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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....

One expert thinks he knows what caused last month’s smelly water in Orange County… The Furious Flower conference that convenes every 10 years in Harrisonburg kicks off its fourth gathering… A JMU political expert discusses the threats to Virginia’s voting system….

After getting worse earlier this year, Virginia’s teacher shortage has eased this fall... A court hearing may determine the fate of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the commonwealth... Boar’s Head shuts down the plant in eastern Virginia tied to a deadly listeria outbreak....

Today is the last day to answer a survey from the Charlottesville Human Rights Commission about homelessness and city jobs… Voter registration in Virginia is way up since Joe Biden dropped out of the race… A transgender woman previously employed by Liberty University is suing the school, alleging sex discrimination….

The city of Winchester monitors so-called algal mats upstream of its water supply, but says the city’s water is safe… Former 5th district Virginia Congressman Denver Riggleman follows some other anti-Trump Republicans and endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for president… Governor Youngkin says Virginia’s more than 140,000 civilian federal employees can just find jobs in the private sector if Donald Trump wins the election and follows through on his promise to fire many of them…

The severe drought conditions in Virginia intensify… An overnight shelter in Charlottesville contains a COVID-19 outbreak… It’s official in the 5th district, as John McGuire defeats Congressman Bob Good….

A physician and member of UVa’s Faculty Senate says President Jim Ryan is not being truthful about allegations of wrongdoing in UVa’s health system and medical school… After attacks and falsehoods from the right targeting Haitians, what is life like for one Haitian woman in Virginia?... A new program to make Chesapeake Bay clean up more effective is now underway in Virginia….

More school threats in our area, reported late Thursday by schools in Broadway, and we survey the rash of threats that have hit schools this month… Early voting begins today in Virginia, and Jeff Schapiro talks about that and the week in Virginia politics… The American Library Association says that nearly 400 book titles were targeted for bans in the commonwealth last year….

The first trial in the case of the alleged "Shopping Cart Killer" has been moved to January… Despite recent rains, Rockingham County's water table is down 11 feet since May, and the area is still under a severe drought… Unemployment in Virginia is up, though only slightly….

Residents in eastern Orange County can now use tap water for laundry or bathing, but it’s still not safe to drink… Prosecutors plan to use DNA evidence in the case of the so-called “shopping cart killer”… Virginia moves closer to a single agency that would regulate all legal gaming in the state, but some equestrians aren’t sure they like the idea….