License plate readers are being used by many governments and law enforcement agencies. But details about the data are secret.

At least 250 donors have sent money to support cleanup at the city-owned theater and replace stage and set equipment.

Three local nurses recorded 1,637 patient contacts in 2025 alongside TRICARE and other military parenting programs.

The American Red Cross declared a national blood supply crisis in late July, only the second time in the organization’s history. The first was in January 2022. WMRA’s Ayse Pirge spoke with local blood banks about how our region has been impacted, and filed this report.

“If you can’t take their money, eat their food and tell them no, then you need to go home,” said Virginia’s Speaker of the House Don Scott.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has opened up public comments on their proposal to rescind the "2001 Roadless Rule," which generally prohibits road construction and timber harvesting on nearly 60 million acres of national forest land. Conservationists are urging Virginians to weigh in. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

Conservation groups are concerned that the Trump administration is making changes that could compromise Virginia wilderness.

Since the beginning of the year, there have been 81 employee “separations” at the River North Correctional Center. A total of 248 people work at the prison.

Plenty of talk about money around the state capitol this week.Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

Chesapeake Regional Medical Center is closer to resolving its federal criminal case tied to former OB-GYN Javaid Perwaiz. But in state court, former patients are still pressing for answers.

John Rose, the former Elkton Middle School teacher who pleaded guilty in Bedford County last fall to several counts of sexually abusing a child, has yet to enter a plea on similar charges in Rockingham County. Questions remain, including how he was able to leave Rockingham County and teach in Bedford for another year while continuing to abuse a child. WMRA’s Bridget Manley reports.