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The top stories for June 19, 2026, including elections officials trying to comply with a court order regarding felons' voting rights, the superintendent of Roanoke City Schools announces her retirement, profiling a repair cafe in event in Charlottesville this weekend, and analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope talk about a potential state budget compromise in their Friday conversation.

The top stories for June 22, 2026, including a preview of a state budget compromise with both chambers due back in Richmond Monday, Head Start proceeds amidst some uncertainty- including in the New River Valley, and Cardinal News has a look at the supply chains that support data centers.

The top stories for June 23, 2026, including Virginia lawmakers finalizing a budget plan with new taxes on data centers and a market for adult use cannabis, a new state study shows how AI could eliminate a number of jobs, and former UVA president Jim Ryan talks about his life, one year after resigning from the job.

The top stories for June 24, 2026, including how the country's high court impacts gun laws in Virginia, Botetourt County's denial of a solar farm project, and Sandy Hausman visits a course in Nelson County where the goal is saving many species of frogs.

The top stories for June 25, 2026, including hopes among leaders in Virginia that President Trump still signs a bipartisan housing measure, state agencies show conflicting numbers of in-custody deaths in state prisons, a proposed in the General Assembly would protect student journalists, and how supply chains are impacting local baking efforts.

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 15, 2026, including the State Corporation Commission's hearing on electric rates with the expansion of data centers, previewing a constitutional amendment that lifts a Virginia ban on same-sex marriage, more than two-thousand mountain bikers compete in Roanoke, and amid a tough job market, some UVA grads are operating a burger grill trailer.

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.