The second presidency of Donald Trump has come with many sudden transformations in policy as efforts are made to both limit the size of the federal government as well as eliminate efforts to move away from the use of fossil fuels. On July 7, Charlottesville City Council heard an annual report on local efforts to […]
The second presidency of Donald Trump has come with many sudden transformations in policy as efforts are made to both limit the size of the federal government as well as eliminate efforts to move away from the use of fossil fuels. On July 7, Charlottesville City Council heard an annual report on local efforts to […]
The snow fell. The power failed. The plant flooded. The water stopped. For more than 115 hours across six calendar days last January, the City of Richmond lost clean drinking water. For much of that time, its taps ran dry. According to reporting from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, three inches of fallen snow and a resulting […]
University of Virginia President Jim Ryan’s last day in office is July 11, and Executive Vice President J.J. Davis will take over the position on an acting basis while a search committee does its work. On the afternoon of July 4, around 400 people gathered near the Rotunda to protest Ryan’s resignation and the demand […]
Summer’s off to a blazing start, and transit crews have hit the road, working on projects in and around Charlottesville. From initiatives already underway to those a few years from breaking ground, C-VILLE put the pedal to the metal to find out what’s happening on area roadways (and one new pedestrian bridge). Bridging the gap […]
The City of Charlottesville has stopped taking any applications for new development while officials figure out how to move forward after its zoning code was thrown out by Judge Claude Worrell on June 30 for a technical error. On July 1, the city’s Department of Neighborhood Development Services let builders and developers know that all […]
A recent proposal from Amazon Web Services for a 7.2-million-square-foot data center on a 1,370-acre campus is causing uproar in Louisa County. The proposal is the latest in a string of tech megacorps showing interest in Louisa County. In 2023, the Louisa County Board of Supervisors approved a measure creating Technology Overlay Districts—growth areas that […]
After 18 months of legal procedures over the city’s new zoning code, Charlottesville Circuit Court Judge Claude Worrell has granted a default judgment throwing out the new rules. A group of Charlottesville property owners filed suit against the city in January 2024 arguing that it had not done enough to study the potential impacts additional […]
The Span Virginia Bus Tour drew a capacity crowd at Eastwood Farm and Winery on Tuesday, June 24, to bolster support for a united Democratic ticket. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger was joined by Ghazala Hashmi and Jay Jones, the party’s nominees for lieutenant governor and attorney general, respectively, along with other Democratic candidates for […]
Jim Ryan resigned as president of the University of Virginia on June 27, citing pressure from the federal government. Before announcing his resignation to the UVA community, Ryan addressed a crowd of supporters gathered outside his Carr’s Hill home. “You all are the people who make this place great and good, and it has been […]
When Charlottesville City Council granted permission for three student apartment buildings to be constructed on West Main Street in the 2010s, the zoning rules at the time required that the ground floor have space for commercial establishments. Since then, several of the required spaces have remained vacant while other businesses have struggled to stay afloat. […]