board that is now tilting to the right in its decisions… In the General Assembly, Charlottesville Senator Creigh Deeds wants to make it easier for renewable energy projects to overcome local hurdles, legislators advance a bill that would remove a tax exemption for the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Democrats move to block school choice legislation backed by the lieutenant governor….

A judge rules that some of the nearly 100 animals seized in a raid at the Natural Bridge Zoo should be returned… Harrisonburg cops want to form a union… In the General Assembly, Democrats advance a number of bills, including new gun control legislation….

Virginians can start voting early in the March Super Tuesday primaries on Friday, January 19th... Ed Clark, co-founder of the Wildlife Center of Virginia, is stepping down after more than four decades... We review some of the bills moving through the General Assembly, including a reform of campaign donations, teacher raises, and more money for public schools....

Much of the Shenandoah Valley, from Augusta County north, is still under a drought warning… In General Assembly news, community health workers and their allies ask lawmakers for increased funding, and bills to provide free lunch for all public school students, and rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative advance….

The nationwide success of Affordable Care Act enrollment is reflected in Virginia… In the General Assembly, lawmakers want to clean up personal spending of campaign funds, create a marijuana marketplace, and crack down on so-called “junk fees”… Two researchers at UVa want to understand our waterways in new ways by creating river music….

Roanoke College launches a new major in Cannabis Studies, while the General Assembly works on constructing a marijuana marketplace… Also in Richmond, lawmakers advance legislation to protect inmates from price gouging, and we have a General Assembly review and analysis from Jeff Schapiro….

After many years of wrangling over a new courthouse in Augusta County, officials hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the new site… We explore the role of the 65-year-old annual Maple Festival in Highland, Virginia’s least populous county… Governor Youngkin vetoes some bills, signs others, and we have an update….

High winds, dry conditions, and warm temperatures make the situation ripe for wildfires, so our region is under a Red Flag Warning… For the first time, the judge for the Western District of Virginia will be an Asian-American woman… We have the latest on bills that have, and haven’t, survived the General Assembly session, including a failed bill that would have lent support to private cops killed on the job…

The town of Craigsville is still without running water, and that’s also affected inmates at the Augusta Correctional Center… Communities up and down the Shenandoah Valley gear up for International Women’s Day celebrations this weekend… The General Assembly releases its budget, notably without the governor’s cherished arena project in Alexandria, and we have the details along with analysis from Jeff Schapiro….