Shifting ground: What to expect in this year’s General Assembly session
If you thought 2017 was a year like no other, well, 2018 will likely continue to ride the tide of the unprecedented, at least according to what we’ve seen in […]
Tuel Jewelers owner dies
Frances Elizabeth Gibson Loose, who bought Tuel Jewelers in 1975 and who worked in the store for 65 years, passed away January 5 at age 86. She was a familiar […]
Independent Nikuyah Walker elected first black female mayor
The first meeting of the new City Council January 2 went into uncharted territory with formerly behind-the-scenes decisions—the new mayor and vice mayor—made publicly, and for some on the […]
Fast track: Faculty and students want in on Alderman renovation planning
UVA has long desired a makeover of its 1937 research library, and with General Assembly funding for the $160 million project likely in 2018, plans are surging ahead—leaving some faculty […]
Crying fowl: New YMCA threatens birds, says teen advocate
On the treadmill at the Brooks Family YMCA, it almost feels like you’re outside running, thanks to an expanse of glass looking into the woods of McIntire Park. And that […]
Unfriended: Garrett staffer calls cops on constituent
Craig DuBose likes to let his 5th District congressman know how he feels about issues, and he regularly posts comments on Tom Garrett’s Facebook page—until he discovered he’d been blocked […]
Morbidity rates: Optima’s health insurance premium calculations challenged
In November, Sara Stovall was grappling with a health insurance premium that had skyrocketed from $940 a month to $3,000 for her family of four in the Charlottesville market, […]
August 12 shooter and Market Street Garage attackers go to grand jury
Three out-of-towners who were charged following the August 12 Unite the Right rally were in court December 14 for preliminary hearings, where a judge determined there was probable cause to […]
Abrupt exit: Chief’s retirement, Pleasants’ fill-in raises questions
After initially refusing to confirm reports that Charlottesville police Chief Al Thomas had resigned and was packing his office on Monday and would be out of the building by 5pm, […]
Updated: Chief Thomas out, retirement effective immediately
After initially refusing to confirm reports that Chief Al Thomas had resigned and was packing his office on Monday and would be out of the building by 5pm, the city […]