A provision requiring the mandatory registration, identification and tracking of all livestock in the United States was removed from the massive farm bill passed by the House of Representatives July 27. That’s good news for the Charlottesville-based Virginia Independent Consumers and Farmers Association (VICFA), which vehemently opposes the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), citing its […]
A provision requiring the mandatory registration, identification and tracking of all livestock in the United States was removed from the massive farm bill passed by the House of Representatives July 27. That’s good news for the Charlottesville-based Virginia Independent Consumers and Farmers Association (VICFA), which vehemently opposes the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), citing its […]
The debate surrounding the renewal of a water-discharge permit at the North Anna Power Station is nearly as heated as the water it pumps into Lake Anna. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has been fielding comments from the public before deciding whether to renew the permit this fall, even as Dominion Power considers building […]
It may have rained, but it still needs to pour. Continuing to track local water levels following the drought watch declared in late July, C-VILLE checked in with the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) to see how streams and reservoirs were looking. RWSA Director Tom Frederick told us that, though weekend thunderstorms had improved […]
I remember distinctly the moment in my adolescence when I decided that rock music was cool.
"What You Will," the phrase that Shakespeare cast as a second title for Twelfth Night, is a tool, a means to an end.
After some procedural wrangling, a decision not to follow its own proffers policy and a 45-minute, closed-door meeting between the county attorney and developer Wendell Wood
Two weeks ago the Charlottesville City Council called out Albemarle County on what it perceived as the county’s unwillingness to move forward on transportation projects supporting the Meadowcreek Parkway (MCP). County officials answered with the bureaucratic equivalent of turning their pockets inside out: pointing to a budget stretched thin by a decrease in state funding. […]
Charlottesville City Council voted against a new homeowner tax-deferral program, citing high administrative costs and a desire to concentrate on other tax-relief programs.
The heat is overwhelming to spite the setting sun: Sweat stains spread on the backs of shirts like Rorschach ink blots, and a mix of indigo and amethyst lights catch in the wispy backdrop of the Pavilion.
For all the hand-wringing in the establishment media about the supposedly insidious influence of bloggers on the national political scene, little is known about who these people are outside of their online world.