Change of pace
Come May, there is an annual exodus from Charlottesville of the 23,721 undergrad and grad students who are enrolled at UVA. Some stragglers remain, but summer in the city, especially […]
Generational investment?
Should Albemarle County supervisors pay a single landowner $58 million for 462 acres of land to help preserve the future of the area’s growing intelligence community? That’s the question for […]
In brief
Honors of honor Throughout last weekend’s Final Exercises, the University of Virginia honored the victims of November’s fatal shooting. In his opening remarks, President Jim Ryan spoke about how the […]
PCOB plans
As the Executive Director of the Police Civilian Oversight Board, Inez M. Gonzalez is working to improve policing and police-civilian relations in Charlottesville. Since its conception following the deadly 2017 […]
Pipeline politics
The United States Forest Service has approved passage of the Mountain Valley Pipeline through Jefferson National Forest. First proposed in 2014, the 304-mile pipeline spans from West Virginia into Virginia, […]
Questioning the zoning
Voting in this year’s Democratic primary has already begun, but the five candidates seeking three nominations for Charlottesville City Council will continue to answer questions at forums between now and […]
Why did the bobcat cross the road?
Albemarle County is in the midst of a two-year process to update its Comprehensive Plan, a guidance document to set goals and priorities for the county for the next 20 […]
Down the foxhole
Meet two of the Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary’s newest, and cutest, patients. These fluffy red fox kits were rescued and brought to the sanctuary after their mother was shot by a […]
In brief
Staffers attacked Two staffers were attacked with a metal bat in Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly’s district office on Monday, May 15. While police are still unsure of the attacker’s motive, […]
‘Crying out for help’
Since the beginning of the pandemic, people incarcerated at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail have called attention to poor COVID containment procedures and unhygienic living conditions at the nearly 50-year-old facility—conditions […]