Background checks for firearm purchases are more than double what they were at this time last year. This comes as a new ban on the sale of assault-style weapons and large-capacity magazines is set to begin on July the 1st.

Ticks appear to be spreading into more areas. With them comes an increase in concerns like Lyme disease, alpha gal, and other tick-related viruses.

Roanoke's LGBTQ community is celebrating Pride Month, with a Roanoke Queer History Bar Crawl today and the sixth annual Queer Community Picnic next Tuesday.

Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

Decades Arcade in Charlottesville relies on a team of pinball and video game enthusiasts – some of them volunteers who love the old machines and know how to keep them going.

“We’re going to have credible numbers reported by the local utilities on a simple website anyone can access,” Sen. Kannan Srinivasan told Radio IQ.

Several prosecutors around the state, including in Page County, have vowed not to enforce a new law banning the sale and manufacture of weapons referred to as "assault firearms." In the meantime, gun sales are up, and local gun shop owners are trying to figure out how to navigate the restrictions.

Washington is famous for its revolving door, and more than a dozen former members of the Virginia congressional delegation became lobbyists after leaving office.

If Dominion Energy merges with Florida-based NextEra, it would be the largest public utility merger Virginia has ever seen.

Agriculture is Virginia’s biggest private industry. The war in Iran has caused a significant uptick in fuel and fertilizer prices, which is impacting farmers who rely on them. WMRA’s Ayse Pirge reports.