NFL prospect Mike Brown Jr. sees success as outgrowth of parents’ work ethic
On a busy Monday afternoon at Brown’s Store on Avon Street, Kim Brown is packing up a tray of fried chicken and her husband is ringing up customers at the […]
The other border: Immigration policy divides Latino community
I arrived at Southwood Mobile Home Park through the back entrance, an unmarked driveway off Old Lynchburg Road just past the Albemarle County Police Department offices. It’s so easy to miss […]
Fluvanna women’s prison sued over medical care
Charlottesville’s Legal Aid Justice Center is suing the state Department of Corrections on behalf of inmates at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, claiming poor medical care at the prison […]
Environmentalists warn federal bills could threaten public land
In the latest chapter of the debate between resource extraction and conservation, Virginia environmentalists are taking aim at a crop of legislation moving through the U.S. House of Representatives that […]
Officials pull the plug on live music in Woolen Mills
Editor’s note: We used comments in this story that we later realized were shared privately via Facebook—which means we shouldn’t have run them. We talked with the person affected and […]
Stonefield developer will keep fighting permit violation from city
A cross-jurisdictional fight over storm-water runoff has pitched one developer against another, and city and county are taking sides as the dispute appears headed for court. Edens, the developers of […]
Is Coursera the key to online learning at UVA?
Last week, UVA announced it was the latest university to partner with Coursera, an online learning company started last fall by a pair of Stanford professors. The deal is being […]
Non-profit awards housing grants to police officers
If it weren’t for the Charlottesville Police Foundation, Charlottesville police officers Cory Culbreath and Robbie Oberholzer wouldn’t be living in the city they serve. Relatively low salaries and today’s harsh […]
Green Dot to tackle income inequality with job hub
On a recent sweltering July morning, Toan Nguyen and Fabian Kuttner stood in a vast basement in the IX complex on Second Street Southeast. As forklifts rumbled across the warehouse […]
Charlottesville chef to spotlight saving salmon habitat
More than 4,000 miles away in Bristol Bay, Alaska, a Canadian mining company has been seeking the go-ahead to create North America’s biggest open-pit mine in a search for gold […]