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6 days ago

Shots fired into Augusta County home

The charges include child abuse or neglect with reckless disregard for life.

7 days ago

Coalition plans rally next week against Compact at UVA

Fairly quiet since the semester began at the University of Virginia in light of the summer's Jim Ryan resignation, and now the Compact the White House has sent the University, the quiet will be broken next week with a rally tentatively set for next Friday, October 17.

1 week ago

Four injured, one critically, during fight in Louisa

A male suffering an apparent stab wound had to be airlifted for emergency medical treatment.

1 week ago

East Rivanna Fire Co. raising funds for girls orphaned by Keswick fire

The East Rivanna Volunteers Fire Company and the First In Foundation, which helps first responders and their families in crisis, is raising funds for the needs of two little girls orphaned when their parents died in a Sunday morning fire on Starry Skies Lane in Keswick.

1 week ago

Search firm presents some 30 candidates to selection committee for UVA President

The executive search consultant finding potential candidates for the University of Virginia President's search revealed Tuesday they are in active conversations with roughly 30 people "who've expressed something between tentative to extraordinary interest", and some faculty are concerned about the process in light of the letter from the White House.

1 week ago

Charlottesville City Council moves toward purchase of a $6.2 million property to address homelessness

The city has long sought where to put a low barrier shelter.

1 week ago

Ron Huber returns to Charlottesville Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office

Following 18 years as Assistant United States Attorney in the Western District of Virginia, Ron Huber has returned to the city.

1 week ago

Manning Biotech Institute tops off toward a 2027 completion

Ground was broken in December 2023, and completion hopefully by holiday time 2027, Monday was a key milestone in the construction of the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology’s 350,000-square-foot facility at Fontaine Research Park.

1 week ago

Jason Lineen named interim Chief at UVA Health Children’s

UVA Health has named Chief Strategy Officer Jason Lineen as interim chief of UVA Health Children's as the inaugural person in that position, Cindy Bo, has stepped away for personal reasons.

1 week ago

Earle-Sears calls on Democrat Jay Jones to leave Attorney General’s race

Republican gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears is calling for Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for attorney general, to drop out of the race after the revelation of violent text messages he sent back in 2022.

1 week ago

UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center receives $13 Million to battle deadliest blood cancer

NCI funding advances efforts against acute myeloid leukemia.

2 weeks ago

Parents form a single, large city schools PTO fund

After kind of a false start with the effort around the time of the pandemic, Charlottesville schools parents are banding together with a citywide PTO fund.

2 weeks ago

CPD charges 20-year old Henrico woman in Wed. fatal Emmet Street pedestrian accident

Although cooperative in the investigation, a 20-year old suburban Richmond woman faces charges in the Wednesday night pedestrian accident that killed a 67-year old man on Emmet Street.

2 weeks ago

City Council considers Holiday Drive property purchase for low-barrier shelter

City Council Monday night will consider the purchase of a $6.2-million property at 2000 Holiday Drive next to the Econo Lodge for a possible low-barrier homeless shelter.

2 weeks ago

Samuel Miller candidates share many similarities and some differences in 90-minute forum

Republican Scott Smith and Democrat Fred Missel shared a number of similarities in a Free Enterprise Forum event but also shared different experience on how to approach issues as potential Albemarle Samuel Miller District supervisors.

2 weeks ago

UVA reviewing White House provisions for federal benefits

Trump's proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence" requires universities to cease considering gender and race in admissions decisions.

2 weeks ago

Albemarle supervisors table further data center regulation changes

Albemarle County's Board of Supervisors is stopping where they are right now, and happy to live for a while with the ordinance adopted last April regulating data centers.

2 weeks ago

Blue Ridge Area Food Bank ready for area defense employee surge

The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank is ready for any influx of people in need because of the federal government shutdown.

2 weeks ago

RWSA starts work on Ragged Mountain Pool Fill Project next week

The goal is to add 700 million gallons of water.

2 weeks ago

Grand jury gets case of man accused of setting a Danville City Councilor on fire

Danville General District Court Judge Greg Haymore found probable cause that Shotsie Buck-Hayes attacked City Councilor Lee Vogler and allowed the case to proceed to a grand jury.

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