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WMRA Daily 4/29/24
Students handcuffed and removed from peace protests on Virginia Tech’s campus, federal funding available for solar power in the Commonwealth, and a connection is found between climate change and earthquakes.
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WMRA Daily 4/24/24
The Rockingham County School Board is given a reading assignment, the Democratic primary for Virginia’s lieutenant governor heats up, and we conclude our look at an historic house in Staunton.
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WMRA Daily 4/30/24
More arrests at peace protests on campuses in the Commonwealth, the crafting of a new state budget, and legislative attempts to address the housing crisis.
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WMRA Daily 5/23/24
After a halting start to construction last year and fierce debate over design materials, Harrisonburg says it’s skatepark design is finalized and the new park will be completed by summer next year… Charlottesville community members join Swords into Plowshares to reclaim a space where a Confederate statue once stood… UVa researchers launch a first-of-a-kind project using cell phone data to better determine how to warn residents of an impending hurricane….
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WMRA Daily 8/26/25
Governor Youngkin calls up dozens of Virginia National Guard troops to support ICE… Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan warns about the effects of coming cuts to federal food assistance programs… Staunton’s planners recommend allowing beekeeping in the city….
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WMRA Daily 8/27/25
The Trump administration may have pressured Todd Gilbert to resign his interim post as U.S. attorney… A judge in Charlottesville rules that a lawsuit over the city’s new zoning code will proceed to trial… The invasive red-and-white spotted lanternfly has settled into much of the Piedmont and Shenandoah Valley….
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WMRA Daily 6/26/24
Staunton asks residents to conserve water, as drought conditions in Virginia worsen… Donald Trump and Governor Youngkin will appear together for the first time in a Chesapeake rally the day after the first presidential debate… UVa opens a new research center dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease….
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WMRA Daily 7/2/24
State Senate Democrats are again unable to pass a bill to fix issues with a state veterans education benefit program… Six former, current and future members of UVa’s swim team are heading to Paris for the summer Olympics... Fireworks can be triggering for people with post-traumatic stress disorder, but there are ways we can help neighbors and family members cope with the noise….
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WMRA Daily 7/3/24
A Frederick County school board member gets a fine and jail time for his participation in the January 6th attack on the Capitol… A "respite home" will soon open in Harrisonburg for homeless people who need somewhere to recuperate after being hospitalized… Virginia certifies primary election results, and Congressman Bob Good says he wants a recount after narrowly losing the fifth district to John McGuire….
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WMRA Daily 6/24/24
A Charlottesville medical tech company graduates from a state program to go global… Virginia’s Education Department, under Governor Glenn Youngkin, proposes changes to a course on Black history… Virginia’s abortion laws haven’t changed since Dobbs, but they’re being watched….
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