House hunt
In April, Khalesha Powell received an important notice: She needed to find a new place for her family to live before her building in the South First Street public housing […]
Free play
I grew up playing video games on my mother’s lap. We had all four Microsoft Entertainment Pack collections on our Windows 95 Gateway PC, from Minesweeper to Chip’s Challenge. Tetris […]
Murky waters
Eric Schmitz came back from the holidays last December and found a letter about plans to develop 17.5 acres on two parcels in front of Western Ridge in Crozet. “I […]
Meet Coach Mox
When Amaka Agugua-Hamilton was growing up in Herndon, Virginia, she didn’t want to be a coach. Long before she earned the nickname “Coach Mox” as an assistant coach at VCU, […]
In brief
Youngkin announces mental health reforms following shootings A day after a manager shot and killed six people and injured several at a Walmart in Chesapeake before killing himself on November […]
Next top cop
Since former Charlottesville police chief RaShall Brackney’s controversial firing last fall, Captain Latroy “Tito” Durrette has acted as the CPD’s interim chief, while the city searches for the department’s next […]
In brief
UVA shooting investigation continues New details have emerged since a shooter killed three students and injured two others at the University of Virginia last week. On November 13, suspect Christopher […]
Permanent solution
After purchasing the Red Carpet Inn off Route 29 in Albemarle County last March, the Piedmont Housing Alliance renovated the 40-year-old rundown motel, and transformed it into an emergency shelter […]
We will remember them
As I reflect on the University of Virginia’s memorial service honoring the victims of the November 13 shooting, it is a struggle to put my thoughts into words. I could […]
No, thank you
Before ditching Charlottesville for California last month, former Police Civilian Oversight Board executive director Hansel Aguilar evaluated the board’s long-awaited first case, which concerned the violent arrest of a man […]