If you call for an ambulance, chances are that an all-volunteer squad will respond and that you’ll only be charged for medical supplies on the way to the hospital. But this budget season, local officials are exploring the idea of imposing fees, as much as $450 per ride. And as the closed-door discussions continue between […]
Though police reports show that there were only eight accidents involving bicyclists in Charlottesville last year, local bike activists beg to differ.
Debated issues come and go with each session of Virginia’s General Assembly—this year’s fan favorites are sure to include mental health reform and bad driver fees—but there is at least one topic ripe for debate among the state’s legislators year in and year out: abortion. With the new session on the horizon, organizers on both […]
The temperatures outside have finally started to dip, but the waters of Lake Anna are unseasonably warm this time of year. Not from any natural hot springs in the area—instead, the warm waters of the lake, located about 30 miles from Charlottesville, are the result of discharge generated from the nearby nuclear power plant’s cooling […]
A motivated group of UVA students is attempting to do something that has never been done at Mr. Jefferson’s university—implement the first student-proposed major. For the past year, members of the student-run Global Development Organization have been lobbying the administration for the creation of a new global development major. While the interested students recognize the […]
The debate surrounding a second vehicular crossing of the Downtown Mall just got a lot more confusing.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule over the country November 3, suspending the constitution and shutting down all independent media outlets. While some critics from around the globe have called this the desperate act of a weakened leader, Musharraf affirms that he is doing what is necessary to save his country from inner conflict […]
When five Charlottesville government officials wanted to go on a business trip on the city's dime to Italian sister city Poggio a Caiano last week…
Dena Bowers’ $1 million lawsuit against UVA for her firing in late 2005 is now in the hands of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, following a decision by a lower court judge that threw out most of Bowers’ First Amendment claims. But serious legal conflict between attorneys on both sides of the case continues […]
In a $1 million lawsuit nearly two years in the making, the appeal of Dena Bowers’ case against UVA is set to begin oral arguments in January 2008. Previous coverage: "I can’t say I don’t get some pleasure out of mixing it up"Debbie Wyatt, the local courts’ inconvenient woman, prepares to retire Bowers set to […]