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  • A racial discrimination lawsuit against JMU goes forward… A judge says that the owners of Natural Bridge Zoo may own animals again… The resources your child has in school depends in part on where you live….
  • A helicopter crew rescues a badly injured hiker in Augusta County… The man who abducted a UVa student last October will serve at least 25 years in prison… A new food pantry in Waynesboro aims to fill the gap, while prioritizing dignity in food distribution….
  • UVa’s administration and a campus guide service are in conflict over why the school suspended the service's activities... One of the six hostages found dead this weekend in Gaza was an Israeli-American from Richmond... Fewer Virginians are quitting their jobs....
  • The alleged “shopping cart killer” in Harrisonburg is also wanted for a murder in D.C…. Shenandoah National Park contributes more than $100 million to the local economy… How is the Supreme Court ruling that struck down affirmative action affecting college admissions this year?
  • A former Rocky Mount police officer convicted of storming the Capitol in the January 6th riot is the first beneficiary of the Supreme Court’s ruling limiting use of a federal obstruction law… Virginia lawmakers debate how to make it easier for victims of domestic violence to break their leases… Commercial property values are cratering across Virginia, threatening local tax bases….
  • UVa Medical School faculty and staff want two department heads to resign, over allegations of mismanagement and intimidation... Local governments face a decision over working with federal immigration officials... Hunters shooting at doves on power lines cause power outages in southside Virginia....
  • Rockingham County’s school board bans seven books from school library shelves... The rift between John McGuire, the 5th District’s Republican candidate for Congress, and district Republicans widens over his no-show at a key party meeting... New federal government data show that Virginia’s “quit rate” is below the national average....
  • The director of an assisted living facility in Rockingham County is arrested and charged with neglect… The Virginia Cannabis Control Authority approves a medical marijuana provider for the Shenandoah Valley… The first day of early voting in Virginia is later this month, and Jeff Schapiro surveys the beginning of the final stretch of campaigning and more in Virginia politics….
  • How has this summer’s drought affected water supplies and agriculture in the Valley?... New data show that the well-being of Virginians is above average… Jeff Schapiro surveys the week in politics and state government….
  • Another 16-year-old in the Valley, this time in Edinburg, is arrested for allegedly making violent threats at Central High School... Virginia’s education department releases final guidance on cellphone-free schools... State senators hold a meeting with some of those affected by this year’s pro-Palestinian campus protests, including students and administrators....
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