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Sandy Hausman/RadioIQA new study by the non-profit Climate Central shows weather-related power outages are on the rise, and our region – the southeast – had the largest number of major power outages – taking a toll on at least 50,000 customers at a time. Sandy Hausman reports on changes we need to make to protect against increasingly common storms. -
Everytown for Gun Safety Support FundFollowing the deaths of two teenagers last fall in Blacksburg, the Montgomery County School Board voted to begin a new gun safety initiative. The effort is based on a national program, called Be SMART, focuses on educating students about gun safety, and urging parents to secure their guns.
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Clean up your act or shut down. That's the message from the Environmental Protection Agency to power plants that use fossil fuels. -
Virginia Tech Police say that they arrested 82 people late Sunday night and early Monday when they broke up a days-long protest on campus, and were charged with trespassing. 53 are current Virginia Tech students. -
The EPA now requires water treatment plants to test for a group of contaminants known as "forever chemicals." Used in products like non-stick coatings and rain wear, these substances are water, grease and stain resistant, but they’re also hazardous to human health – linked to liver damage, cancer and birth defects. Getting them out of our water will be the next great challenge. A lab here in Virginia is working on technology to achieve that goal. -
The Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-6 in the case involving coverage of gender-affirming care by North Carolina’s state employee health plan and the coverage of gender-affirming surgery by West Virginia Medicaid. -
Virginia Tech police say they arrested 91 people Sunday night. -
For two years the Affordable Connectivity Program has provided a $30 per month discount on internet service for several hundred thousand low income and elderly Virginians and millions more nationwide. The ACP has now ended and Congress is not renewing it. Tad Dickens covered the story for Cardinal News and talked about with Fred Echols. -
The University of Virginia today opened a new building that will house the nation’s first School of Data Science, bankrolled by business school graduate Jafffray Woodriff. -
A group of students, faculty and community members are gathered on Virginia Tech’s campus today. They’re joining students at campuses across the country who are protesting the war in Gaza. -
Virginia's teacher vacancy rate has been stagnant for the last two years, and it’s worse than the 2021-22 school year when it was closer to 3%. -
Primaries for Congress are only a few weeks away, and new fundraising numbers are giving an indication of where the race stands.
