S01E06 Redistricting at the State Supreme Court, Roanoke's Gunshot Detection Debate, and a Daisy Art Parade The Virginia Supreme Court could rule any day on whether to throw out the redistricting referendum, with Reps. Ben Cline and Morgan Griffith among the plaintiffs and former Roanoke delegate William Fralin leading the opposition. Plus: Roanoke City Council approved 75 new Flock gunshot detectors over real pushback, Governor Spanberger spent her 100th day signing education bills in Roanoke, the Commonwealth Transportation Board awarded a $237M contract for the next stretch of I-81 widening, Carilion opened a midwifery clinic in a maternity care desert, and the drought is biting local farmers. Events this week: RidgeYaks home all six nights, Jay Leno at the Berglund, the 4th annual Daisy Art Parade Saturday, Forkapalooza, and Music on the Mountain on Mother's Day. Closing with a Virginia Tech student who identified a brand-new species of dinosaur — three times older than T. rex.
May 4, 2026