The newsroom at the Daily Progress in Charlottesville forms a union, and they have a list of demands for the corporate owner... Statues of seven influential women are revealed in Richmond… In Virginia, every year is election year, and we explore the costs and benefits of that….

Richmond joins Charlottesville and a handful of other Virginia cities in marking today as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, supplanting the federal Columbus Day holiday… A federal judge strikes down Virginia’s law requiring people to state their race when applying for a marriage license… Voter registration is way up in Virginia, and that could be good news for Democrats….

Harrisonburg and Winchester report the lowest rates of violent and property crimes in Virginia… Dominion releases its latest plan to cut carbon emissions and deal with climate change… In his new book, a UVa researcher explains how science works, and why so many people, from Flat Earthers to climate change deniers, don’t trust it….

With conspiracies and Devil’s advocates dominating the scientific field, many are left to ask what scientific discoveries hold truth. As science increasingly becomes disputed, Dr. James Zimring , professor of pathology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, explores in his new book how much people should trust what they read, learn, and observe in our natural world.

A forum today addresses how trauma affects developing minds. Candidates meet for debates and a town hall. Who pays more in taxes is a tricky question in Virginia.

Charlottesville will appeal its defeat in a lawsuit over Confederate statues… The U-S Supreme Court refuses to hear an eminent domain appeal challenging the Mountain Valley Pipeline… For the first time, a majority of Democrats running for office in Virginia say they oppose Virginia’s right-to-work law….

7 th District Representative Abigail Spanberger says Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria is “catastrophic”… Governor Northam dedicates a new state forest in Rockingham County… State forestry officials warn of a potentially dangerous fire season….

Virginia’s unemployment rate is down, most sharply in cities in the WMRA region… A new Virginia poll shows strong support for Democrats in November’s General Assembly election… An interview with October’s featured Books & Brews author Thomas Kapsidelis, who has written about guns and mass shootings, more than a decade after the massacre at Virginia Tech….

On April 16, 2007, 32 people were shot and killed at Virginia Tech . Journalist Thomas Kapsidelis supervised the Richmond Times-Dispatch’s coverage of the tragedy. In his new book, Kapsidelis examines the decade after the massacre through the experiences of survivors and those who lost loved ones.

Residents in Harrisonburg plan to petition City Council to provide year-round shelter for people without access to housing. WMRA’s Bridget Manley reports.