Immigration advocates hosted an event that brought about 60 people to Asbury United Methodist Church in Harrisonburg on Saturday. The workshop focused on immigrant rights and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency – or I.C.E. - in the Shenandoah Valley. WMRA’s Calvin Pynn reports.

Immigration advocates host a workshop on ICE and migrant rights in Harrisonburg… Meanwhile, some members of a church in North Carolina travel to Farmville to protest a migrant detention center there… A federal court deals another setback to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline….

We check in with the next steps for a group focused on Virginia’s history of lynchings… Congressman Ben Cline works on reform to the process of filing bankruptcy… Hundreds of thousands of Virginians are eligible to get their drivers’ licenses back under a new law, but the challenge now is how to reach them….

A Confederate statue in Charlottesville that became a rallying point for white supremacists has been vandalized, again… Harrisonburg is destroying hundreds of trees at a city park to fight an invasive insect… Culpeper-area Republicans choose incumbent Nick Freitas to run for re-election for his House of Delegates seat, even though he missed an important filing deadline….

An appeals court tosses a lawsuit against Charlottesville officials related to the deadly August 2017 white supremacist rally… Governor Northam sets aside money for the 2020 Census… Even as acceptance of marijuana spreads, pot arrests are at almost record highs in Virginia….

Two professors in James Madison University’s biology department are part of a team studying whether limb regeneration in animals can be duplicated in humans. WMRA’s Calvin Pynn reports.

Former Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder is disputing an investigator’s finding that he kissed a much younger university student without her consent… Researchers in JMU’s biology department are part of a team studying whether limb regeneration in animals can be duplicated in humans… Superhero movie blockbusters do not necessarily translate into more business for local comic book shops….

You might think that with all the superhero blockbusters in theaters these days, comic book stores would be raking in the cash. But almost the exact opposite is true. WMRA’s Jason Barr explores the unique challenges these small businesses are facing.

Former slave dwellings in Virginia are being added to Google's Street View… Charlottesville’s Impulse Gay Social Club is now also open in Waynesboro… Also, while we’re in Waynesboro, we also visit the Wildlife Center of Virginia, to learn why it’s important to save the possums….

After originating in Charlottesville, the Impulse Gay Social Club can now be found at a second location. It opened in Waynesboro this month for members. WMRA’s Mike Tripp has the story.