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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.
Posted inHealth and safety
City manager hopes to select new police chief by year’s end
Three candidates include the current acting chief and two officers from northern Virginia.
Posted inNewsletter
One of these three officers will be Charlottesville’s new police chief
Did someone forward you this email? Get nonprofit, local news in your inbox too — for free! Subscribe here. Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022 The three finalists for Charlottesville’s new chief of police made a public appearance at a community forum Monday night. The current acting chief, Latroy A. “Tito” Durrette is in the running, along […]
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
In central Virginia, there aren’t enough candidates to fill open seats in local governments
Why? Politicians and political scientists say it’s about local party politics and money.
Posted inHealth and safety
UVA Police locked down campus during Sunday night’s manhunt, but did not alert community members living blocks away
“It’s scary to think that a shooter was loose in my city for so long and I had no idea,” Paige Robinson said. “We’re the same community.”
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Today, we mourn the loss of three young men killed in a UVA campus shooting
If you know someone who would like to learn more about the victims and circumstances of this weekend’s shooting, forward them this email so they can subscribe for free. Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022 Sunday night, Charlottesville was once again rocked by violence. A shooter opened fire on a bus filled with University of Virginia students […]
Posted inHealth and safety
UVA was locked down for 12 hours before the suspect in a shooting on campus was caught
Three people were killed and two were injured in a shooting on Culbreth Road on Sunday night.
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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 […]
