Albemarle County students struggle with overcrowded schools while officials try to find a way forward
“Hallways are packed, classrooms are crammed. During lunch, many students, especially underclassmen, who aren’t allowed to leave campus, have nowhere to sit,” said Indigo Mathon, a senior at Albemarle High School.
With the season’s first snow came hateful speech for this Charlottesville resident
Brianna Patten writes about why she doesn’t trust the institutions meant to protect us — and what she worries about for the future.
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Two of the city’s largest parking garages are now using artificial intelligence to recognize your car
The city and the new operator, Metropolis, promise a smooth experience from the technology, but customers in other cities have filed class-action lawsuits over the system.
In his new book, ‘Being Dope,’ A.D. Carson raps about racial reckoning in Charlottesville and Clemson, South Carolina
Carson, a UVA professor of hip-hop and the Global South, uses prose, poetry and rap rhythms to explain race and culture. “Dope” is a term that he traces to stereotypes of Black people to rappers reclaiming it as “anything praiseworthy.”
A timeline of UVA under the Trump administration
Beginning with Department of Justice investigations that led to the ouster of President Jim Ryan in the summer of 2025, UVA has experienced unprecedented levels of federal government intervention.
The first step to creating our shared future is imagining it.
For Charlottesville Tomorrow’s 20th anniversary, we are inviting central Virginians to share their visions for the next 20 years.
The Big Stories
From bake sales to big checks, this is how the tiny town of Gordonsville raised millions for a new swimming pool and park
Along the way, the project pushed Gordonsville to reckon with the pool’s segregated past — and gave the town a chance to rebuild something more inclusive in its place.
Residents used to compare these Charlottesville blocks to a war zone — this is how the community turned it around
Residents and community leaders say the Central Virginia Violence Interrupters is one organization that helped make the neighborhood safer. Now, with shrinking budgets and fewer staff, they’re unsure what happens next and what it means for the community.
Charlottesville asylum seeker wins bond, but DHS refuses to release him
Immigration attorneys say the Department of Homeland Security is employing a little-used regulation to ignore a judge’s orders to free detainees.
Next 20: What the future of central Virginia could be
For Charlottesville Tomorrow’s 20th anniversary, we are inviting central Virginians to share their visions for the next 20 years.
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FIRST PERSON
Listen: She left Yogaville because she says it was a toxic environment
In this First Person Charlottesville podcast episode, former Yogaville resident Brianna Patten speaks up — and helps others do the same.
The inaugural Trans Futures Conference is coming to Charlottesville. Charley Burton explains why this is the right place to host it
We need a community where Black, white, brown, non-binary, trans masculine, trans feminine and allies come together for a common cause, writes Burton.
Vinegar Hill: After nearly 60 years, UVA shutters college prep program for first-generation college students in Charlottesville
“It showed a young Black man from Charlottesville that higher education wasn’t just a possibility, but a birthright,” Marquan Jones writes in Vinegar Hill Magazine.
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