A federal agency says construction may go forward on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, as long as the builders can explain how they’re protecting wildlife… Environmentalists beg to differ… We’ll have a look at the species they’re concerned about… Meanwhile, the Mountain Valley Pipeline is cited for erosion problems….

A federal appeals court halts construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, but Dominion says they will keep building anyway... Charlottesville may hire an African-American woman as its next police chief, that would be a first… With no agreement on the budget in sight, Virginia’s Senate will meet next week to continue negotiations….

The number of homeless children and adults in the Valley is up... Meanwhile, Virginians are giving less to charity than a few years ago… The House passed a budget, now it’s the Senate’s turn, but will Medicaid expansion be part of the bargain for Virginians?

The brother of the accused school shooter in Parkland is moving to Staunton… Republicans in the House criticize Republicans in the Senate for foot-dragging on the state budget… Lawmakers are in Richmond this week to figure out what to do with decades of pollution from coal mining….

Mother-daughter anti-pipeline tree sitters visit supporters in Harrisonburg… A Rockingham County deputy is cleared of charges after shooting a suspect in Timberville… Health insurance premiums in Virginia could skyrocket next year….

A Baltimore KKK member will be allowed to leave Virginia while awaiting sentencing… Virginia’s attorney general sues a Madison service dog company… Three years after nearly shutting down, more students are showing interest in Sweet Briar College….

The mother / daughter team of tree-sitting, anti-pipeline protesters met with like-minded activists in Harrisonburg Thursday. It’s part of their tour around the state, as WMRA’s Calvin Pynn reports.

A KKK leader is sentenced for his role in last August’s violent rally in Charlottesville… Rockingham County deputies shot a man who fired at them… Virginia begins to address its high eviction rate….

The mother-daughter pair of tree protesters recently forced out take their protest to Charlottesville… Nine months after a torch-lit white supremacist rally, UVa says anyone not affiliated with the university must get approval before speaking on campus… State regulators reject Dominion’s renewable energy plan….

The governing body at Virginia’s largest university resolves to put a stop to the kind of faculty-hiring agreements recently discovered with the Koch Foundation… A new study finds that most civil defendants go into Virginia’s general district courts without a lawyer, and they usually lose… A decade after the Great Recession, one economic indicator is still lagging behind….