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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....

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…