As part of WMRA’s partnership with StoryCorps in the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia, we’re sharing a conversation today between René White from the Lumbee Nation and Chris White, who traces his ancestry back to Cherokee, co-founders of the Native American Church of Virginia .

Virginia’s redistricting commission replaces a missing member, passing over a representative from McGaheysville in favor of a member from the Lynchburg area… Hundreds of Afghans and their families will be evacuated to a military base in Virginia, part of an effort to protect those who worked for the U.S. military in Afghanistan… WMRA’s General Manager Matt Bingay has a remembrance of Martha Woodroof, who died Sunday….

The Little Free Libraries, those book-sharing boxes that have popped up all over the world in the last decade, have inspired another open-access method of sharing media: miniature outdoor art museums, such as the one now on display outside The Fralin Museum of Art in Charlottesville. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

New police data show that Black drivers in Virginia are more likely to be stopped and searched by police than any other racial or ethnic group… A new art exhibit in Charlottesville is based on the idea of the Little Free Library… We remember Martha Woodroof, the former WMRA reporter and host who passed away early Sunday….

Internal emails from the support force of the Virginia National Guard are up for sale on the dark web… Virginia ends the fiscal year with a huge surplus, despite the pandemic… Students around the state help gather data as part of a big heat-mapping project….

VMI is implementing changes to address racism at the school in Lexington, and we have an update… The staffing shortages at some mental health hospitals are so bad that Virginia has suspended new admissions at five of them, including Western State in Staunton… A new grant program for small businesses aims to help them stay open, and re-orient themselves coming out of the pandemic….

After skipping a big debate with his rival, GOP candidate for governor Glenn Youngkin also is getting noticed for his lack of concrete policy proposals… Missing one of its members who abruptly resigned, Virginia’s Redistricting Commission meets voters in Farmville… Our latest StoryCorps conversation focuses on the formation of a group called the Children of Shenandoah – those who were forced off the land when the national park was constructed….

As part of WMRA’s partnership with StoryCorps in the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia, we’re sharing a conversation between Lisa Custalow and Bill Henry about the formation of the Children of Shenandoah .

Two more statues in Charlottesville have been removed Policies protecting the rights of transgender students are headed to the courts And a group of academics and business leaders is examining the rural/urban divide - and what to learn from it

The city of Charlottesville removed two confederate statues on Saturday....The US Environmental Protection Agency has recomended against approving vital portions of the Mountain Valley Pipeline...New unemployment claims in Virginia were slightly down.