Research on the chopping block as UVA faces sequestration

The University of Virginia expects to lose up to $12 million in research funding in 2013 and could see significant financial aid reductions in the coming years due to sequestration, the massive package of federal spending cuts that went into effect March 1. As the University braces for the effects of the sequester, originally intended […]

Saturday shooting instigated by Elks Lodge fight, warrants show

New details about the Downtown shooting that sent two men to the hospital early Saturday morning—one with a bullet in his abdomen that police believe came from an officer’s gun—were revealed yesterday in search warrants filed in Charlottesville Circuit Court. According to the warrants, Frank D. Brown, 56, of Albemarle, and Leon T. Brock, 22, […]

HUD report criticizes foundering, divided housing authority

The Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority (CRHA) got a thrashing last week with the release of a highly critical report on its operations by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and since then, parties on all sides of the debate over how to fix public housing in the city have been leveraging […]

Virginia’s statewide elections heat up

As a rule, Virginia’s statewide elections follow a fairly predictable pattern. The first thing you need to realize is this: Almost everybody wants to be governor. Maybe not this year, but eventually. Which means that whoever is running for lieutenant governor or attorney general invariably has one eye on the big chair (while the governor, […]

What’s Happening at the Jefferson School City Center?

Common Ground Healing Arts is preparing for its Spring Wellness Festival for the weekend of March 22-24.  During the weekend, all sessions will be open to the public on a donation basis. Kate Zuckerman, Executive Director of Common Ground says, “All of our presenters and instructors are donating their time for the weekend, so that […]

Green happenings: Charlottesville environmental news and events

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. Lit lecture: Head t0 […]

Top cop: Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo takes your questions

Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo sat down with C-VILLE to talk about policing priorities— including homelessness—and now he wants to hear from you. Do you have questions for him? Send them to news@c-ville.com. Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo hit the streets of Baltimore in 1982 at the start of city’s crack cocaine epidemic, a newly minted […]