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Voting for the June primary starts this week. Michael Pope has a preview. You can find more information about deadlines and other voting details here.

Reporter Christine Kueter has been crisscrossing the state this year, collecting real-life stories for our Meet Virginia series. Today, she introduces us a retired teacher from the New River Valley who taught her students more than just facts and figures.

Student protests and resulting arrests have upended life at some of Virginia’s universities in recent days. Michael Pope has more on how the state’s political leadership is lining up around the protests.

The EPA now requires water treatment plants to test for a group of contaminants known as forever chemicals. Used in products like non-stick coatings and waterproofing, these substances are water, grease and stain resistant, but they’re also hazardous to human health – linked to liver damage, cancer and birth defects.   Getting them out of our water […]

Virginia Tech Police now say that they arrested 82 people late Sunday night and early Monday when they broke up a days-long protest on campus. 53 are current Virginia Tech students, according to a revised statement. Roxy Todd reports they were charged with trespassing.

New environmental rules from the federal government may help clear the air here in Virginia. Michael Pope reports.