Virginia budget negotiators are nearing a deal to ensure that the state will have a new two-year spending plan in place on July 1.
- JORGEN VIK
I suspect many hold far more than necessary in cash because they’re scared of stock investments dropping.
- BRAD ZINN The News Leader
In 2017, the Truslow family was awarded a newly built five-bedroom home in Stuarts Draft backed by Nexus Services Inc. Now Nexus is gone, and so is the house.
Comedian John Fugelsang wants to reclaim Christianity from the religious right | Samantha Koon Jones
- SAMANTHA KOON JONES
Comedian John Fugelsang (yes, the former host of "America's Funniest Home Videos") has written an irreverent and insightful defense of progressive Christianity.
- DAILY PROGRESS STAFF
Coming up, Bridget Atwell's paintings at McGuffey Art Center, open calls for artists for juried shows at the Arts Center in Orange and more.
- Eli Lerdau
Charlottesville-area dispensaries are optimistic now that Gov. Abigail Spanberger and lawmakers appear to have reached a compromise on legislation for a legal market.
- MONIQUE CALELLO The News Leader
Norovirus is spreading among hikers on the Appalachian Trail within Shenandoah National Park, according to the National Park Service.
The giraffe calves that disappeared last year after authorities busted the infamous Natural Bridge Zoo in Rockbridge County have been fond placed in a professional facility.
Dominion Energy's Unmanned Systems Group tackles a wide range of missions for the public utility using a fleet of spidery drones.
As Charlottesville Juneteenth Parade arrives at the Jefferson School, the Black Business Expo should be underway this Saturday.
Charlottesville's fifth annual Fae Festival, billed as an "urban Renaissance faire," is scheduled for this weekend. Fantastical costumes aren't just allowed, they're encouraged.
The Virginia Theatre Festival is opening its 52nd season with the story of Sherlock Holmes' brilliant adversary James Moriarty — and some international intrigue.
With the president's polling tanking, GOP candidates in Virginia — especially John McGuire and Ben Cline — should reconsider embracing him so strongly.
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger on Tuesday signed more than 20 bills aimed at gun violence prevention in the commonwealth. Many have already been challenged in court.
- ANNA BRYSON Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger on Tuesday signed more than 20 bills aimed at gun violence prevention in the commonwealth. Many have already been challenged in court.
- MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia House Speaker Don Scott has blamed the state's budget crisis on state Sen. Louise Lucas, who is allegedly refusing to negotiate with members of her own party.
- DAILY PROGRESS STAFF
Ruckersville man Kody Oliver is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Greene County over the weekend. Alcohol is believed to have been a factor.
- ERIC KOLENICH Richmond Times-Dispatch
Gov. Abigail Spanberger and lawmakers in Virginia have reached a compromise to insert language for a legal cannabis market in the next state budget.
- ANDI GELOO
The Virginia State Bar's mandatory professionalism course is named for Harry L. Carrico, the man who upheld the state's anti-miscegenation law.
- DAVE RESS Richmond Times-Dispatch
Airbnb does not have the license necessary to operate its “Host Damage Protection” program, essentially insurance, according to Virginia regulators.
- JOEY TAN
About 1 in 5 adult men has experienced a mental health condition in the past year, but only 42% of men with mental health conditions received treatment in that time.
- DAILY PROGRESS STAFF
The Charlottesville-based Jefferson-Madison Regional Library system will officially be dropping overdue fines for most books and materials starting next month.
- DAILY PROGRESS STAFF
Coming up, "Ken Ludwig's Moriarty" opens Virginia Theatre Festival's 52nd season, Sam Elmore & the Ghosts lead a bill at SuperFly Brewing and more.
Beatrix Ost, a German-born painter popular with Charlottesville’s artistic and social elite, has opened a new cafe and gallery. Her business partner has her family worried.
- DAILY PROGRESS STAFF
The Fluvanna County Sheriff's Office is searching for 16-year-old Jahanna Bishop. Bishop was last seen Saturday headed out for a walk.
- BEN ORNER The Roanoke Times
The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center has taken in two bobcat kittens after their mother was struck and killed by a car in Russell County.

