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Four anti-abortion activists who were convicted for their roles in a 2021 Tennessee clinic blockade will serve sentences ranging from six months in prison to three years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger sentenced the four Tuesday and Wednesday. All four were convicted of serious felony conspiracy charges. Trauger's sentences were below what prosecutors requested. She says she took into account the defendants' good works in their communities. The judge says she recognizes their actions were based on sincerely held religious beliefs but that is not an excuse to break the law. Six codefendants have yet to be sentenced.

A federal district court judge has temporarily halted parts of a nondiscrimination rule that would have kept insurers and medical professionals from denying hormone therapy, gender transition surgeries and similar medical care for transgender people. U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. sided Wednesday with Republican attorneys general in 15 states who had argued the language that the rule was based on encompasses biological sex, but not gender identity. The rule deals with a section of the Affordable Care Act, and would have gone into effect Friday. It’s another blow to the Biden administration’s efforts to expand anti-discrimination protections.

A snake in the U.K. has drawn attention to the ability of some female species to reproduce without a mate. The boa constrictor gave birth to 14 babies last week at a school in the city of Portsmouth after having no contact with any other snakes for at least nine years. The process is called parthenogenesis, from the Greek words for “virgin” and “birth.” Some plants and insects can also do it, as as well as some amphibians, reptiles, birds and fish. But it’s rare and usually only observed in captivity.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper approved four bills and vetoed two others ahead of his anticipated virtual participation in a White House meeting with other Democratic governors. The four bills signed by the governor on Wednesday include the creation of a new registry for vaping products and a slew of changes related to transportation laws and the state DMV. The two bills Cooper vetoed make changes to the roads that modified utility vehicles can drive on and whether cities can enforce restrictions on who landlords can refuse to give leases. The Republican supermajorities in the General Assembly are likely to override the vetoes.

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The highly anticipated annual Downtown Wytheville 4th of July Celebration and Street Festival is returning in 2024 with more activities and a unique slate of on-the-rise musicians promising an unforgettable experience for attendees. Last year, Downtown Wytheville set the record for the largest single-day event in Wythe County, and it looks like we’ll surpass this. We are one of the most prominent Independence Day celebrations in Southwest Virginia, and we’re hoping to further cement this stellar reputation with over eleven live acts and countless activities throughout the day.

Kathryn Dunn’s time at Bland County Extension has come to a conclusion as she bid farewell to 38 years of service this week.

The Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission now has up to $12 million available for high-impact energy projects in southwest and southern Virginia.

Four former University of Virginia students have had their professional lives upended.

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Gov. Glenn Youngkin called the agreement to repeal changes to the program and add financial support "great news for our military heroes, first responders, and their families."

In a doubly rare discovery, eggs from large, jellyfish-eating sea creatures were found on an Outer Banks beach in North Carolina.

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The decision from the federal appeals court in Richmond reverses another judge's decision capping total damages at $350,000.

A Smyth County, Virginia jury convicted Jacob Seth Andreshak last Friday in the Easter Sunday death of Charles Jonatthan Wojciechowicz.

ABINGDON, Va. — A Glade Spring man has been charged with breaking into a home in that community.

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — Megan Boswell, the 23-year-old Sullivan County woman accused of killing her child, has pleaded not guilty to a new first-degree murder charge as attorneys argue over whether the case should be heard by a local jury.

“We're continuing to move the museum forward in the same direction,” a transportation museum executive said. “I'm not saying that we won't miss those guys. Certainly we will.”

Gov. Glenn Youngkin called the agreement to repeal changes to the program and add financial support "great news for our military heroes, first responders, and their families."

Catalyst Energy Partners on Tuesday withdrew its request to establish an expansive solar energy project in parts of Washington County, Virginia.

Virginia began a new budget year Monday, though the Senate has unfinished business on education benefits for survivors/dependents of military veterans killed or almost completely disabled on active duty.