Shaban Athuman
/
VPM News
Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
Spotlight on VPM Original Content
RVA's Got Issues
Headwaters Down
Un-wine'd
Virginia News
NPR News
Virginia News
-
The African American Civil Rights Network nod highlights the museum’s role in the movement. -
Construction on the nonprofit’s new headquarters begins Aug. 12.
-
Some Shenandoah Valley crop yields could be 75% lower than expected.
-
A tornado watch is in effect until 8 p.m. Thursday for parts of Central Virginia.
-
Tenants owing back rent can sign up by Aug. 31 to avoid eviction.
-
A pilot study in Virginia is testing whether drones can deliver defibrillators — before first responders.
NPR News
-
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Nicole Grajewski of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about the role Russia and China could play in de-escalating the Iran-Israel conflict.
-
The Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., includes a section of graves of LGBTQ Americans. We take a pride month tour.
-
Smith once said he came up with the name Federal Express because he wanted the company to sound big and important when in fact it was a start-up operation with a future far from assured.
-
Cuts to Medicaid moving through Congress would shake up health care in the scenic San Luis Valley — with negative downstream effects on local jobs, businesses and education.
-
The pledge comes amid ongoing federal immigration raids targeting migrants in the area, and calls from the Dodgers' fanbase for the organization to speak out against them.
Arts & Culture
- Geologists uncover new evidence from ancient asteroid that hit the Chesapeake Bay
- Recent Hanover museum exhibit examines Brown Grove's history, legacy
- On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad
- How did Chesterfield County’s charter get lost so many times?
