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Cavalier Daily report finds new UVA Board of Visitor appointee helped bring prominent white supremacist to campus
If someone forwarded you this email, get the next one in your inbox with a free subscription! Friday, Aug. 26, 2022 It was the first day of school this week, and across Charlottesville thousands of students made their way on foot and in cars. There were no more than six buses on the roads at […]
Posted inHealth and safety
Why Charlottesville? Geography, history, racism and local politics all collided in 2017
“It’s the birthplace of our democracy,” said Emily Gorcenski. “And if you want to assault the ideals of democracy, you go to where it started. It’s as simple as that.”
Posted inFrom the newsroom
This month’s Vinegar Hill Magazine features a daughter of Charlottesville who now leads a major American newspaper
Charlottesville Tomorrow Editor-in-Chief Angilee Shah talked with Miami Herald Executive Editor Monica Richardson about leading in a pandemic, breaking news and how to build community with journalism.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
An immigration detention center in Farmville built for over 700 people now has 11 — and activists say it’s time to shut it down
Farmville earns $15,000 and the private company that operates the center earns $2 million per month from the federal government, even though they had a huge COVID-19 outbreak and detainees say that conditions there have been unbearable.
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From the Newsroom: Virginia Press Association honors Jessie Higgins’ reporting on COVID-19
This year, Charlottesville Tomorrow took home nine awards, including Best in Show for its COVID-19 coverage
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You’ve told us what’s important to you in local news. Here’s how we’re building our coverage.
We’ve got some new beats and familiar beats — and we have plans to grow.
Posted inHealth and safety
It’s getting hard to find a COVID-19 test in Charlottesville — here’s where you can try
The district’s Thursday clinic at Fashion Square Mall began at 2 p.m. Hundreds of cars circled the parking lot by 2:30 p.m. Those managing traffic and signalling people in couldn’t say how long the lines might get.
