CHO airport faces tough times

On his blog today, local Realtor Jim Duncan points to a report just released by the Business Travel Coalition that names the Charlottesville airport as one of the top 100 regional airports threatened by rising fuel costs.

Legal Aid forces cable company to investigate immigrant pay

Under pressure from immigrants rights groups including the Charlottesville-based Legal Aid Justice Center, the Internet and cable provider Verizon Communications announced yesterday that it might bar certain of its contractors from work if it finds they withheld pay from immigrant laborers who dug trenches for the company’s fiber optic cables in the Washington, D.C. area.

RWSA will request dredging proposals

Dredging of the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir is coming closer to a reality, one board meeting at a time. And this afternoon, the one that counts the most, the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority, voted unanimously to have staff put together a request for proposals