“Access to primary care in rural districts is a challenge across our nation, not just in the Commonwealth,” says 5th District Congressman John McGuire. “Half of America’s rural hospitals are operating in the red or at a loss.” He blames a “deeply broken” health care system, and says that only 7 percent of Medicaid spending […]
We’re so back. Tourism spending in Charlottesville and Albemarle surpassed pre-pandemic levels in 2024, as visitors poured $989.8 million into the regional economy. With Monticello and other historic sites celebrating the United States’ 250th anniversary, and the Downtown Mall marking its 50th year, the area’s aiming to boost that haul past $1 billion in 2026. […]
“I agree that every Virginian should have access to healthy and nutritious foods regardless of their income,” says Congressman John McGuire. “Food is medicine, and like I always say, you can’t exercise your way out of bad nutrition.” McGuire says the tax cuts in HR1, the Republican budget bill he voted for in May 2025, […]
In this five-part series, C-VILLE examines the consequences of Congressman John McGuire’s 2025 vote for HR1, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill. Its sweeping cuts to social safety net programs will affect tens of thousands of McGuire’s constituents in Virginia’s 5th District. This week, in part two, we investigate how McGuire and HR1 […]
John McGuire lay there, unable to get up, watching his arm move without him, and slow, and stop. In 2006, the former Navy SEAL was a self-employed fitness coach. Then, while jumping on a trampoline, he fell. According to McGuire, his C4 vertebra punctured his spinal cord, paralyzing him from the neck down. At the […]
In the afternoon sun along the Rivanna River Trail, Joshua Ballou paced the edges of the burnt-black patch of public land that used to be his home. The Charlottesville Fire Department responded to the blaze that destroyed Ballou’s shelter late on May 9, at the encampment adjacent to the trail. The fire burned just northeast […]
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with new information since its original publication. Two weeks after Common House Charlottesville suddenly shut its doors, the social club’s Richmond landlords handed the coworking, dining, and event venue another eviction notice. In an April 28 press release, the owners of 303 W. Broad St., a 1914 brick […]
For five days in mid-April, Charlottesville simmered unseasonably, with highs reaching a record 92 degrees on April 15. But as April 20 rolled into the 21st, the temperature plunged to an equally unprecedented 28 degrees, catching plants at a vulnerable part of their growth cycle, and adding another burden to a tough season for local […]
In early 2016, when Common House Charlottesville was under construction at 206 W. Market St., its roof caved in. Snow dumped by a massive winter storm buckled the structure, threatening to pull down the interior walls. Co-founders Josh Rogers, Derek Sieg, and Ben Pfinsgraff had to supervise a painstaking rebuild prior to the club’s 2017 […]
An estimated 12,000 people lined US 29 North around The Shops at Stonefield on March 28 to say, “No Kings.” On May 1, organizers hope attendees will agree to a few other nos, if only for the day: No work. No school. No shopping. May Day Strong, a nationwide initiative to celebrate workers, decry billionaires, […]