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2 weeks ago
Driver illegally passes, then hits school bus
The bus's stop arm was struck during National Schools Bus Safety Week.
2 weeks ago
Fire and frost warnings in place for next two days.
Weather forecasters have chances of fire and frost prominent over in a 24-hour period.
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Film Festival offers standby tickets for sold out films
VAFF Artistic Director Ilya Tovbis told CvilleRightNow just because you find a show sold-out on the site, it does not mean you're out-of-luck.
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Danville Councilor recovering from attack returns to City Council
"God is everything, for me to be able to be here tonight is nothing short of a miracle", said Danville City Councilor Lee Vogler on his return to Council at Tuesday night's meeting.
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Flocks of dead vultures raise concerns of avian influenza
The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources says H5N1 may start to affect other species, as well.
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CPD seeking man wanted for contributing to the delinquency of a minor
The charges are in relation to a non-profit June event called Come As You Are Cville.
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Cville among top on two WalletHub college town rating lists
A WalletHub survey ranks Charlottesville as the 9th-best overall college town in the United States, and the 2nd-best small college town.
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City Council approves White v. Charlottesville development code suit settlement
City Attorney John Maddux said at City Council Monday night he was initially skeptical since the city offered the White V City of Charlottesville plaintiffs similar terms in July, but he endorsed City Council approving a settlement of the suit that councilors passed unanimously.
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Violet Crown buyer commits to keeping downtown mall building a theater
The week it becomes a major venue for Virginia Film Festival screenings, an announcement Tuesday morning that three cinema-loving Charlottesville residents have purchased the building housing the Violet Crown and the theater is not going anywhere.
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Council approves purchase of property for low-barrier shelter
Charlottesville City Council voted to approve the purchase of a $6.2 million facility to serve as a low-barrier homeless shelter during Monday's meeting.
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Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger spar over abortion in Virginia
PETERSBURG, VA. (AP) — Rae Pickett stepped onto Richell Hines’ front stoop wearing a pink T-shirt that foretold the case…
2 weeks ago
Western Albemarle High students launch petition to keep bathrooms exclusive to biological sex
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Several Western Albemarle High School students have launched a petition to go back…
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Monticello identifies six additional Jefferson slaves
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Monday announced identification of six additional individuals enslaved by Thomas Jefferson.
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City Council considers White v. Charlottesville development code settlement
Although a trial date is set for nearly a year from now, City Council Monday night considers a settlement with the plaintiffs in the White v. Charlottesville City Council lawsuit.
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Gov. Youngkin announces Rockingham facility foreshadowed at AstraZeneca groundbreaking
Foreshadowing it during October 9th's AstraZeneca groundbreaking in Albemarle County, Governor Youngkin has announced Merck has begun construction on a $3-billion pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Rockingham County, bringing 600 jobs to the Elkton location.
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President James Monroe’s daughter, Eliza Monroe Hay, to be buried in Richmond
Eliza Monroe Hay has spent 200 years in an unmarked French grave.
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Charlottesville city leaf collection begins Oct. 27
The City of Charlottesville announces it will start collecting fallen autumn leaves residents rake to their curbs October 27.
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UVA Medical researchers find possible molecular issue in Down syndrome development
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have found lack of development of a particular molecule essential for central nervous system development and function could cause faulty brain circuits seen in Down syndrome individuals.
3 weeks ago
UVA declines to sign Trump administration’s ‘Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education’
UVA became the fifth school to decline to sign the document.
3 weeks ago
Hundreds urge UVA’s board, interim president to ‘reject the compact’
A crowd starting at around 200 grew to around 300 during a "Reject the Compact Rally" on the Lawn at UVA.
