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“I remember thinking, ‘Where is my youngest daughter? Where is she?!’” Kimberly Mitchell, a resident of Mineral, recalled the fear that overtook her on Tuesday, September 23, the day that a 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook central Virginia.

After two years on the market and a few unrealized developments, the properties at 301 W. Main St. are under contract with a West Virginia hotel management firm called Virginia Inn Management, Inc.

On January 12, Ari Rubenstein, organizer of Environment Virginia, told a small audience that included City Councilor Dede Smith and Albemarle Supervisor Ann Mallek that it was time to restore the Clean Water Act

For a long time, talk about race in Charlottesville happened behind closed doors. The city’s history of slavery, racial segregation, and urban renewal is still vividly imprinted on the minds of its natives, both black and white.

Watching the audience is one of my favorite parts of the experience at the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton.

The latest incarnation of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors couldn’t even agree on a new chair during its first meeting of the year

Sweet Jesus, is it presidential primary season again already? It seems like only yesterday that we were employing the phrase “aspiring president John Edwards” with a straight face

Since the beginning of time, a river was a community’s source of wealth and prosperity and today, cities like San Antonio, Texas and Savannah, Georgia have capitalized on the river running through their downtowns by making their waterfronts vibrant with shops and restaurants. The city’s Parks and Recreation department is working to expand the trail […]