The latest casualty from the pandemic and economic downturn is Court Square Theater in Harrisonburg, shutting down for at least a year… Governor Northam says Medicaid expansion is helping low-income Virginians during the COVID crisis… Should local governments be involved in federal immigration enforcement?

Outbreaks of COVID-19 in Buckingham County’s prisons make it second in Virginia in number of cases per capita… Nursing homes in the commonwealth still have trouble obtaining personal protective equipment… Meanwhile, the number of kids getting routine vaccinations during the pandemic has dropped, and doctors say that could create another problem….

Virginia’s finance secretary says unemployment is high, but the state may be turning a corner… One summer program in the Valley aims to help small businesses navigate the new pandemic normal, and what comes afterward… Meanwhile, medical centers try to map a path to survival through this crisis, in the second part of a report on hospitals and COVID-19 in Virginia….

Almost six out of every ten deaths from COVID-19 in Virginia have been at nursing homes, according to one report… Meanwhile, courts in Virginia resume hearing non-emergency cases, and that includes eviction lawsuits… Hospitals in the commonwealth may now resume normal operations, but that doesn’t mean things are back to normal….

New jobless claims in Virginia were down again last week, but still way high… Some businesses in some parts of Virginia are re-opening today, and some critics say the governor is loosening restrictions too fast, but meanwhile one sheriff says he won’t enforce the ones that remain… We have a look at what researchers in Virginia are discovering about drugs to treat the virus….

A federal report says the state police pilot who died in a helicopter crash near Charlottesville during the Unite the Right rally was not trained for such situations… A surge of deaths at a nursing home in Luray means that Page County leads Virginia in the COVID-19 death rate by population… Nevertheless, it’s official – the Governor says many Virginia businesses may partially re-open on Friday, as some of the lawmakers in his own party say that will place many people of color at an unfair risk….

Governor Northam makes it official – even as new cases of COVID-19 have continued to climb, he says some restrictions will begin to be relaxed this Friday, except in northern Virginia… Meanwhile, critics say the plan puts communities of color at risk… How is the pandemic aggravating so-called stress injuries, and how we can address them?

Northern Virginia says it’s not ready to begin relaxing COVID-19 restrictions, and the governor agrees… We check in with two first-generation JMU freshmen to see how they’re coping with an upended first year in college… The Harrisonburg - Rockingham Free Clinic has also had to make changes to adapt to the pandemic, and we’ll hear from its executive director….

The first reported death in Buckingham County from COVID-19 is at a correctional center there… Governor Northam says Virginia will gradually begin lifting stay-at-home orders and other restrictions this Friday… Meanwhile, leaders in Northern Virginia say that region isn’t ready yet….

Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine co-sponsor legislation to create a Housing Assistance Fund A congressional representative from Virginia wants to expand unemployment insurance Federal health officials pressure doctors in Virginia to name nursing homes with COVID-19 outbreaks And Virginia’s Department of Social Services rolls out pandemic EBT card to help struggling families