On this week's Second Look , Propublica recently identified racial disparities in school opportunities in Virginia and around the country. WMRA’s Christopher Clymer Kurtz dives into the numbers, and also explores the dilemma over Airbnb regulation in Harrisonburg… And, Andrew Jenner has a profile of a tuba-playing prankster among JMU’s Marching Royal Dukes, who performed again in the Macy’s parade.

On this week's Second Look , WMRA's Emily Richardson-Lorente has the story of a church in Buckingham County, publishing the stories of its veterans... Christopher Clymer Kurtz explains Harrisonburg's scooter invasion... Andrew Jenner attends the (anticlimactic) school board meeting selecting the new name of Staunton's high school... Plus, we survey the week in Virginia politics.

On this week's Second Look , WMRA's Chris Boros plugs into the music of the Jon Stickley Trio... WCVE reports on how Virginia firefighters are working to protect their own from higher rates of depression and suicide... We have Virginia Public Radio reports on the wave of women swept into office from Virginia, and the latest on the Buckingham County compressor station....

On this week's Second Look , WMRA's Andrew Jenner explores the 6th District race and candidates, and also a mystery noise -- more like a HUMMMMM -- in Crozet... Kimberlea Daggy brings us the not-noisy-at-all story of the trombones, and their players, headed to Puerto Rico... and, Christopher Clymer Kurtz brings us along for a class at the Wildlife Care Academy.

On this week's Second Look , WMRA's Marguerite Gallorini follows up on her in-depth December report on Virginia's teacher shortage with an update from this month's Teacher Retention Summit at UVa... She also has a preview of the 31st annual Virginia Film Festival... Virginia Public Radio reports on the Commonwealth's growing 'news deserts'... plus, Virginia politics!

On this week's Second Look , WMRA's Marguerite Gallorini attends the first in a series of workshops in Charlottesville that the organizers, two grad students at UVa, hope will help the public understand the history of far right and fascist movements...

On this week's Second Look , WMRA's Christopher Clymer Kurtz scores a hat trick, with his feature preview of local Halloween-themed haunts and events, a review of Eric Cantor's visit to JMU, and a preview of this week's criminal justice board meeting in Harrisonburg...

On this week's Second Look , WMRA's Andrew Jenner has the latest on efforts to make hemp, and money off hemp production and sale, a reality... Christopher Clymer Kurtz, who began our coverage of hemp last year, has a look at local participants in this weekend's National Solar Tour... and Marguerite Gallorini has the details on the "Farm to School" week in Charlottesville city schools...

On this week's Second Look , even though the whole thing is not officially affiliated with the world of Harry Potter out of deference to Warner Brothers, at the Queen City Mischief & Magic Festival in Staunton, people still play a game suspiciously like Quidditch, and there’s surely a Hagrid or two walking around as well. WMRA’s Jessie Knadler has the story of how the festival came about. Also, researchers at UVA say they may have found a cure for macular degeneration, and Marguerite

On this week's Second Look , WMRA’s Christopher Clymer Kurtz has the latest on projects aimed at dealing with decades of mercury contamination in Waynesboro, and we also take a look back at how the mercury got there in the first place.