Buffalo Mountain is a Floyd County landmark and home to a host of rare plants. Now, a partnership between the state of Virginia and the nonprofit Conservation Fund will protect additional land around the mountain.

Public records are theoretically available to the public. But, local and state governments often deny access by charging large sums of money.

"We can store those leftovers, so we don’t have to throw them out,” says John Zahurancik with the Arlington-based energy company Fluence.

Electronic keyboard sales outnumber acoustics ten to one. They are cheaper and easier to maintain. But one man in Virginia says he still keeps busy ensuring existing instruments – which can last a hundred years or more – stay in tune.

Friends and family members have been fighting for 30 years to get Dusty Turner out of prison here in Virginia. The former Navy Seal was convicted of a murder to which another man confessed. This week, Virginia’s parole board is expected to free him.

Dominion Energy, which is developing Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, was the first to sue. It's asking a judge to block the order, calling it “arbitrary and capricious” and unconstitutional.

There’s a plant similar to hibiscus that’s native to Giles County called The Peter’s Mountain Mallow, but there are only a handful still alive. Two researchers at Virginia Tech are working with a team of undergraduate students to protect the plant from extinction.

Virginia is about to get a new governor next week, and that will come with a new outlook on environmental policy.

There is one option Arc of Virginia thinks could see funds put back in state coffers even while their community asks for more.

The tour comes as the Congressional Research Service estimates that a new “battleship” could cost $15 billion.