Albemarle County
8 hours ago
Fontaine Ave bridge replacement over Morey Creek begins Oct. 7
VDOT announces work beginning October 7 replacing the Fontaine Avenue bridge over Morey Creek between the Route 29 bypass interchange and the Ragged Mountain Reservoir.
9 hours ago
Albemarle school board chair reports much smoother weapons screenings at the high schools
Albemarle schools' top citizen leader is pleased with the progress made to speed up weapons screenings that had slowed school day starts for many students at the three high schools.
1 day ago
Albemarle PD is asking for help in locating a pig roaming free
Several people have seen a full-grown black pig roaming the area of Owensville Road and Old Ballard Road.
1 day ago
UVA “Pep Banned” documentary to premiere at 38th annual VAFF
The Virginia Film Festival schedule has October 26 as the world premiere date for a documentary on what it calls "one of the University’s most revered (and irreverent) institutions", the University of Virginia Pep Band.
2 days ago
Early Thursday morning fire damages Crozet home
A resident and pet dog escaped fire early Thursday morning in a home in the 5000 block of Brook View Road in Crozet
2 days ago
Governor Glenn Youngkin announces tax rebates
Eligible Virginia taxpayers will receive tax rebates of up to $400 for joint filers and up to $200 for individual filers
2 days ago
UPDATED: Forecasters looking at possibility of a rare two-hurricane dance in the Atlantic
Weather forecasters are watching a rare phenomenon in the Atlantic Ocean... the possibility of two named storms forming near each other.
3 days ago
Orange man facing multiple charges over threats
Among the 7 charges against Jonathan Neil Chewning are threats in writing, harassment, and drug and firearm possession.
3 days ago
Albemarle looking at tax diversity while supervisors’ candidates question spending
With diversifying the Albemarle County tax base a repeated top priority of county leaders, County Executive Jeff Richardson on WINA Morning News put some numbers to the story about how the county commercial and industry tax base has shrunk from about 15% of the burden in 2015 down to just over 11% today.
3 days ago
Albemarle staff to recommend pausing consideration of any new data center ordinances
Albemarle County staff will update the Board of Supervisors October 1 on data center zoning and will recommend pausing consideration of new regulations and any potential overlay districts.
3 days ago
UVA maintains No. 4 spot in US News 2026 Best Public Colleges ranking
The new 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings are out and the University of Virginia retains its #4 spot in Best Public institutions in the land.
3 days ago
Salvation Army Cville seeks holiday season bell ringers
On the first full day of autumn, the Salvation of Army of Charlottesville has begun preparing for the holiday season putting out a call for bell ringers for its 2025 Red Kettle Campaign.
4 days ago
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank receives 80,000 pounds of chicken from Perdue
Perdue's donation is part of an 800,000-pound gift to food banks along the east coast.
4 days ago
UVA President Selection Committee expects to interview candidates in late November
The UVA Board of Visitors' Presidential Search Special Committee expects to interview prospective candidates for the job tentatively in late November.
4 days ago
HOPS grant applications being taken through October 20
The funds are used to maintain and enhance housing-related services.
4 days ago
Virginia Dept. of Forestry offering free riparian forest buffer installations
Eligible projects available on a first-come, first-served basis.
5 days ago
A commercial structure off US 29 near Branchlands Blvd. caught fire on Saturday
No injuries were reported.
1 week ago
Who’s more excited to welcome this Trump ally to Virginia – Democrats or Republicans?
Vivek Ramaswamy, a former GOP presidential candidate now running for Ohio governor will be the featured guest at a Friday night rally.
1 week ago
First Amendment discussion takes Tim Heaphy back to the days writing 2017 report
The man who wrote the final report on what happened in Charlottesville in 2017 said many of the things said about the First Amendment takes him back to the days of writing that report.
1 week ago
UVA men’s lacrosse gets program’s largest ever gifts
Virginia Athletics and the Virginia Athletics Foundation announced Thursday two unprecedented anonymous seven-figure commitments establishing endowed scholarships in support of the Virginia men’s lacrosse program.
