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Governor Youngkin is defending his party’s stance on abortion ahead of tomorrow’s legislative elections. In Washington DC, both parties and both chambers of Congress are taking up bills that would support military action and strengthen defense capabilities overseas. Montgomery County emergency crews spent Saturday night fighting five separate brush fires. A Virginia State Police Special Agent was...

Progress is being made towards fully funding the federal government but Virginia's junior Democratic US Senator says there is still a ways to go, with more bills to pass. Virginia’s Attorney General is pushing back against those making their way onto college campuses to protest Israel. Pulaski County Emergency Management says the 491-acre wild fire in the Parrott River Road area that broke out...

Around 100 people attended a pro-Palestinian rally in Downtown Roanoke at Henrietta Lacks Plaza. Roanoke City leaders say a report that examined the city’s police department has already led to changes. Roanoke’s new police chief -- does he have to report to Roanoke’s former police chief turned Assistant City Manager? The Least Of These Ministry is set to turn the former Apple Valley Motel on Frank...

We have an update regarding the ongoing wildfire in Pulaski County Prominent Virginians from both political parties have joined forces in efforts to allow undefeated and nationally-ranked James Madison University to play in a post-season bowl game -- but a legal expert says don't count on a winning drive. A retired law enforcement officer from Pennsylvania has been sentenced in connection with...

Glenn Youngkin’s administration has identified nearly 3,400 voters who were improperly removed from the state’s rolls due to probation violations - a greater number than previously acknowledged - and said Friday that local registrars have reinstated the vast majority of those individuals. Governor Youngkin believes next week’s legislative elections could be the most important in the Commonwealth’s...

Officials with the VDH say a survey released shortly after the recent Blue Ridge Rock Festival received more than 3,000 responses and about 41% of those surveyed said "yes" to being sick with nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea after the festival. Amid fighting in the Middle East, A former Virginia Governor believes the US must remain focused on helping Ukraine fight back against Russian aggr...

A former Virginia Congressman says the election of a new Speaker of the House shows extremists have taken over the Republican party. A man arrested at a Roanoke County School board meeting in August has been found guilty of disorderly conduct. A North Carolina man was taken into custody after he allegedly kidnapped a 17-year-old, traveled to Virginia, and then fled from police on I-81. One of the...