The Wildlife Center of Virginia released a rehabilitated bald eagle in Grottoes on Thursday. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

Albemarle county supervisors unanimously vote to ban guns in county buildings, parks and community centers Virginia is investing more than $10 million to replace diesel school buses with clean alternatives. The editor in chief of James Madison University's student newspaper has sued the university for unreleased COVID-19 data And Mary Baldwin University hires a new basketball coach

Senator Mark Warner says he plans on looking into failures surrounding the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan A new report details the coastal impacts of human-caused climate change in Virginia Governor Ralph Northam urges students and parents to comply with his executive order requiring masks in Virginia schools And the commonwealth closes out the fiscal year with the largest surplus in its history

The influence of partisanship on Virginia’s new redistricting commission Planning commissions in the commonwealth deliberate restrictions on solar panels The Virginia Department of Health reconsiders reporting the specific locations of COVID-19 outbreaks And Shenandoah National Park seeks feedback on proposed fee increases

Officials are asking for the public's help in tracking an insect threatening Virginia’s fruit crops and vineyards Delays at the Census Bureau complicate the work of the Virginia Redistricting Commission Schools across the commonwealth getting ready to receive federal stimulus money to upgrade HVAC systems And as cities across the South contemplate what to do with their Confederate statues, some suggest melting them down for new sculptures

A third coronavirus vaccine shot? An update on the eviction moratorium; more money for sewer systems and broadband across the commonwealth; and your chance to be a movie star. Those stories and more coming up on the WMRA Daily for Monday, August 16 th

The Central Shenandoah Health District, which encompasses Augusta, Bath, Highland, Rockbridge, and Rockingham counties, hosted a virtual news conference on Thursday, Aug. 12, to update trends in the spread of COVID-19. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

The Northam administration is fed up with some local school districts flouting CDC guidelines for masks in schools, and now the order is out – all schools must mask up for the fall… We have an update on COVID numbers from the Central Shenandoah Health District… The census bureau releases long-awaited population data….

As COVID-19 again spreads, the number of hospitalizations due to the disease in Virginia nears 1000… The first meeting of a commission on campaign finance reform is cancelled because it conflicts with a fundraiser for Virginia Democrats… The latest poll shows Democrat Terry McAuliffe with a slim lead over Republican Glenn Youngkin in the governor’s race….

For people with mobility issues, just having equipment such as a wheelchair isn't always enough to get around in the world if stores, restaurants, and parks aren't set up to accommodate them. One startup based in Charlottesville aims to fix that. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.