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  • Ensuring access to contraception aborted, a difficult political environment for environmental initiatives, and roadblocks to fixing traffic backups on I-81.
  • Feuds between the Virginia Governor and the Virginia Legislature, erosion along the route of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, and a look back at the news of the week.
  • The NAACP sues Shenandoah County’s school board over its renaming of schools for Confederates… Meanwhile, Rockingham County’s school board votes to ditch a lobbying group it deems too liberal… Shenandoah National Park hosts events to promote the stewardship of natural areas….
  • UVa’s athletic foundation creates a scholarship fund in memory of the three student athletes killed in a 2022 shooting… At least three county school boards in the WMRA area have ditched membership in a long-standing school board association, and that created an outcry in Orange County… Ten years after it was proposed, the Mountain Valley Pipeline is now in service….
  • It’s primary day in Virginia, and lots of candidates are vying for seats statewide… A UVa senior shatters the women’s 100-meter butterfly world record in her semifinal race at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials… A small family practice has been serving patients in one Augusta County community for 50 years and counting….
  • Virginia politicians condemn Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump… New federal funding will go to agencies in Harrisonburg and Luray to reduce youth substance use… Some Virginia legislators want to help those who have lost access to Medicaid….
  • A local grocer is recognized as a finalist for a national award... Registrars across Virginia deal with security issues... An Anglican bishop in Harrisonburg regularly returns to his homeland in Sudan to help his people during an ongoing civil war....
  • Virginia’s U.S. Senators are among the first to echo President Biden’s endorsement of Vice President Harris after he drops out of the race... The Moton Museum in Farmville is one step closer to becoming a World Heritage Site... This year, only 12 states participated in a pilot IRS program allowing free tax filing, and that program may be coming to Virginia....
  • The Republican Vice Presidential nominee holds a rally in Radford… The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus throws its support behind Vice President Kamala Harris for President… Now that she has the support of enough delegates to get the Democratic nomination for president, how does Harris poll in Virginia?
  • Staunton’s public schools adopt an updated cell-phone free policy for the new school year… The Virginia delegation to the Democratic National Convention will support Vice President Harris for the party’s presidential nomination… Senator Tim Kaine says he’s in favor of recognizing a Palestinian state, once the conditions are right….
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