Virginia’s whirlwind regular legislative session has ended, but with a budget left to pass, lawmakers have yet to put Richmond in their rear-view mirror. All eyes are on March 24 and the start of a special session and an expected showdown over Medicaid expansion. But it hasn’t been all deadlock and drama. Now awaiting the […]
A month ago this week, UVA President Teresa Sullivan sat at a long table in Newcomb Hall, one of six college leaders on a panel addressing sexual assault on college campuses around the country. The discussion was part of a two-day national conference billed as a proactive effort to solve what Sullivan called “one of […]
A Belmont mini-market transformed into a catering hub. A company that opens up the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to vacationers through a network of homestay houses. An eyewear line featuring glasses with removable lenses and exchangeable frames. These are some of the business ideas born in Charlottesville that debuted as part of a pitch competition, […]
Ever had a hip replaced? Tonsils removed? Broken bone set? How much did it cost? And not your out-of-pocket costs—what was the total pricetag for the procedure? If you managed to find out, the number could vary wildly. “Chargemaster” prices—essentially, a hospital’s sticker price for a given procedure—are often hard for patients to unearth, and […]
Our Education Beat coverage appears thanks to a partnership with Charlottesville Tomorrow. The Charlottesville School Board last week considered changing school start times for the 2014-15 school year so the elementary school day would begin before the middle school day. Under the proposal, students in grades pre-K through four would start school at 7:50am, rather […]
Each week, the news team compiles upcoming meetings and events in Charlottesville and Albemarle we think you should know about. Consider it a look into our datebook, and be sure to share newsworthy happenings in the comments section. The Charlottesville Planning Commission meets from 5:30-11pm Tuesday, March 11 in Council Chambers at City Hall. The […]
When your hometown is burning and you’re thousands of miles away, what do you do? For locals with personal ties to Caracas and Kiev, the answer is: You worry, you watch Twitter, and you keep your phone charged. “I call every couple hours that it’s possible, when it’s daytime there, and I’m asking, ‘Are you […]
This story includes reporting from a previous article that ran last Thursday. The day before a marathon public hearing that wrapped with a local vote to oppose the Western Bypass last Wednesday, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) ended its year-and-a-half-long silence on the project by sending the Virginia Department of Transportation back to the drawing […]
Update: Wednesday 12:38pm Citing a conflict of interest, Charlottesville Commonwealth’s Attorney Dave Chapman has recused his office from prosecuting the woman charged with breaking and entering, abduction, and malicious wounding in an incident involving State Delegate David Toscano’s wife Nancy Tramontin on Monday, February 24. “I have known David and Nancy for many, many years […]
Wednesday was a big day for Bypass opponents. For weeks, all eyes had been on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, whose new left-leaning, anti-Bypass majority voted to hold a public hearing yesterday on the controversial road. But the seven-hour meeting and the board’s ultimate vote to pass a resolution opposing the Bypass were upstaged […]