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As Governor Northam pushes for more funding for outdoor recreation, Shenandoah National Park says it will increase fees for camping and other activities… It’s official – the GOP will have a 52-48 majority in the next House of Delegates… Republi
After months of debate, Harrisonburg’s school board votes to keep police officers in city schools… Governor Northam wants law enforcement officers to get a big pay boost… Unlike requirements for kids to get immunized for diseases such as measle
The Lee statue that once stood in Charlottesville will be melted down into public art, and the giant pedestal that held Richmond’s monument to Lee is coming down… Governor Northam wants teachers in Virginia to get a 10% pay hike… School kids fr
The Augusta County Sheriff's Office is asking the public's help in finding another local teen who ran away. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.
Over the weekend, schoolkids from all over Virginia and D.C. met in Harrisonburg to battle it out -- in a robotics competition. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.
Blues man Corey Harris played a concert at Court Square Theater on December 2, 2021. WMRA's Professah Blues, host of Blues Valley, had a chance to interview Harris about his life in music, his new book, and his musical influences.
A state agency denies the builders of the Mountain Valley Pipeline a crucial permit… Governor Northam says he will remove the pedestal that supported the Lee statue removed in Richmond this year… Meanwhile, transparency advocates say Governor-E
The Augusta County Sheriff's Office has asked for the public's help finding a teenager who ran away from home. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. UPDATE: The missing teen has been found and is safe.
Cities in the WMRA area will get millions for transit and roads from the new federal infrastructure act… As the U-S Supreme Court appears poised to uphold Mississippi’s restrictive abortion law, what could that mean for abortion rights in Virgi
Charlottesville is, again, searching for an interim city manager, after the latest hire bows out… One bill proposed for the next General Assembly could make elections more transparent and produce better data… In Part 2 of our investigation of t
In part two of our series on private companies that work in correctional facilities, WMRA's Randi B. Hagi talks with administrators at two regional jails and an activist who hopes to reform the market.
UVa researchers say they may be on a path to a universal coronavirus vaccine that would protect against all variants… An attorney for two men serving life in prison for killing a Virginia police officer is urging the State Court of Appeals to o
Researchers at UVa are working on a vaccine that could be equally effective against any and all COVID-19 variants. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.
With the exception of one privately owned prison in Brunswick County , Virginia's prisons are owned by the state, and local and regional jails are owned by cities and counties. But there are still entities that profit from incarceration: the pr
Augusta County’s sheriff’s office warns residents of a jury duty phone scam… Public school enrollment in Virginia is still below pre-pandemic levels, and that could affect funding from the General Assembly… As Republicans take over the governor
The Augusta County Sheriff's Office got word of a phone scam happening in the area on Monday morning. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.
Virginia health officials report the first death of a child from a rare inflammatory illness that may be linked to COVID-19… Meanwhile, the health department will begin monitoring sewage around Virginia to help prevent COVID outbreaks… A new co
On this day after Thanksgiving, we’re talking Virginia politics… Do voters have election fatigue from voting every year in the Old Dominion?
Harrisonburg police identify the two women found dead in a vacant lot, and a suspect is in custody… After some Virginia school officials, including Harrisonburg’s superintendent, recently removed book titles from school library shelves after pa
A jury says those who organized the Unite the Right rally must pay millions of dollars in damages… A UVa researcher pioneers a way to do brain surgery, without a scalpel… We explore the new Buy Nothing movement taking hold in Lexington….
Researchers at the University of Virginia have developed a way to operate on the brain - without a scalpel. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi has more.
As inflation soars and many people still struggle financially post-pandemic, a national movement in which goods and services are exchanged for free is growing. WMRA’s Jessie Knadler takes a look at the Buy Nothing movement taking hold in Lexing
The jury in Charlottesville considering damages against the Unite the Right organizers meet behind closed doors for a third day… Some free meals programs in local schools will continue beyond the pandemic… Republican Glenn Youngkin says he want
The pandemic prompted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide universal free lunches to all K through 12 students through next spring. But some local school divisions were already providing free meals -- and will continue to do so post-pa
A boy is in custody after allegedly threatening violence to students at Staunton High School… Jury deliberation continue in the civil trial of the Unite the Right organizers… The clock has started for two new court-appointed experts to redraw V
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