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Two groups are at odds over what to do with an unused rail line that runs through the Shenandoah Valley… The General Assembly advances bills to expand nuclear power, and to create more affordable housing, and make existing housing safer… We have a preview of this month’s Books & Brews, a discussion of the Reverend who served as the head chaplain on Virginia’s death row for eighteen years….

Valley Republican Ben Cline is picked as one of the managers of the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas… Virginia’s fire restrictions go into effect… In the General Assembly, a Republican effort to restrict children’s access to TikTok is defeated, but police and sheriffs might soon have new regulations about license plate readers….

Rockingham County school librarians remind the school board that established policies already give parents control over what their children can access… A state watchdog says the only state-run psychiatric hospital for minors, located in Staunton, should be closed… Tuesday was crossover day for the General Assembly, and we review where legislation stands midway through this year’s session….

Harrisonburg officials temporarily close down traffic and send high school students home after a bomb threat… The Virginia ACLU sues the governor over his transgender student policies… We have an update on the General Assembly, and a review from Jeff Schapiro….

The legacy of Farmville civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns is one step closer to becoming a national monument… An effort in the General Assembly to limit local opposition to solar projects has failed, and Jeff Schapiro joins us for a review of this week in the session… We profile an artist whose work will soon be on display in the Valley, where he was born and raised….

Rockbridge County prosecutors wrap up their arguments in the trial over the fate of animals seized from the Natural Bridge Zoo… As Donald Trump visits Virginia ahead of Super Tuesday, a new poll shows President Biden with a narrow lead over him in Virginia, but Nikki Haley with a lead over Biden… As bills from the General Assembly go to the governor for his consideration, the secretive budget process between the House and Senate is now underway….

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….