Dan Easley
Dan Easley was a producer, host and operations manager at WMRA from 2005 - 2017, and now helps out as a part-time announcer, often hosting Morning Edition. His day job is to help run a makerspace at JMU Libraries.
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Charlottesville’s City Council passes a new zoning plan, Richmond launches a powerful surveillance network, and the General Assembly will debate whether tax dollars should go to sports venues. -
A shooting in Strasburg on Sunday, the effect of holiday celebrations on air and water quality, and ski resorts in the Blue Ridge and Allegheny mountains are open for the winter season.
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Four Virginia prisons will close next year; Charlottesville’s Police Civilian Oversight Board has an opening, and new technology to help crack down on automobile noise might be coming to Virginia.
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The General Assembly reconvenes this week to pass amendments to the budget, Harrisonburg public officials issue a Drought Warning, and experts expect a rise in cases of RSV, COVID-19, and the flu.
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A guilty verdict for a murder in Waynesboro. As a court decides whether Virginia will remain in a multi-state environmental compact, all streams and rivers in the Shenandoah National Park are closed to fishing. And, as the Secretary of the Commonwealth steps down to join Governor Youngkin’s political team, Youngkin replaces her with the Director of the Virginia Lottery.
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A guilty verdict found in a local murder case, a private company contracted by the Virginia Retirement System lets retirees’ personal information leak, and the General Assembly tries to pass amendments to the Commonwealth’s budget, a couple months late.
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A diner in Staunton is for sale, construction begins on a new road in Waynesboro, and Charlottesville City Schools tells students to turn off their cell phones. That, and a recap of the week in Virginia governance and politics.
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The Commonwealth’s budget impasse continues, not without repercussions; a Harrisonburg Councilman has his Driving While Intoxicated charge amended to improper driving; the Town of Strasburg declares a drought emergency; and the Inflation Reduction Act provides new tax incentives for renewable energy.
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Billboard Governor Youngkin visits the Rockingham County Fair and talks about supporting education, 1,000 students in Albemarle County won’t have a bus ride to school, chronic wasting disease spreads across the deer population, and a charitable bingo hall in Richmond argues a referendum should be removed from the city ballot.
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Two legal challenges against the Mountain Valley pipeline dismissed last week. Charlottesville and Albemarle county join a national program to address violent crime, while, in Staunton, a man dressed as Spider-Man patrols the streets. Secretly recorded audio plays a role in election campaigns, and the 87th Annual Old Fiddler’s Convention happened in Galax last week.
