What’s coming up in Charlottesville-Albemarle the week of May 12?
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, […]
Update: Details emerge in Alhamraa homicide
A homicide that occurred in the wee hours of Saturday morning at Alhamraa Moroccan restaurant in downtown Charlottesville took place as the business was unusually full of patrons celebrating multiple […]
What’s Happening at the Jefferson School?
Common Ground Healing Arts Welcomes Kofi Busia May 16-18 for Workshop Kofi Busia is one of the world’s foremost teachers in Iyengar yoga tradition and Common Ground welcomes him to […]
Route 29 plan includes Rio interchange, panel chief recommends selling Bypass right-of-way
Despite sharp disagreement from some participants, the advisory panel called to examine traffic-relieving alternatives for Route 29 in the wake of the freezing of the Western Bypass project concluded yesterday […]
Day 6: Randy Taylor guilty in murder of Alexis Murphy
In little more than six hours, a Nelson County jury found Randy Allen Taylor guilty of abduction with intent to defile and first-degree murder in the commission of an abduction […]
Immigrant plaintiffs who sued for lower tuition rates get a big victory
Last year, Charlottesville’s Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC) filed a lawsuit seeking in-state college tuition for Virginia youth who immigrated to the U.S. illegally as children, and on April 29, […]
Randy Allen Taylor trial Day 5: Taylor’s fate in jury’s hands
Both the prosecution and the defense rested their cases on May 7 in the trial of Randy Allen Taylor, 48, charged with the murder and abduction of Alexis Taylor, who […]
Stuck inside of Nelson: Local firm Starchive scores big with Bob Dylan archive
It took two years to get Bob Dylan organized, but a small software company nestled in Nelson County has finally done it. Bluewall Media recently helped Dylan and his staff […]
For the (love of the) birds: What does it take to break Albemarle’s one-day birding record?
It’s 3:30am on a Thursday, and I’m sloshing through a flooded stream near the confluence of the north and south forks of the Rivanna River in rubber boots that are […]
Day 4: Mystery man testifies in Randy Taylor trial
A week after 17-year-old Alexis Murphy was last seen at the Liberty gas station in Lovingston and her DNA had been found in his camper, Randy Taylor finally admitted Murphy […]