Volunteers will be cleaning up several stretches of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River this weekend; after months of debate, Virginia’s Board of Education adopts new K-through-12 history standards; The challenges of getting into, and sticking with, substance use treatment; and as money pours in for the fall General Assembly campaigns, Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

A recent study examined whether LED road lighting affects how well people fall – and stay – asleep;The Walmart Chesapeake where six people were killed in November re-opened this/Wednesday morning;Some people in Winchester try to loosen the hold that illicit substances have on the region;And Shenandoah National Park will kick off National Park Week with free admission for all patrons

Almost six years after the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, a grand jury has indicted several participants;The Virginia Supreme Court agrees to hear an appeal regarding the denial of early release for some people incarcerated in the commonwealth;The Virginia Department of Elections is working to remove a long list of now-deceased voters from the voter rolls;And opinions are divided over who will own a massive new offshore wind farm in Virginia

The Harrisonburg High School community walked out of class to support the family of a classmate killed over the weekend;The Charlottesville Albemarle SPCA has placed its CEO on administrative leave, after an independent review by the law firm McGuireWoods;A bipartisan coalition of attorneys general is backing a Virginia veteran who is taking his GI benefits claim to the U.S. Supreme Court; And public colleges in Virginia say they will have to raise tuition unless the commonwealth steps in to increase its share of the cost

Mary Baldwin University has selected Dr. Jeffrey P. Stein as its 10th president. Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Corrections won an important victory last week. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation recently announced that it is building an archaeology center.

The mother of the first-grader who allegedly shot his teacher in Newport News has turned herself in to authorities;A federal judge in North Dakota has temporarily blocked federal regulations in Virginia and 23 other states intended to protect thousands of waterways;Charlottesville City Council earlier this week approved a 22 percent increase in the city’s budget;And the General Assembly has concluded its one-day reconvene session

A grand jury has indicted the mother of a six-year-old who shot his teacher in Newport News, and lawmakers formally commended the teacher for her actions that day;Health care professionals in Virginia say they will continue to supply Mifepristone, unless otherwise instructed by the FDA;A class action lawsuit has been filed against the United Network for Organ Sharing in Richmond;And the city of Harrisonburg has begun renovating its 20-year-old skatepark – but not the way the skateboarding community wants it done

Senator Mark Warner delivers a million dollar check to the city of Harrisonburg;Major natural disasters have more than doubled in Virginia during the last two decades;U.S. Representative Jennifer Wexton says she’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease;And with the return of spring, so return the next generation of wildlife

A company in Lynchburg is developing a kind of rocket fuel for NASA;Scientists at the University of Virginia make a discovery that could potentially save millions of lives;The Virginia Board of Education will soon formally consider a new proposal to increase the emphasis on standardized test scores in school ratings;And a contractor based in Richmond is eyeing Staunton as a potential home for a utility-sized solar installation