On April 21, Virginia voters approved state Democrats’ bid to redraw congressional maps, with roughly 51.64 percent voting “yes” in the special election. While legal challenges to the constitutional amendment persist at press time, congressional candidates are turning their attention to the primaries. The Virginia Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the amendment on April […]
Mid-April is peak time for migrating birds to cross the eastern seaboard, which is why DarkSky International selects the middle of the month each year for a week-long educational campaign to encourage ways to reduce light pollution. This month both the Albemarle Board of Supervisors and the Charlottesville City Council recognized April 13 through April […]
In early 2016, when Common House Charlottesville was under construction at 206 W. Market St., its roof caved in. Snow dumped by a massive winter storm buckled the structure, threatening to pull down the interior walls. Co-founders Josh Rogers, Derek Sieg, and Ben Pfinsgraff had to supervise a painstaking rebuild prior to the club’s 2017 […]
At an April 16 work session, the Charlottesville City School Board opted to preserve its prior changes to the district’s school safety model, moving forward with the return of school resource officers at the start of the 2026-27 academic year. Dozens gathered outside Charlottesville High School ahead of the marathon five-hour-plus meeting, calling on the […]
Masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in tactical gear detained a Charlottesville man in the immediate vicinity of a school bus stop around 8:30am on April 20. Video of the incident, recorded by students waiting for the bus and obtained by C-VILLE, shows the alleged ICE agents yelling at the man to exit his vehicle. […]
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors opted not to proceed with a 15 cent increase on the personal property tax rate on April 15, but it did come up with an additional $2 million for the county’s nascent affordable housing investment fund. “What government does is it steps in and it identifies places where there […]
It’s official: Virginia’s (finally) opening its adult-use retail cannabis market in 2027, though the exact start date is still being hashed out. The Commonwealth may be late to the legalization party, but the state is the site of the earliest-known cannabis legislation in North America. In 1619, the first Virginia General Assembly not only encouraged, […]
In response to community concerns about the reintroduction of school resource officers—armed police patrolling schools—the Charlottesville City School Board will host a work session at Charlottesville High School on April 16 at 5pm. A coalition including students, community activists, the Legal Aid Justice Center, and the Charlottesville Education Association will hold a rally in opposition […]
Since November 2024, a narrow roadway along the banks of the Rivanna River south of Darden Towe Park has been closed to motorized vehicles in order to implement one of the county’s planning visions. “Free Bridge Lane provides a unique opportunity to further enhance the River corridor while improving upon the bicycle/pedestrian connectivity in the […]
When Charlottesville City Council adopted a new set of zoning rules in December 2023, the idea was to make it easier for developers to construct housing units. That is proving not to be the case for LCD Acquisitions, a company that has filed plans for a seven-story building in Fifeville called The Mark that is […]