Three people were killed and two were injured in a shooting on Culbreth Road on Sunday night.
Author Archives: Jessie Higgins
I'm Charlottesville Tomorrow's managing editor and health and safety reporter. If there’s something you think we should be investigating, please email me at jhiggins@cvilletomorrow.org! And you can follow all the work we do by subscribing to our free newsletter! Hablo español, y quiero mantener a la comunidad hispanohablante informada. Si tienes preguntas o información que debo saber, por favor, envíame un correo electrónico a jhiggins@cvilletomorrow.org.
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It’s Election Day!
Do you know voters in Central Virginia heading to the polls today? Forward them this email so they can learn about their local candidates. And subscribe for free! Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 Polls opened this morning at 6 a.m. and will remain open until 7 p.m. If you don’t know your polling location, click here […]
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Elder trans man reflects on what it was like growing up Black in Charlottesville
Did someone forward you this email? Charlottesville Tomorrow is a nonprofit news organization that publishes on its website and through this newsletter. And it’s always free. Subscribe here! Friday, Nov. 4, 2022 We begin today’s newsletter with the story of Charley Burton. He is a 62-year-old transgender man who says he has struggled as a […]
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Parents struggle to reach medical providers as respiratory illnesses among area children soar
If you like these newsletters, this is a great time to tell a friend to subscribe! Tuesday Nov. 1, 2022 If you are a parent of a sick child, you probably already know that it’s getting very difficult to reach a pediatrician — any pediatrician. Local doctors are overwhelmed with patients, wait times at urgent […]
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Parents struggle to reach medical providers as respiratory illnesses among area children soar
Kids aren’t masking in schools anymore and respiratory diseases are spreading like never before.
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Calls for accessibility on the Downtown Mall
If you like these newsletters, this is a great time to tell a friend to subscribe! Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022 India Sims can do everything you can do — just sitting down India Sims says it’s time for Charlottesville to add ‘accessible’ to its historic character. The Downtown Mall is getting its first ever public […]
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Our city is charming, but for the disabled it is wildly inaccessible
If you like these newsletters, this is a great time to tell a friend to subscribe! Friday, Oct. 28, 2022 With its brick facades, historic architecture and grand trees, Charlottesville is a charming place. But if you look closely, it’s not particularly accessible for people with disabilities. And India Sims has no choice but to […]
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Finally! A public bathroom on the Downtown Mall
Share the news! Forward this newsletter to a friend and tell them to subscribe! Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022 We have some genuinely good news: The Downtown Mall is getting a public bathroom. No more searching for public buildings (only to find them closed due to COVID) or wandering from business to business asking if they […]
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“Our kids are dying” — gun violence again spikes in Charlottesville
If you like these newsletters, this is a great time to tell a friend to subscribe! Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 Last week, two teenage boys were shot in a parking lot near the Downtown Mall. After an investigation, police arrested three more teenagers and charged them with the shooting. The youngest is 14, the oldest […]
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Here’s how you can watch the only live debate between Good and Throneburg
Know someone on the fence about who to vote for? Forward them this email and tell tell them to subscribe for more election news! Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022 It’s the only race folks in Charlottesville and (most of) Albemarle County will be voting on this year. Democratic nominee Josh Throneburg is challenging incumbent Rep. Bob […]
