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Gov. Abigail Spanberger sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Friday urging the Trump Administration to abandon its proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule — known as the Roadless Rule. 

In the letter, Spanberger said rescinding the Roadless Rule, which designates certain areas in national forests as roadless areas, would jeopardize nearly 400,000 acres of National Forests in Virginia.

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger is weighing in on the child sex crime scandal that has rocked the Albemarle County school division since the start of the year. And she's not happy.

During a visit to Glen Lea Elementary School in Henrico County on Friday morning, Spanberger told the press that the school division's leadership has clearly failed to "uphold their legal responsibility to protect children."

Richmond's own Hardywood Park Craft Brewery just acquired Starr Hill, bringing Virginia's two largest craft brewers under one company.

Why it matters: Hardywood is becoming an even bigger force in Virginia's craft beer industry, just months after it took over some production for Legend Brewing Co.

State of play: Hardywood and Starr Hill Brewery, the 7-year-old operation out of the Charlottesville area, are the state's No. 1 and No. 2 craft brewers by volume, according to NielsenIQ data cited by the companies.

Governor Abigail Spanberger Tuesday announced Virginia’s first-ever Director of Outdoor Recreation, a position focused on growing the outdoor recreation economy, supporting communities that rely on tourism, and increasing economic development across the Commonwealth. The Governor appointed Heather Barrar to serve in the position.

Barrar will develop a statewide outdoor recreation economy strategy based on feedback from local leaders and communities, integrating conservation, economic development, tourism, and workforce development.

A new Morning Consult report says Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has a 54 percent approval rating in the Commonwealth.

This is a large shift following a Virginia Commonwealth University poll released in July that said the governor had a 44 percent approval rating and a 47 percent disapproval rating.

The Morning Consult report stated that President Donald Trump has a 38 percent approval rating and a 59 percent disapproval rating among Virginians.

The report added Spanberger's disapproval rating sits at 37 percent.

Tom Fitzgerald chats with Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger to discuss her involvement in the Dominion Energy merger.