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The top stories for August 7, 2026, including Gov. Spanberger's intervention in the merging of Dominion Energy and Florida's Next Era, new developments in a 35-year-old murder case, drought disaster assistance for Virginia farmers, and Michael Pope and Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Shapiro recap the primary elections and politics.

The top stories for August 5, 2026, including a run-through of Congressional and local races in Tuesday's primaries, Attorney General Jay Jones gets some input on how to better combat illegal vape sales, and the work of a former state forensic scientist is being reviewed, looking at Virginia executions in the 1980's and 90's.

The top stories for July 27, 2026, including the release of a delayed Virginia data center study - citing groundwater supply concerns, the state could move up the order of presidential primaries in two years, an escaped turkey becomes a pet in Nelson County, and two pumped storage hydroelectric plants may locate in Wise County

The top stories for August 10, 2026, including Virginia's Health and Human Resources Secretary warning of huge cuts to health and nutrition programs, Roanoke levels a former hotel and foundation to make way for a stream that's been the cause of flooding over the years, and Red Onion State Prison launches a rigorous re-entry program.

The top stories for August 17, 2026, including Henry County becoming the latest community to suspend use of Flock Safety cameras, the National Weather Service investigates August 14 straight line winds around Charlottesville, a Radford graduate launches an electric vehicle company in the New River Valley, and a preview of this fall's tax referendum for building and repairing Virginia's public schools.

The top stories for August 25, 2026, including state lawmakers who say donations won't impact their view of the Dominion-NextEra merger, a high school for adults in Roanoke starts its second year, and Hidden Brain host Shankar Vedantam previews his upcoming stage presentation in Blacksburg, and talks a bit about the how the weekly podcast is made.

The top stories for August 28, 2026, including encouraging results from the US Drought Monitor, the USDA seeks public comments on the 2001 Roadless Rule- impacting road work and timber harvesting, and in their Friday chat, analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope look at how President Trump's trade war with Canada might impact Virginia.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Dr. Rahul Gupta, the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, about the record opioid overdoses in the country.

Republican lawmakers want to lock in their redistricting map and impeach newly elected liberal state Supreme Court justice Janet Protasiewicz before she has issued her first ruling.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with University of Chicago constitutional law professor Aziz Huq about what happens now that the House Jan. 6th Committee has subpoenaed former President Donald Trump.