At the Jan. 18 Council meeting, Michael C. Rogers was announced as Charlottesville’s latest interim. His immediate focus will be to shepherd the city’s budget for the next fiscal year and manage day to day operations within... More

Charlotte Rene Woods

cwoods@cvilletomorrow.org

“I have to be clear that I do not have administrative power,” Councilor Lloyd Snook said.  Neither did recent Mayor Nikuyah Walker or Mike Signer before her. More

Charlotte Rene Woods

cwoods@cvilletomorrow.org

The University of Virginia is asking for community input on what it should do with three potential sites for its Affordable Housing Initiative. But those who want to comment have to do it soon: UVA is collecting responses through Jan. 31.  More

Erin O'Hare

eohare@cvilletomorrow.org

Established research links animal-assisted therapy to improvements in mood and the quality of life for seniors, including those with dementia, but a growing amount of research is showing that robotic pets also provide the same kind of therapy. More

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“You can’t strand my kid and not tell me,” said Albemarle County Public Schools parent Amanda Urban. More

Tamica Jean-Charles

tjeancharles@cvilletomorrow.org

Council had spent the morning and early afternoon interviewing three prospective candidates that had been suggested by the consulting firm Robert Bobb Group — which Council hired last month to provide “interim services.” More

Charlotte Rene Woods

cwoods@cvilletomorrow.org

“There’s a little bit of a misconception about our hiring of the Robert Bobb Group,” Charlottesville’s new Mayor Lloyd Snook said. “The idea is not that we’re somehow going to have this entire consulting group be our city manager.” More

Charlotte Rene Woods

cwoods@cvilletomorrow.org

People left without power say it’s been a brutal week. Some sought warmth in nearby hotels or houses of relatives or friends, others offered aid to friends and neighbors. More

Tamica Jean-Charles

tjeancharles@cvilletomorrow.org

While Dominion Energy says its crews are working around the clock, as of Thursday afternoon, more than 500 of its customers in Charlottesville, and more than 14,800 in Albemarle County, are still in the dark — and the cold.  More

Erin O'Hare

eohare@cvilletomorrow.org

We reached out to some of our former Charlottesville Tomorrow reporters to find out where life has taken them since leaving Charlottesville. This week we hear from Emily Hays. More

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