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A new series of historical markers at Montgomery Hall Park in Staunton memorialize the property's significance to the local Black community. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

House Speaker Don Scott has a list of 13 Republican-held seats he wants to flip from red to blue. But the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee is spotlighting only eight of those 13 races.

Trump administration policies are playing out on the other side of the Potomac and across Virginia. Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

A ramp is a wild leek that grows in forested mountain terrain. It's illegal to harvest them from national parks – but the pungent spring vegetable is renowned by both Appalachians and Koreans. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

The budget reconciliation package recently passed by Congress and signed by the president rolled back many Biden-era environmental initiatives, but not Virginia's wind farm.

Farmers in Virginia face some serious challenges. The climate is changing, bringing more floods and drought. World trade has brought new weeds and insects that can destroy or displace crops. But in Albemarle County one farm owner is hopeful that by improving her land, she can help plants and animals to survive and thrive.

Gregg went to high school in Newport News before becoming the first Black three star general in the Army.

A court ruling says Virginia Beach didn’t do everything it could to implement a new voting system.

Mary Jane Burton worked on more than 7,000 cases for the Virginia crime lab between 1973 and 1988. Last year, the state began examining cases that made use of Burton’s work.

Democrats and Republicans have different approaches to fighting crime. And those differences are emerging on the campaign trail.