Addressing a problem first identified 50 years ago, federal regulators say stricter new rules to limit miners' exposure to silica dust are expected to finally go on the books on Tuesday.

The agency that oversees wildlife in Virginia reports a growing number of sick or dead birds in the eastern part of the state – likely victims of a new strain of bird flu. Sandy Hausman reports on what this might mean for wild birds around the state, for farm animals and for people.

One third of school districts nationwide have collective bargaining for employees, and 14 counties in Virginia have now agreed to it. The latest – Albemarle County – had been quibbling with the teachers’ union for nearly two years, but last night members of the school board gave unanimous approval.

Listen to certain American billionaires, and you might believe Americans will be on their way to Mars any day now, but two Charlottesville authors are skeptical and have written a book about the challenges of space travel.

All 140 members of the Virginia General Assembly will return to Richmond this week for a brief session to consider the governor's amendments and vetoes. One of the amendments they'll be considering involves bullying in schools.

“These machines really helped us, running a business on a daily basis. We had customers come in and buy products which helped with daily sales,” one store owner told Radio IQ.

Three shows will be held April 19 and 20th.

Drug addiction remains a serious problem here in Virginia with more than 26-hundred overdose deaths in 2023. In Buckingham County, near Charlottesville, one program is taking a unique approach to helping addicts who are leaving prison or were sentenced to drug treatment instead of incarceration.

While many areas in Virginia are losing population through out-migration, Danville is among those seeing more people move in than move out, about 800 more over the past three years. And it's gaining more new residents than some much larger cities.Fred Echols spoke with Dwayne Yancey of Cardinal News about the latest data.

Youngkin called his amendments the “Common Ground” budget and in some places, he did find such common ground according to a new analysis by the left-leaning Commonwealth Institute.