There are more than 2,500 dams in Virginia, many built to mill wheat or saw wood. One of them is at the center of a controversial plan to restore fish habitat and bring back species that were once plentiful. Sandy Hausman traveled to the tiny town of Rapidan— divided between Orange and Culpeper Counties by a river.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration briefed legislators on those potential cuts for the first time this week.

Democrats in Virginia have built up a hefty fundraising advantage for their effort to reclaim the governor's mansion in a race seen as a bellwether for the party in power in Washington heading into the 2026 midterms.

State regulators are set to hear from petitioners seeking to require terrapin excluder devices on crab cages next week. The proposal faces pushback from commercial crabbers.

The November election is coming into focus.Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

Juneteenth, observed on June 19th, is a holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. Historic Smithfield in Blacksburg honored Juneteenth by reading aloud the names of those who were enslaved at the plantation.

When former president Joe Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer, Randy Jones was not surprised. He’s a professor of nursing at the University of Virginia, and he knows that one in eight American men will eventually get the disease.

The First Baptist Church of Williamsburg officially established itself in 1776. Free and enslaved members erected the original church house around 1805, laying the foundation with recycled bricks.

Virginia lawmakers made significant changes to the state’s testing system this spring aimed at reforming the Standards of Learning tests across the commonwealth. One aspect of the legislation has raised concerns among parents and educators: the requirement that the SOL tests will count as 10% of students’ final grades.

When something breaks, whether it be an appliance, a tool, or a torn piece of clothing, we can be quick to toss it out. But this event, now in its second year, is hoping to change that mindset in these inflationary and eco-conscious times.