Groups from across the political spectrum are uniting against Dominion Power and its grip on Virginia’s energy market… A federal judge strikes down a Virginia law that allows only physicians to perform first-trimester abortions… Soon, Virginians going through a mental health crisis will no longer be hauled off to the hospital in a police car….

Governor Ralph Northam visited the Merck pharmaceutical plant in Elkton Monday (May 6). He announced the company’s plans to invest up to $1 billion over the next three years to expand its manufacturing facility. WMRA’s Randi B. Hagi reports.

Emotions flare at Charlottesville’s city council over a dispute about the police chief's availability to meet with the Police Civilian Review Board… Governor Northam touts new jobs and construction at the Merck plant in Elkton, and meets with local teachers… There’s a new dinosaur in town, thanks to a discovery by a Virginia Tech paleontologist….

The last two of four members of a white supremacist group plead guilty to federal charges related to their violent 2017 rally in Charlottesville… A federal court rules that Virginia may not go back to harsher treatment of death row inmates… Crime is down in the Commonwealth, but what does that mean?

Water deal brings jobs to Augusta, but neighbors worry. Medicaid turns Republicans against each other. Masters and their apprentices come to Virginia Folklife.

Since 2002, Virginia Folklife has supported more than 100 pairs of masters and apprentices from fiddle makers to dancers. On Sunday, May 5, Folklife will present this year’s Apprenticeship Showcase in Charlottesville. WMRA’s Chris Boros went to Dixon Studio in Staunton to meet the team of master stained glass artist Ronald Dixon and his apprentice Todd Hinkle.

The governor vetoes mandatory minimums. Cline lobbies Congress for I-81 funding. Virginians in Congress split on coal. New jobs come from a spring. Harrisonburg police welcome kids to camp. The valley is fertile ground for environmental action.

A few months ago, the City of Charlottesville, the County of Albemarle, and the University of Virginia sent a joint press release asking for community input to help them draft their environmental plans, under their umbrella concept called “Climate Action Together.”

Harrisonburg's Salvation Army shelter needs your help. A Virginia State fraternity gets caught hazing. The governor vetoes shelter restrictions. A JMU pair introduces fresh produce to families.

Two JMU seniors have spent over a year working on a project to help introduce families to fresh produce that has been unfamiliar to them in the past. WMRA’s Bridget Manley reports.