Day 10: Guilty on all charges
A jury deliberated seven hours December 7 before reaching a verdict in the first-degree murder trial of self-proclaimed neo-Nazi James Alex Fields Jr. for the death of Heather Heyer: guilty. […]
Day 8: The waiting game in Fields’ trial
The planned three-week trial of James Alex Fields Jr. is running well ahead of schedule. That’s why it was so jarring that proceedings ground to a halt with a two-hour […]
A little help: Tourism bureau seeks PR firm to turn around its image
Before the summer of 2017, a Google image search of the word “Charlottesville” might have turned up some photos of our picturesque purple mountains, or the stately columns of Monticello […]
Day 6: How Heather died—Witnesses detail severity of injuries
Marissa Blair Martin initially was unsure if she wanted to go downtown the weekend of the Unite the Right rally in 2017. However, after the tiki-torch march through UVA Grounds […]
Day 4: Jury seated, testimony begins in James Fields’ trial
It took three long days to seat a jury of 12 with four alternates. After all, it’s a national story and the video and photographs of a Dodge Challenger plowing […]
YOU issue: Ag tax break
Here’s what readers asked for: Each year Albemarle County forgoes about $20,000,000 in taxes on land use parcels, but the exact figure is not known to the public since the […]
YOU issue: Voter removal
Here’s what readers asked about: Georgia is not alone in removing voters from the rolls—Virginia does too, affecting tens of thousands of voters. —Jessie Audette Georgia fell under the notoriety […]
YOU issue: Cities vs. counties
Here’s what readers wanted to know: Why is Virginia the only state with multiple independent cities? The city/county split here seems to lead to more difficulties than not. —David Moltz […]
YOU issue: Who’s in jail?
Here’s what readers asked for: Pick one day and find out in Charlottesville and Albemarle County the name of everyone locked up in the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail on that day, […]
YOU issue: Criminalization of poverty
Here’s what readers asked for: I’d like to suggest a piece on the criminalization of poverty (which is essentially what is happening to people who are incarcerated and are low-income), […]