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4 weeks ago

VAFB survey finds Thanksgiving meal cost slightly down from 2024

With grocery prices up significantly over the past couple of years, some bit of relief with the annual Virginia Farm Bureau Thanksgiving meal market basket informal survey finding the price down slightly for that turkey day meal.

4 weeks ago

Feds approve Commonwealth’s BEAD proposal toward county and city connectivity

Albemarle County is one of beneficiaries of the Commonwealth’s Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Final Proposal approved this week by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA).

4 weeks ago

University Heights fire displaces seven residents

Albemarle Fire Rescue reports seven people displaced after a fire ignited in a unit of the University Heights Apartments Wednesday night.

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