High-tech vet hospital coming to Rio road

It sure is good to be a Charlottesville pet. In addition to organic puppy chow, natural goose down beds and those adorable matching outfits (à la Paris Hilton), lucky local pets are getting a new high-tech veterinary hospital.    Two veterinary clinics have teamed up to build a larger practice at Rio Court East. Village Animal […]

SELC to argue before Supreme Court

This fall, the Charlottesville-based Southern Environmental Law Center will argue its first case before the U.S. Supreme Court. In representing a consortium of North Carolina-based environmental groups, SELC will argue that Duke Energy violated the Clean Air Act by renovating old coal-fired power plants without installing required modern pollution controls.

No bail for alleged porn possessor

Raja Jabbour, former Albemarle High JV girls’ soccer coach, will remain in jail until his trial for possession of child pornography on his computer. At a U.S. District Court bond hearing June 27, Judge Norman K. Moon ruled that there were no conditions that could “keep him from being a danger to the public,” adding […]

Capshaw underwrites inmate work crew

Local mogul Coran Capshaw has committed to donate $6,000 a month for a work crew to improve landscaping around the entrances to Albemarle County. The program will allow inmates to work for “time off” from their sentences.    Inmates who are jailed for non-violent crimes for sentences less than two years qualify, according to Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional […]

Burglary results in single-vehicle fatality

A man was killed in a single-vehicle accident after robbing Cavalier Pipe and Tobacco in the Barracks Road shopping center last week—another reminder that it’s always a bad idea to flee police in your car.    In this case, the officers hadn’t even mounted a chase. Albemarle police spotted a Jeep Cherokee driving without its lights […]

Hotel burglary suspect arrested

Police arrested 28-year-old Damiris Lamont Wilson on Thursday, June 29 for two robberies that took place hours apart early that same morning at the Quality Inn on Emmet Street and the Red Carpet Inn at Premier Circle. In both cases, Wilson is accused of wielding a knife and escaping with an undisclosed amount of money. […]

State kicks UVA $240 million

The contentious melee that mired the State legislature in a three-month delay\-he longest ever—finally reached some sort of resolution on Wednesday, June 28 when members of the Virginia House of Delegates approved a $72 billion state budget (minus $22 million Republicans stripped out at the last minute).

Arch profs enter Brad Pitt contest

Few are the reasons we would interrupt an architect on charette, that deadline-crazed period just before a design is due, but when we heard that Judith Kinnard was getting ready to meet Brad Pitt, well, we had to give the UVA architecture prof a call.    O.K., she’s not exactly getting ready to meet Mr. World […]

UVA Football team picked for ACC cellar

In the spring, UVA football head coach Al Groh publicly acknowledged that the team had to do some “significant rebuilding.” And in sports, “rebuilding” is almost always used to lower fan expectations for the coming season.    Indeed, preseason guides by Sporting News and Lindy’s pick UVA to finish in the lower portion of the ACC, […]

Lancaster flexes her muscle

As UVA’s School of Nursing plans to expand, its leadership is receiving some high accolades. Nursing School Dean Jeanette Lancaster was recently named a finalist for the “100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare,” a survey sponsored by Modern Healthcare Magazine. Final results of the survey won’t be announced until August, but Lancaster is already flexing […]