A Rockingham County woman whose aggressive arrest by the Department of Homeland Security was captured on video in October has reached an agreement with the government that will dismiss her resisting arrest charge after three months.

This year’s proposed state budget includes $50 million for Richmond’s initiative — half of what it requested to meet a state-mandated deadline.

Both Virginia Tech and the town of Blacksburg are in the process of planning for more housing, for students and non-students.

Early stage planning is underway for a potential two-million-square-foot data center in Wise County. The proposed project would include a power plant.

“If an incumbent waits until the last minute and does not file then you have a five day extension of that deadline for anyone to decide if they want to get out there and run,” the Fairfax areas Senator told Radio IQ.

Governor Abigail Spanberger is considering legislation that would change how probation works in Virginia.

Last year, state prisons exceeded their budget for medical care by $23 million, and the number was even higher in 2024.That forced the Department of Corrections to impose a hiring freeze at a time when many facilities are understaffed. The parole board could release more people, but it now has too few members to act.

Virginia voters are now heading to the polls to decide whether the Commonwealth should redraw congressional district lines.

A Harrisonburg staple, Glen’s Fair Price Store, is now preparing to sell their building and auction off their remaining merchandise after 84 years of business.

Cyrus Pace was 38 years old when he became executive director of the Jefferson Center, a former Roanoke high school that was repurposed into a performance venue, a headquarters for numerous nonprofits, and host of music programs for young people. Now, 15 years later, Pace is leaving the Jefferson Center for a new job leading the Academy Center of the Arts, a historic theater in downtown Lynchburg.