The $67 billion deal has generated scrutiny from consumer advocates and lawmakers about potential increases to Virginia residents’ electric bills.
Category: Government and public institutions
Our coverage prioritizes how our community can engage with government, nonprofits and public institutions that we entrust (and often pay) to lead us. We don’t just report what they say, we investigate what they do.
Posted inOur neighborhoods
‘Most people won’t know what happened here’: stories of loss and uncertainty emerge after Free Bridge encampment clearing
While the clearing of the Free Bridge encampment may have appeared orderly, residents reported stolen belongings and some lost everything they owned in a fire.
Posted inNewsletter
City of Charlottesville begins clearing Free Bridge encampment
About 30 people remained in the area as of the morning of Sept. 1.
Posted inOur neighborhoods
Six days before a low-barrier shelter is scheduled to open, Charlottesville makes an agreement with the company that will operate it
The 2000 Holiday Drive shelter will open the same day the city says it will clear an encampment of dozens of unhoused people on the Rivanna River.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
Anyone can take this survey to weigh in on UVA’s future
UVA is seeking input from its community and its central Virginia neighbors as it plans the university’s future.
Posted inHealth and safety
Rural Virginia communities face real and lingering consequences from labor and delivery unit closures
Mothers and their children are at greater risk for negative health outcomes as their access to care shrinks in central Virginia and across the country.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
Town more than doubles this year’s funding for two Orange food pantries as need grows
“Right now, the high cost of food, the high cost of gas, living expenses — everything has contributed because now we have more people depending on us to feed their families,” Good Samaritan Program Director Valencia Bailey said.
Posted inOur neighborhoods
Free Bridge encampment residents say they’re still in the dark as city’s Sept. 1 deadline nears
With two weeks to go, Charlottesville does not yet have a clear path for opening an emergency shelter space for the unhoused people who will be displaced.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
Why Orange has Virginia’s shortest mayoral term — and why that may change
Residents are encouraged to give their input on whether to lengthen the term to two years during Orange Town Council’s next meeting on Monday, Aug. 17.
Posted inOur neighborhoods
501 Cherry development in Fifeville moves on without the Charlottesville Food Co-Op
The Co-Op is looking for another location while the project partners continue searching for an operator for the development’s grocery store.
