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The top stories for June 2, 2026, including Virginia Tech's Board of Visitors reversing course on a plan to eliminate most Living-Learning Programs, an update on state budget talks with the June 30 deadline looming, and in Sussex County, the cockaded woodpecker survives amidst the challenges of climate change.

The top stories for June 4, 2026, including Roanoke teachers protesting Gov. Spanberger's veto of a collective bargaining bill, HHS Secretary RFK Jr. visits Hanover to push the measles vaccine, and researchers from all over attend a conference in Roanoke on the science of exercise.

The top stories for June 3, 2026, including state lawmakers seeking a compromise to set up a legal market for marijuana, two WWII vets over the age of 100 are honored in Roanoke as the 82nd anniversary of D-Day approaches, and Virginia's medical examiner shows in-custody deaths in prisons don't always include the required autopsy.

The top stories for May 4, 2026, including a measure that would expand the use of class action lawsuits in Virginia, freezing temperatures damaged vineyards across the Commonwealth this spring, and while lawmakers in Richmond debate tax incentives for data centers, West Virginia is offering is own package of benefits to lure them there.

The top stories for April 30, 2026, including research at Virginia Tech on the long-term health impact of Hurricane Helene, new Virginia laws take aim at debt collectors, and a new marker provides a history lesson on how Thomas Jefferson escaped the British in 1781.

The top stories for May 5, 2026, including a closer look at 'legislating' Virginia's budget, why did the state's corrections department lay off more than 10-percent of its hourly wage staff, and in his new book, NPR's Scott Simon shares tales of his pets and other animal encounters in a talk with Craig Wright.

The top stories for June 8, 2026, including a construction update on the Rocky Forge wind farm in Botetourt County, a program at UVA enables students to help small businesses manage AI, and Cardinal News delves into Dominion's proposed 115-mile high voltage power line project that's sparking controversy.

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 June 5, 2026, including talk from legislative leaders on how a tax break for data centers may still work into a state budget, GOP Congressman John McGuire is asked about health insurance premiums in a visit to Charlottesville, and analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope talk about the state budget impasse in their Friday conversation.

The top stories for May 6, 2026, including hopes that Gov. Spanberger signs a bill to lower the price of some prescription drugs, Roanoke school officials juggle overcrowding along with a budget shortfall, and woman's story follows a trend how some in western cultures choose to be remembered.