Sep 10 How Hurricane Florence could cause unprecedented damage to the Carolinas By Nsikan Akpan, Julia Griffin A week ago, no one expected Hurricane Florence to roll into the Southeast, and now it may create storm surge taller than a house. Continue reading
Aug 29 Paul Manafort asks to move upcoming trial, cites D.C. publicity By Eric Tucker, Associated Press His lawyers cite "intensely negative news coverage" and possible juror bias in requesting that the case be relocated to Roanoke, Virginia. Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch 9:17 A festering opioid crisis, worn-out families and ‘so much pain to process’ By Jeffrey Brown, Mike Fritz In “Dopesick,” journalist and author Beth Macy takes readers to the front lines of the opioid epidemic in Roanoke, Virginia, and other nearby communities, telling the story of grieving families, exhausted medical workers and convicted heroin dealers. Jeffrey Brown reports… Continue watching
Aug 13 State probe says treatment of immigrant teens not abuse By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press State investigators concluded the harsh treatment described by detainees at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center did not meet the state’s legal threshold of abuse or neglect, according to a copy of the findings issued Monday by the Virginia Department of… Continue reading
Aug 12 White nationalists rally near White House By Associated Press More than 1,000 protesters gathered in Freedom Plaza near the White House to rally against a white nationalist demonstration scheduled for later in the day. Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch 3:30 One year after violent white supremacist rally, Charlottesville activists focus on racial justice By PBS News Hour One year ago this weekend, Charlottesville, Virginia was the scene of violent clashes between white supremacists holding a rally in the city's downtown and counter-protesters. But what has changed in the city since the summer of 2017? Nicole Hemmer, an… Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch 8:06 Unearthing Sally Hemings’ legacy at Monticello By Jeffrey Brown Visitors have long come to Monticello to see and admire Thomas Jefferson's mansion, but a new silhouette and exhibition bring a largely hidden life into the open. No portrait exists of Sally Hemings, an enslaved woman who had a decades-long… Continue watching
Jul 23 WATCH: After first Virginia Senate debate, Kaine and challenger Stewart talk economy, Trump By Erica R. Hendry After the debate, at a Virginia Bar Association forum in Hot Springs, Virginia, both candidates sat down with Woodruff to talk about their state's changing demographics, economic growth, family separation at the border and President Donald Trump's performance in office,… Continue reading
Jul 17 Charlottesville parks, once named for Confederate generals, to change names again By Associated Press Still struggling over how to handle Confederate symbols, the Charlottesville City Council voted 4-1 Monday night to change the names of two parks yet again. The former Lee Park, renamed Emancipation Park, is now Market Street Park. The former Jackson… Continue reading
Jun 27 Charlottesville driver faces federal hate crime charges By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Federal hate crime charges were filed Wednesday against a man accused of plowing a car into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing a woman and injuring dozens more. Continue reading