The symptoms of Chronic Wasting Disease in deer read like something out of a horror movie: emaciation, a lolling head, an odor of rotting meat, and—invisible until autopsy—a spongy degeneration of the brain. CWD is a prion disease affecting cervids—elk, moose, and our own white-tailed deer. Like mad cow in cattle and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in […]
The symptoms of Chronic Wasting Disease in deer read like something out of a horror movie: emaciation, a lolling head, an odor of rotting meat, and—invisible until autopsy—a spongy degeneration of the brain. CWD is a prion disease affecting cervids—elk, moose, and our own white-tailed deer. Like mad cow in cattle and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in […]
Each week, C-VILLE’s Green Scene page takes a look at local environmental news. The section’s bulletin board has information on local green events and keeps you up to date on statewide happenings. Got an event or a tip you’d like to see here and in the paper? Write us at news@c-ville.com. Green party: Snow’s Garden […]
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program, two grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), are drops in the bucket when it comes to the city’s housing budget. But like other federal funds, they’re drying up at a time when the city’s affordable housing crisis is a […]
On Friday, hundreds will fill a ballroom at the DoubleTree Hotel on Route 29 for the Albemarle Charlottesville NAACP’s 2013 Freedom Fund Banquet. This year, UVA President Teresa Sullivan headlines the event, which is the chapter’s most important fundraiser. We sat down with chapter president Dr. M. Rick Turner to talk about the choice of […]
Our regular Education Beat reporting is the result of a partnership with the nonprofit community news platform Charlottesville Tomorrow, which covers growth, development, public education, and local politics. The Charlottesville School Board unanimously adopted two resolutions last week, affirming its commitment to local control of Charlottesville’s public schools. The first resolution opposes the Opportunity Educational […]
Last month, UVA announced big changes to its health insurance plans, citing increasing costs pushed higher by pending mandates from the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Premiums are going up by $40 a month, and the spouses of employees who can get coverage through their own employers are no longer eligible. The ripple effect of the overhaul by […]
Check c-ville.com daily and pick up a copy of the paper Tuesday for the latest Charlottesville and Albemarle news briefs and stories. Here’s a quick look at what we’ve got our eye on this week. City hires new human rights chief The City of Charlottesville has hired a veteran civil rights attorney to lead its […]
Each week, the news team takes a look at upcoming meetings and events in Charlottesville and Albemarle we think you should know about. Consider it a look into our datebook, and be sure to share newsworthy happenings in the comments section. The Charlottesville Planning Commission meets from 6-8pm Tuesday, September 10 in City Council Chambers […]
Vinegar Hill Cafe Manager Joel Schectman struggled to put a definition on September’s Chill’n & Grill’n band. “They’re definitely not your average band,” he said, referring to the collaboration of veteran Charlottesville musicians. The band agrees that they defy naming, though for now they’re calling themselves The C-Ville Reggae Funk Band. The five-member group shares […]
The Odd Dominion is a regular Virginia political opinion column from C-VILLE contributor Dan Catalano. If there’s one thing that every political junkie in the Commonwealth knows, it is this: Whichever party currently holds the White House will never see the inside of Virginia’s Executive Mansion. This has been the case, without fail, since 1977, […]