For previous coverage of NGIC, click here. The National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) is a top secret U.S. Army military installation mounted on a hillside off 29N. As such, it is technically federal property, so that if you were to get into a fender bender, for instance, while winding up Boulder’s Road towards the center […]
For previous coverage of NGIC, click here. The National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) is a top secret U.S. Army military installation mounted on a hillside off 29N. As such, it is technically federal property, so that if you were to get into a fender bender, for instance, while winding up Boulder’s Road towards the center […]
Things are falling into place for the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, the first new school at UVA since…
Vesla Weaver leans across her desk and points to a graph on her computer screen. There are three bars. Each represents a different skin color of African Americans; the bars’ height shows the education and income levels for each statistical group. The chart is one of many, but each one shows the same thing: As […]
We know it doesn’t pay to play coulda-shoulda-woulda, but we couldn’t resist a rundown of plays that in toto gave the Gator Bowl to Texas Tech (mercifully, we’ll only start in the second half): Texas Tech recovers a surprise onside kick; refs don’t allow UVA Coach Al Groh to challenge a Red Raider fumble; quarterback […]
Joel Salatin (left) is trying to get someone to sponsor a bill that would allow Richard Bean (right) to process his own pork without state oversight. “The culture is still worshiping at the feet of experts,” Salatin says. In the General Assembly session that will kick off this week, State Senator Creigh Deeds will introduce […]
For the past three months, the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority (CRHA) has been trying to fill a new position, director of redevelopment. After running ads regionally and in national publications like The Washington Post, the position is still unfilled. As the search continues, the city and CRHA face what Noah Schwartz, executive director of […]
Three days before Christmas, two Charlottesville groups that provide services to the local homeless population got an early gift: As part of almost $21 million bequeathed to the state by the Bush Administration, both Region Ten and the AIDS/HIV Services Group (ASG) received “continuum of care” funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban […]
Join C-VILLE writer Erika Howsare and Miles Fowler in Second Life for a discussion of this week’s cover story on Thursday, January 10, from 5-6pm. To attend, register and create an avatar at secondlife.com or simply log in to Second Life on your home computer. Use the “Search” option to locate the group named “Charlottesvilleans […]
Governor Timothy M. Kaine will propose legislation with the start of tomorrow’s General Assembly for a statewide ban on smoking in restaurants…
On January 7, Albemarle County police released video footage from the dashboard camera of Officer Greg Davis that shows Davis hitting local painter Gerry Mitchell as he was crossing W. Main Street.