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  • ICE arrests in Virginia have spiked compared to other states, with most seizures in northern Virginia… The state's massive wind farm is still being built, despite federal cuts to green energy funding… Virginia reexamines the possibly tainted work of a crime lab analyst from decades ago….
  • An unusual vote of no confidence in the board of visitors from UVa’s faculty senate... Since before the pandemic, public school enrollment in Virginia is down, matching a nationwide trend... State officials say President Trump’s massive spending and tax bill will take $26 billion from Virginia’s economy....
  • Governor Youngkin sends two Virginia water rescue teams to help flood recovery in Texas… Conservationists launch a new river otter monitoring project on the Rivanna River in Albemarle County… In this election year, we compare the major parties’ different approaches to crime….
  • Albemarle County residents and employees are just now finding out that their personal data may have been compromised in last month’s ransomware attack... UVa’s Jim Ryan serves his last day as president… We have a story that combines a love for ramps (a type of wild leek), breaking the law, and a cultural connection between Appalachia and Korea….
  • Democrats, including Senator Kaine, slam Republicans for voting to rescind funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid... The public can weigh in on Virginia’s latest Wildlife Action Plan... We press a local ICE official over the agency’s detention statistics....
  • Federal cuts in food assistance are having a big impact in Virginia… President Trump’s focus on rounding up undocumented immigrants could reopen closed prisons… Some Virginia counties share data from roadside cameras with federal authorities….
  • New historical markers at Staunton’s Montgomery Hall Park memorialize the property's significance to the local Black community… Shenandoah Valley Airport will get nearly $750,000 in federal funding, approved under former President Biden, for upgrades… Unemployment claims in Virginia continue to rise….
  • Many women are on the ballot in Virginia this fall... The town of New Market is developing a commissary kitchen... A team at UVA is working on a better weather forecasting system... And the Rappahannock Indian Tribe celebrates after obtaining a thousand of acres of ancestral land...
  • The cost of health care through the health insurance marketplace is likely to increase... Virginia Republicans are embracing early voting... Virginia Commonwealth University removes references to race in scholarships... Researchers at Old Dominion University discover 5,000 year old sand dunes... Students learn how to care for animals at the Wildlife Center of Virginia... And politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government...
  • UVA has selected an interim president... Virginia Tech releases a study looking at helmet safety... Reactions to Virginia Commonwealth University’s decision to end gender-affirming care for minors... And president Donald Trump could endorse a candidate in Virginia’s race for governor...
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