Just two weeks after beginning to vaccinate Phase 1A frontline medical workers, the Blue Ridge Health District on Monday opened up COVID-19 vaccines to individuals in Phase 1B. The district has not yet finished vaccinating area... More

Jessie Higgins

As we endure winter and hope for an early spring, we also know that spring now brings dangerous, heavy rains that are only predicted to grow more frequent. For decades, scientists have noted that extreme weather could be one the... More

Andria McClellan

The year is barely a few weeks old, and yet we already have so much to talk about. We’re going to start with what City Councilor Michael Payne has called a “leadership crisis” in city government. After an avalanche... More

Charlotte Rene Woods

While instruction will be moving online for Albemarle County children, the School Board on Thursday voted 6-1 to allow students to play winter sports and take part in extracurricular activities, including band.  ACPS will move entirely... More

Billy Jean Louis

Parallels between last week’s deadly siege of the  U.S. Capitol and Charlottesville’s Summer of Hate are abundant. In particular, law enforcement responses to both events... More

Ali Sullivan

As new 5th Congressional District Rep. Bob Good, a Republican, prepared to vote last week against certification of the election results of president-elect Joe Biden, a mob stormed the U.S. Capital to disrupt the votes. The right-wing... More

Charlotte Rene Woods

After halting its planned national search for a new city manager, and following over 15 hours of closed-door meetings and council member infighting, the Charlottesville City Council without community engagement looked across the Downtown Mall to select... More

Charlotte Rene Woods

To state the plain reality: the city is facing a leadership crisis and has been for some months. The turmoil, instability, infighting and uncertainty within City Hall has snowballed to the point where it is impacting the entire organization.... More

Michael Payne

The Charlottesville Planning Commission during its first meeting of 2021 recommended the approval of both the Cherry Avenue Small Area Plan as an addendum to the Comprehensive Plan and a special use permit for a development at... More

Ali Sullivan

Holiday gatherings have Charlottesville’s COVID-19 cases spiking to their highest sustained levels since the pandemic began some nine months ago. Over the last two weeks, the city saw more than 600 new cases per 100,000 people.... More

Jessie Higgins