Andrew Hollins, Author at C-VILLE Weekly

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How a former Culpeper County ‘MAGA sheriff’ got a presidential pardon

While running a contested race for sheriff of Culpeper County in 2023, Scott Jenkins was looking to “fill the war chest,” according to a federal indictment. To do this, he accepted at least $75,000 from northern Virginia businessmen to be appointed auxiliary sheriff’s deputies, and helped one wealthy felon get his gun rights restored, despite […]

Andrew Hollins | June 18, 2025

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At UVA Medical Center, scientists are making breakthroughs that could change—and save—lives

The University of Virginia Medical Center is not just one of Newsweek’s top 50 hospitals in the country (and No. 1 in the state), it is the only Level I trauma center in our area. It is also home to some of the world’s biggest medical breakthroughs. As you’ll see in the following pages, UVA […]

Andrew Hollins | May 28, 2025

Culture Feature

From dice rolls to role-play goals, Charlottesville’s gaming scene is on a winning streak

The world is a lot right now. Headlines scream for our attention, deadlines loom, and the constant hum of daily life can often feel overwhelming. Sometimes, we just need a break—a moment to step away from the noise and immerse ourselves in something purely fun. Enter gaming. Whether it’s an epic adventure, a mind-bending puzzle, […]

Andrew Hollins | March 12, 2025

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Reasons why a locally owned grocery store was forced to close

Charlottesville has its share of decades-old businesses that are locally owned and operated and insinuated into the fabric of the community. Unfortunately, in the coming weeks, it will have one less. The owners of Reid Super-Save Market, a popular grocery store on Preston Avenue, announced January 6 that they have accepted an offer from local […]

Andrew Hollins | January 15, 2025

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Monticello researchers receive funding for largest study of colonoware in history

For 24 years, Monticello’s Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery has been studying and cataloging artifacts left behind by early and enslaved Americans, creating an online archive that enables intersite, comparative archaeological research on slavery. Now, thanks to $354,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation and The Conservation Fund, the DAACS and its collaborative […]

Andrew Hollins | December 11, 2024

Culture

Charlottesville’s game store rolls a nat 20 with its homebrewed board game

Game stores can be intimidating. For the layman, walking into The End Games and hearing someone discuss their level 18 Halfling Rogue in Dungeons & Dragons or their Warhammer 40k Space Marine Army is like listening to an advanced trigonometry lesson given entirely in Urdu. That’s why, while building his crowdfunded board game Springsign, Andreas […]

Andrew Hollins | November 27, 2024

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Charlottesville City Schools present redistricting plan

For the first time in more than 50 years, Charlottesville City Schools is undergoing comprehensive redistricting, hoping to address issues regarding disparities in capacity and to anticipate ones that may arise in the coming years. The redistricting process is part of CCS’s 2023-2028 Strategic Plan, an initiative to improve the city’s education system with upgrades […]

Andrew Hollins | November 6, 2024

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Field School endowed with $1.5 million matching grant

Field School of Charlottesville, a private, all-boys middle school currently located in Crozet, announced that its goal of a new Barracks Road campus is one step closer to reality thanks to a matching grant of $1.5 million from an anonymous benefactor. The school described the grant as “transformative” in a September 24 press release. “[It] […]

Andrew Hollins | October 2, 2024

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Local health care providers urge vaccinations and vigilance ahead of flu season

Flu season is imminent and just in time to coincide with the Virginia Department of Health’s latest MAPP2Health Community Health Assessment. Throughout the rest of the year, Blue Ridge Health District, Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital, and UVA Health System are all collaborating to conduct in-person and online focus groups and to survey residents from the […]

Andrew Hollins | September 18, 2024

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America’s culture war is running right through central Virginia’s schools

On September 28, 2021, former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe said something during the second gubernatorial debate that would spark a movement of conservatives in the state: “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.” The Hill would later describe McAuliffe’s statement as “deserving of a top listing in the Hall of […]

Andrew Hollins | August 28, 2024