The Department of Juvenile Justice directly oversees the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center near Richmond, the only state-run youth prison. And across the Commonwealth, dozens of locally run facilities hold minors who have entered the justice system.
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A new Community Services Board facility is in the works in Augusta County that will provide immediate treatment for people experiencing a behavioral health crisis. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.
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More than 1,700 housing units are under construction, planning or review in Roanoke County — ranging from single family homes to townhouses and duplexes. Now, you can add another 224 luxury apartment units to the list.
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In Virginia, every year is an election year. And the primaries for the congressional midterms are only a few months away.
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More than 50 cities in this country offer a surprising service called a Tool Library. Among them – Charlottesville – where people pay a small fee to join and can then borrow one or more than a thousand tools.
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Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality is facing a lawsuit over so-called forever chemicals, also known as PFAS. They’ve been linked to cancer, birth defects and other medical problems, but DEQ doesn’t check for them when issuing storm water permits.
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Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger said the people will get to decide the redistricting issue; she’s focused on affordability.
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To help protect native plants and animals, ecology students at Virginia Tech experimented cooking dishes that use invasive plants and animals as ingredients.
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Young people are becoming more interested – and more active – in Virginia politics. One group of college students worked to turn out the vote this year.
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"The continuation of 2017 Trump tax cuts continues high advantages to the top two percent" Delegate Vivian Watts said. "The new cuts continue the emphasis on high income."
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An international collaboration to track individual monarchs kicked off this fall, including James Madison University.
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