Local doc goes on hunger strike to support state funding of Medicaid expansion
Dr. Greg Gelburd was watching a local screening of the film Jesus the Man when he had an epiphany about Medicaid expansion in Virginia. “I started to focus on the […]
Win-win: Tax incentives lure a major employer to former MJH site
From the outside, the changes to the old Martha Jefferson Hospital aren’t visually jarring. In fact, other than a new sign on High Street, a seven-story glass atrium soaring above […]
He’s back! Oliver Kuttner returns to local development with a new project and big ideas
In 2005, fed up with the tangle of bureaucratic red tape he said was stifling creativity in Downtown development, Oliver Kuttner vowed he was done with building in Charlottesville. The […]
Allegations of a botched UVA rape investigation at center of a challenge to the Campus SaVE Act
A month ago this week, UVA President Teresa Sullivan sat at a long table in Newcomb Hall, one of six college leaders on a panel addressing sexual assault on college […]
Sell me on it: What the pitch competition philosophy can do for Charlottesville’s startup scene
A Belmont mini-market transformed into a catering hub. A company that opens up the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to vacationers through a network of homestay houses. An eyewear line featuring […]
A new way to operate: A surgery practice bets on a price transparency model
Ever had a hip replaced? Tonsils removed? Broken bone set? How much did it cost? And not your out-of-pocket costs—what was the total pricetag for the procedure? If you managed […]
New Schock allegations: Federal complaint offers more detail in charges against former Venable teacher
Days before state prosecutors filed a motion to drop three felony child porn charges against former Venable Elementary School teacher Corey R. Schock, federal agents filed a complaint in the […]
Venue change: State seeks to drop child porn charges against Venable teacher, hand case to feds
One month after Venable Elementary School teacher Corey Schock was arrested on child pornography charges, federal prosecutors are taking over the case. According to a motion filed March 10 in […]
Education Beat: City to take input on school start times and other local school news
Our Education Beat coverage appears thanks to a partnership with Charlottesville Tomorrow. The Charlottesville School Board last week considered changing school start times for the 2014-15 school year so the […]
What’s Happening at the Jefferson School City Center?
YMCA Kindercamp Registration Starts Soon For the first time, the Y at the Jefferson School will offer Kindercamp this summer at the Jefferson School City Center. The program is exclusively […]