At a press conference Monday morning, Sentara RMH in Harrisonburg reported hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are up, and most of those patients are unvaccinated. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi has more.

Statewide, the number of new COVID cases has leveled off, but the surge is still severe in Augusta County, and that’s stressing health care providers there… Anti-abortion rights protestors gather in Richmond for an annual rally… A new report shows black and brown drivers in Virginia are more likely than white drivers to be pulled over by police….

Conditions for staff and patients at Western State, the state-run psychiatric hospital in Staunton, are improving following a partial shutdown of admissions ordered by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

Augusta County has seen an average of 89 new cases of COVID per day for the past seven days, according to the Virginia Department of Health. Hospital workers there are besieged by the spike. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

The major-party candidates for governor square off in the first of two debates, and we have a review and analysis… The department of health announces a digital option for your COVID-19 vaccination card… As Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts continue, a survey shows strong support for keeping it healthy….

Now that most students in our area are back in classrooms, schools are having to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 within their buildings. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

Now that kids are back inside school buildings, officials have to make sure they don’t spread the coronavirus… A Culpeper County couple sues an electric company for trying to install internet cable lines along their property without their consent… We have a preview of Thursday night’s virtual debate between the two major-party governor candidates, and an interview with the third-party candidate not invited….

A year after the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, we check in with one historically Black community that was to be in the path of a compressor station… UVa and Mary Baldwin team up to teach future health professionals to work with kids with autism and other disabilities… Virginia Tech breaks ground on a new innovation campus in northern Virginia….

The University of Virginia and Mary Baldwin University are teaming up to train future healthcare professionals to work with children who have autism and other developmental disabilities. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

Hospitals in our area are feeling the strain of new COVID cases, but some are faring better than others… Governor Northam touts Virginia’s sweeping voting rights act, the first of its kind in the South… The campaign for governor is reaching into your grocery cart….