Ash disaster: Local ash trees face their own pandemic
As if COVID-19 weren’t enough, central Virginia is fighting another plague, only this one—the emerald ash borer—threatens our trees. The beetle may look like a tiny jewel— it’s a bright […]
Generational ties: UVA first-gen students pass down lessons learned
When Andjelika Milicic began looking at colleges, she felt like a lab rat. Her parents, originally from Serbia and Bosnia, did not go to college, and she was the oldest […]
In brief: Pipeline protests, tiger trouble, and more
Pipeline pushback In June, environmental activists celebrated as Dominion Energy canceled the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which would have carried natural gas from West Virginia to North Carolina, passing through central […]
Ballot breakdown: Get to know what’s on the ballot before casting your vote
Early in-person voting began in Virginia on September 18. According to the Virginia Public Access Project, more than 1.4 million Virginians have already cast their vote or requested a mail […]
Party lines: A close look at the controversial gerrymandering amendment that could define a decade of Virginia politics
“As early as the middle of the seventeenth century, the government of Virginia was a government of the tobacco planters, by the tobacco planters, and for the tobacco planters. Restrictions […]
Read ’em and weep: UVA library employees fear for their safety
Late last month, UVA had to put Clemons Library in time out for bad behavior. The university shut down its largest study area for two hours, in an attempt to […]
In brief: Remembering John Conover, flicking off UVA, and more
A fond farewell Charlottesville superstar John Conover, 74, passed away over the weekend. Conover arrived in town in 1970 and started a printing press, before serving as a city councilor […]
Know your rights: Housing activists work to prevent evictions
For months, a state eviction moratorium prevented tenants from being forced out of their homes for not paying rent. But at the beginning of this month, the Virginia Supreme Court […]
Helping hand: International Neighbors supports refugee families during the pandemic
By Laura Drummond Kari Miller was a second-grade teacher in Charlottesville when, one day, she saw a student fall on the playground and break his arm. After the injury, it […]
Phoning it in: Have tracker apps helped Virginia and UVA slow the spread of the virus?
By Geremia Di Maro As the community searches for answers to the COVID pandemic, both the Commonwealth of Virginia and UVA have rolled out apps designed to suppress the spread […]