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Roanoke author and journalist Beth Macy discusses solutions to the opioid crisis in her new book “Raising Lazarus,” which follows her book-turned-series “Dopesick.”

The sport allowed people to cope with pandemic stress and have socially distanced fun together.

Bloomberg Harvard fellow Nicah Santos presents her findings on youth violence to Portsmouth’s City Council. (Courtesy of the City of Portsmouth)

Between 2019 and 2020, the number of aggravated assaults by people under 25 jumped by 27 percent in Portsmouth. The number of assaults that involve a firearm went up by 59 percent.

Five years after Unite the Right, VPM News Director Elliott Robinson chatted with photojournalist Ryan Kelly about the impact of his award-winning and troubling photograph.