In the hills outside Front Royal, scientists and animal keepers are at work ensuring that endangered species from America and beyond survive. One of their ongoing success stories has been that of the black-footed ferret.

Local governments and low-income Virginians are about to start receiving grants for flood resiliency and energy efficiency.

Virginia regulators have put the brakes on efforts by Mountain Valley Pipeline to build a natural gas compressor station in Montgomery County.

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

The Free Clinic of Culpeper launched a peer recovery program in May. The grant-supported program aims to help individuals with substance use disorders, in partnership with a regional community services organization.

About 20% of Virginians have a criminal conviction or past arrest. Virginia legislators passed a law to allow the sealing of that history years ago, but it’s just going into effect this week.

The fight against expanded polystyrene, commonly called styrofoam, dates back to the 1980s.

Many people will tell you that this country’s founders signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, but that is not true. An expert on the subject told reporter Sandy Hausman that 200 copies of the original document were printed on the Fourth and Fifth – then carried by men on horseback to each of the colonies.

One of the last remaining birthing facilities in Southwest Virginia, Norton Community Hospital, sees patients from a 200-mile radius.

Closed since 2023, the popular stop along the Blue Ridge Parkway will reopen next spring.