Audiences may have only just learned about a fast-rising country singer during the Republican debate Wednesday night. But "Rich Men North of Richmond" also has ties to extremist narratives.

One out of four elections this November has no challenger, candidates running unopposed. Most of those are incumbents, but the list of unchallenged elections includes people who aren't even in the General Assembly yet.

The advisory opinion from Jason Miyares comes as a growing number of school boards across the state are responding to the administration's guidelines, which were finalized last month after a lengthy review and deal with issues ranging from athletics to pronoun use in the classroom.

Doctors can prescribe effective treatments for heroin and opioid addiction, but there’s no medication to help cocaine addicts quit. That’s why doctors at the University of Virginia are trying a whole new approach – stimulating part of the brain that’s linked to addiction.

Wildfires in Hawaii caught many people by surprise, but at the University of Virginia one expert on water says we could have seen them coming. Sandy Hausman reports on a relatively new term for what led to that tragedy.

As the world looks for sustainable ways to generate heat and power, the market for wood is growing. In Virginia it generates $23 billion a year and employs more than a 100,000 people. The business of biomass has been especially good for a family-owned enterprise in Wythe County. Sandy Hausman reports on how it’s turning sawdust and wood chips into gold.

During his annual budget presentation to the money committees Wednesday, Governor Glenn Youngkin celebrated Virginia's booming economy. But he also asked House and Senate appropriators to send him budget amendments, which are already about two months late.

Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia is about to take a major step forward for renewable energy.

A mining company in southwest Virginia is asking the state to change how it monitors for selenium, a naturally occurring element, which all animals need to survive. Some industries, including coal mining, release it into water sources, and at high levels it’s toxic, especially to fish, amphibians, and birds.

Early year concerns over a recession have become tempered in recent months. But the latest economic headlines are providing even more mixed messages about where things may be headed.Roben Farzad, host of Public Radio’s Full Disclosure, and All Things Considered host Craig Wright ponder if the economy may be “coming due”.