Vic Garber, deputy director of Parks and Recreation, says he hasn’t seen a staff shortage this severe in his 10 years at the department. More

Tamica Jean-Charles

@thisistamica

tjeancharles@cvilletomorrow.org

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. More

Angilee Shah

@angshah

angshah@cvilletomorrow.org

Virginia legislators prepare to battle over abortion rights. More

Here are the answers to five of the most common questions we got about our reporting on the city’s declining tree canopy. More

Charlotte Rene Woods

@charlottewords

cwoods@cvilletomorrow.org

“I’d like to say that, along with this lovely spring that we are having, this is part of a new beginning. But, we have been fooled before so we’ll just have to wait and see,” said Dr. Reid Adams, UVA Health’s chief medical officer. More

Jessie Higgins

@jessiehiggins

jhiggins@cvilletomorrow.org

For many, having a “birth sister” can make a big difference for their health and well-being while pregnant and giving birth. More

Tamica Jean-Charles

@thisistamica

tjeancharles@cvilletomorrow.org

“I think the idea of having places to gather and green spaces with trees will be good for me and my neighbors,” said South First Street resident Estephany Kepchar. More

Charlotte Rene Woods

@charlottewords

cwoods@cvilletomorrow.org

Elsa Coffey, a freshman at CHS, noticed some students who stopped wearing their masks on March 1, but quickly went back to masking when they realized they were in the minority. More

Tamica Jean-Charles

@thisistamica

tjeancharles@cvilletomorrow.org

“It’s a conundrum,” said Nicole Winkler, the dean of Health and Life Sciences at Piedmont Virginia Community College. “It’s a quagmire. I don’t know how else to describe it.” More

Jessie Higgins

@jessiehiggins

jhiggins@cvilletomorrow.org

While Dominion Energy says its crews are working around the clock, as of Thursday afternoon, more than 500 of its customers in Charlottesville, and more than 14,800 in Albemarle County, are still in the dark — and the cold.  More

Erin O'Hare

@erinaroo

eohare@cvilletomorrow.org

The Blue Ridge Health District will host a town hall to answer your questions this week. A Tuesday evening townhall was postponed due to power outages. More

Jessie Higgins

@jessiehiggins

jhiggins@cvilletomorrow.org

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. More