In brief: Rotunda breakage, budget burdens, alleged perv and more
Breaking news On the first of the month, UVA students rallied outside of the Rotunda, where the Board of Visitors was set to discuss living wage for university employees. While […]
#MeToo effect: Movement brings local victims forward
Since 2017, when the #MeToo movement galvanized women across the country to speak out about sexual abuse and assault, local support agencies have seen a dramatic increase in requests for […]
Coming soon: Hundreds of new workers and only 74 parking spaces
The Center of Developing Entrepreneurs, now under construction on the west end of the Downtown Mall, will provide office space for more than 600 workers. But it will include only […]
Rutherford Institute weighs in on county schools’ hate imagery ban
Anti-racist activists have spent more than a year advocating for a ban of hate symbols in Albemarle county schools, and after months of the school board deferring an official vote, […]
Neo-Nazi group admits A12 liability and Kessler drops suit
The National Socialist Movement, a defendant in a post-Unite the Right lawsuit, made a bizarre shift when its former leader signed over the organization to black civil rights activist James […]
Gray buys NBC29 for $12 million, sells CBS19 for $25 million
The local broadcast landscape underwent a major shift Monday when Gray Television announced it was buying legacy station NBC29 for $12 million—and unloading the stations it started here as the […]
Not guilty: Trash truck driver acquitted in fatal train crash
Garbage truck driver Dana Naylor was found not guilty for his involvement in a crash that made headlines last year, when an Amtrak train carrying GOP congressmen smashed into his […]
Not immune: Vaccine-preventable diseases are coming back
As measles make a comeback in pockets of the United States, a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases in Charlottesville in recent years has some local health experts worried that messages about […]
Testimony/cross-examination questioned in rape cases
An Albemarle County physician facing 11 charges related to sexually assaulting 10 female patients was in court February 19 for a motions hearing. Mark Hormuz Dean will be tried on […]
The gunfire next door: Police response uneven in Fifeville neighborhood
In the early morning hours of February 10, Julie Bargmann woke up to the sound of gunshots. She laid still. “Unfortunately, I’ve gotten kind of used to it,” says the […]