Fewer than one in 10 voters participated in the Democratic primary, but that was actually among the highest turnouts since the early ‘90s… The resulting slate of candidates are all from northern Virginia, so how will that affect the general election?... We kick off WMRA’s partnership with StoryCorps, as the co-founder of the ARROW Project talks with her sons about being a single parent, helping the community, and failing gracefully….

Virginia Democrats pick McAuliffe, Ayala and Herring for their statewide candidates, and the race for November is on… As the state Supreme Court ponders the fate of the giant Lee statue in Richmond, Charlottesville City Council unanimously votes to remove the city’s Lee and Jackson statues, nearly four years after the deadly Unite the Right rally… We head to Highland County, and a COVID-19 vaccine clinic, getting shots to rural areas….

Democratic candidates for statewide office made their final pitches to primary voters Monday – the primary is today… If you have trouble voting, there’s a hotline to help… Marijuana possession will become legal on July 1 st in Virginia, but researchers are already suggesting tweaks to the law….

Washington & Lee will remain Washington & Lee, despite a concerted campaign to stop honoring a leader of the Confederacy… Virginia’s Democratic primary is Tuesday… COVID-19 vaccines are now widely available, but vulnerable communities face more hurdles in getting the shots, and we have a look at some local non-profits trying to help….

JMU softball does it again, upsetting the number one seed in the opening college world series game for only the second time in series history… Saturday is the last day to vote early for Tuesday’s Democratic primary… Shenandoah National Park is ready to rebound from the pandemic….

An independent investigation found institutional racism at VMI, but that report also turned up multiple incidents of sexual assault… A campaign finance update for statewide candidates… One JMU poli sci professor is among about 100 scholars issuing a stark warning about Republican efforts to restrict voting around the country….

An investigation into VMI finds that institutional racism and sexism at the state-supported school are tolerated, and it accuses school leaders of trying to derail the probe… Black women continue to die in childbirth at much higher rates than white women, and Senator Kaine has proposed legislation to address that disparity... Hikers are back on the Appalachian Trail in Shenandoah National Park, eager to put the pandemic behind them….

On Memorial Day, Virginia remembers those who served and lost their lives… Meanwhile, UVa’s men’s lacrosse team are again national champs, and JMU’s softball team makes history… What happens at the end of June when a state law against wearing masks is back in force, and you want to keep wearing your pandemic mask?

For the first time Harrisonburg will have a female police chief… Two women cyclists from Pennsylvania were injured, one of them seriously, in a hit-and-run in Nelson County Saturday… Meanwhile, the pandemic created a bicycle boom, and one Virginia Tech researcher says that may create permanent changes in our roads….

JMU has joined a few other local colleges in requiring that students be vaccinated for COVID-19 before enrolling in the fall… It’s official, Virginia’s social gathering restrictions are a thing of the past… There is no cure for Alzheimer’s, so is it worth getting tested?