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 May 7, 2026, including State Senator Louise Lucas responding to news of an FBI raid on her district office in Portsmouth, the U.S. Forest Service plans to close some research facilities, including the one in Blacksburg, and we visit an African-American church in the Southwest town of Dante, that's seen flooding throughout its history.

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.

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 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 May 1, 2026, including Lynchburg city officials backtracking on growth projections made at Liberty University, the state's US Senators have a federal plan thatthey believe should mirror Virginia gun laws, and we meet a musician who's making the dungeon synth genre popular in Appalachia.

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 April 29, 2026, including new legislation that offers reduced water rates to low-income customers, Gov. Spanberger starts to re-build Virginia's LGBTQ-Plus Advisory Board, and we meet one of the few Medicaid-certified doulas in Virginia.

The top stories for April 28, 2026, including Monday's oral arguments before the Virginia Supreme Court over the redistricting referendum, Gov. Spanberger visits Roanoke to sign education measures, and a look at emergency managers, many of whom now face disasters with limited funds.

The top stories for April 27, 2026, including at look at what role a 1932 redistricting case could play in this week's arguments in the Virginia Supreme Court, a look at Volvo's expanded use of robots in the assembly line, and Lynchburg-based BWXT ramps use of use of nuclear-based fuel.