House and home
Charlottesville is getting more expensive, and fast. In the fourth quarter of 2017, the median sales price for a home in the Charlottesville area was $286,000. In the fourth quarter […]
In brief: Court Square project progresses, UVA pulls paper towels
Squared up Charlottesville’s Historic Resource Committee continues to work toward replacing the Court Square slave auction block marker, which was thrown into a river by a local resident in 2020. […]
Burned out
In January, the highly contagious omicron variant brought coronavirus cases to an all-time high in the Charlottesville area. The Blue Ridge Health District reported over 11,000 new cases and nearly […]
FOIA showdown
Less than a year after a new Freedom of Information Act law expanded public access to police investigative files in Virginia, Delegate Rob Bell has sponsored a bill that would […]
Seeing them off
By Finn Lynch I see a dead body at least once a week. The decedent in front of me today is an old man who died in hospice care. We […]
In brief: Pipeline delayed, Old Rag hikes price
Pipeline slowed again The Mountain Valley Pipeline has been under construction for more than three years. If and when it’s finished, the pipeline will carry natural gas 303 miles from […]
Flood the zoning
By Maryann Xue As Charlottesville continues to search for new ways to address its housing shortage, City Council voted unanimously Monday to approve rezoning for a vacant lot on Nassau […]
Cops (not) out
After protests over police brutality rocked the nation in the summer of 2020, both Charlottesville and Albemarle ended their school resource officer programs. The districts replaced the officers with care […]
They want a do-over
The 2022 General Assembly session is in full swing. In November’s election, Republicans flipped the House of Delegates, taking a 52-48 lead after two years in which Democrats controlled all […]
What is love?
It’s that time of year—Cupid is sharpening his arrowheads and wrapping himself in his very best tunic. Ahead of Valentine’s Day, we asked C-VILLE’s freelance writers to tell us about […]