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The top stories for June 9, 2026, including news of a possible compromise on a marijuana market despite the governor's veto, how will implementing a law that's more than 150 years old impact Virginia voting rights, and UVA offers a course on American culinary history.

The top stories for May 8, 2026, including efforts by Virginia colleges to recover from a cyberattack hitting thousands of schools around the US, RoVa Labs opens a biotech incubator in Roanoke, and a Virginia Tech student describes her 80 day canoe trip into the Canadian arctic.

The top stories for June 12, 2026, including a spike in Virginia gun sales as a ban on the sale of assault-style weapons approaches, ticks are spreading lesser known illnesses this summer, and the Roanoke LGBTQ community recognizes Pride Month with its annual Bar Crawl and Community Picnic.

The top stories for June 16, 2026, including the impact of the Big Beautiful Bill on SNAP recipients in Virginia, previewing Tuesday's hearing in Orange County over the use of biosolids, and a man who's spent several years staying overnight in slave dwellings will bring his history lessons to Botetourt County as part of Juneteenth celebrations.

The top stories for July 1, 2026, including Virginia leaders' reaction to the SCOTUS ruling banning transgender girls from participating in sports, ICE officers carried out an arrest operation recently in Ruckersville, and StoryCorps founder Dave Isay explains its Connect 250 project, linking up strangers.

The top stories for July 2, 2026, including drought conditions impacting all of Virginia, bipartisan concerns over Dominion's proposed merger with NextEra, a new law bans styrofoam takeout containers, and Roxy Todd visits a rural hospital in Norton, where some women travel more than an hour to give birth.

The top stories for July 16, 2026, including drought concerns affecting large parts of the area, a new way of approaching the invasive spotted lanternfly, and retirement from UVA is not slowing down jazz trumpeter John D'Earth, with a weekend performance, new album, and documentary.

The top stories for July 20, 2026, including a look at ties between what people are paying for a mortgage and voting rights, Congressman James Walkinshaw's bill now before the Senate tracks chemical ingredients that are a precursor to fentanyl, and fees for Virginia hunting licenses could be going up for the first time in more than a decade.

The top stories for July 7, 2026, including Gov. Spanberger backing data centers and citing high energy costs in a talk with Politico, Roanoke City Council seeks more public input on zoning proposals, and a look at the challenges faced by an urban farm in Roanoke.

The top stories for July 13, 2026, including what's behind another Virginia prosecutor being brought before Congress, scientists at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation look at ways of reducing fish kills in extreme heat, and Churchill Downs looks to add two more gaming emporiums.