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A jury grants Rockbridge County the right to keep in custody most of the animals seized from the Natural Bridge Zoo… A bill to allow assisted suicide in Virginia is tabled until next year, and we have more in General Assembly news… A new museum documents the history of the Harrisonburg Fire Department through a virtual video tour….

JMU’s President Alger is leaving to take the top post at American University in D.C…. Members of the EMU community call on the school to publicly support a ceasefire in Gaza… The governor vetoes a bill that would have increased composting….

Some public schools and roads are closed, and some customers are still without power after Wednesday’s high winds damaged power lines and spread wildfires… The second annual CulpeperCon, a celebration of graphic novels, fandom, and pop culture, is this weekend… A Grammy-winning composer, a Pulitzer prize-winning poet and one of the nation’s top singers of opera condense the last 50 years of American history in a performance at UVa….

Some schools remain closed, as firefighters battle blazes sparked by high winds and downed power lines Wednesday… The governor is exercising his veto pen, including the rejection of a bill that police chiefs say would have increased both the ranks and quality of officers in Virginia… Jeff Schapiro shares his perspective on the governor’s vetoes and negotiations over the budget….

Saturday’s rain helped, but firefighters continue working to contain several blazes in the Valley, as Governor Youngkin orders an emergency response in Page County… Almost a month after Harrisonburg’s city council became the first in Virginia to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, Charlottesville’s council rejects a similar resolution... Agencies in the Shenandoah Valley employ new approaches to address a regional housing crisis....

Advocates are fighting new restrictions on Medicaid for caregivers… The General Assembly sends a ban on assault weapons to the governor’s desk… Lawmakers are considering a bill that would overturn a wage law from the Jim Crow era….

Harrisonburg is the first municipality in Virginia to call for a ceasefire in Gaza… The Mountain Valley Pipeline is almost complete, but protesters deliver a petition to the attorney general to stop it… We meet a former auto mechanic turned pipe organ builder in Staunton….

No surprise, Biden and Trump romp to primary victory in Virginia on Super Tuesday… Liberty University receives a record $14 million fine for violations of federal law on campus safety… The northern Shenandoah Valley sees a spike in overdose deaths… An update on the General Assembly just days before the session ends….

Virginia’s new lab schools, including the one at JMU, could already be facing less funding… The governor signs dozens of bills, including legislation protecting digital menstrual health data, but among his vetoes, a bill that would have protected abortion providers from extradition… Award-winning Harrisonburg author Sofia Samatar talks about why her latest work is one of science fiction….

Governor Youngkin completes his amendments to the General Assembly’s budget, more than 200… Reproductive rights advocates react to his vetoes of abortion-related legislation… Senator Tim Kaine renews his request to the Biden administration to halt the transfer of bombs and other offensive weapons to Israel….