Format: 2013-06-20

IRS Says On-Line Filing Increasing

The Internal Revenue Service has released statistics on the increasing number of taxpayers filing self prepared tax documents on line and using direct deposit of refunds.

New Online Atlas For Rare Winged Insects In Virginia

Bug lovers can now access a new online atlas featuring some of the rarest, winged insects that occur in Virginia.  Charles Fishburne has more in this WCVE Science Matters report.

Tracking Rare Insects in Virginia

Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark talk with Jason Bullock of the Virginia Natural Heritage Division, Department of Conservation and Recreation about the new “Atlas of Rare Butterflies, Skippers, Moths, Dragonflies and Damselflies of Virginia.”

Harris' checkerspot butterfly

Henrico County-Wide Test Of Emergency Alert System Today

Do not be alarmed! It's only a test...in Henrico county today, for the Community Emergency Notification System. 

Virginia Makes Large Soybean Sale

The Virginia-based Perdue Agribusiness has reached an agreement to sell 29 million bushels of soybeans to the Dangdong Port Group Company in China.

Goochland STEM Camp Sold Out; Needs Funding

Goochland’s Second Annual Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Summer Camp gets underway on the 24th at the county middle school.

Petersburg Council to Consider Nuisance Properties

Petersburg City Council will have a public hearing tonight to consider declaring two properties a public nuisance.

Murder Trial For Piracy Begins Today In Norfolk

Trial begins this morning in Norfolk for three Somali men charged with piracy and the 2011 murders of four Americans aboard a yacht off the coast of Africa. 

Cuccinelli, McAuliffe Both Given "Full Flops" by Politifact Virginia

Sean Gorman of Politifact Virginia has the latest fact checking report. 

"Sell in May?" -- Not This Year; Smithfield Acquisition Biggest Chinese U.S. Investment; Everest Climb Anniversary Peaks Interest

Brian Ford analyzes business news Monday mornings.  (Due to digital delay, a few seconds of surrounding program may be heard.)