Plans to bring students back in the classroom in-person in October is off the table after Charlottesville City Schools heard feedback indicating support for sticking to reopening schools on Nov. 9 or later.  The division on... More

Billy Jean Louis

@billyjeanlouis

The University of Virginia has an online reporting portal that Charlottesville-area community members can use to report students who do not comply with the university’s COVID-19 safety regulations. UVA students signed a... More

Jessie Higgins

In a video message this week, University of Virginia President James Ryan warned students that unless they all follow the university’s COVID-19 rules, “getting to Thanksgiving is going to be hard.” COVID-19 cases are rising, he... More

Jessie Higgins

The calls for criminal justice reform that have echoed throughout the nation this summer have intersected locally with mental health and crisis response. Mental health advocate Myra Anderson’s persistence has now resulted in the forthcoming creation... More

Charlotte Rene Woods

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2020 has been a year unlike any other in many regards, so why should voting be any different? On Sept. 18, the polls opened in Virginia. According to James Heilman, Secretary of the Albemarle County Electoral Board, about 18,000... More

Mike Kropf

Our newsroom is focusing on working for you, our community, to help answer the questions you have about what’s happening about the pandemic. More

Charlottesville Tomorrow

This week, we talk to activists as they mark the removal of the Confederate “Johnny Reb” statue in front of the Albemarle County Courthouse. Plus, COVID-19 has been found in four dorms at the University of Virginia. If that’s... More

Jessie Higgins

Charlottesville City Schools officials have discussed plans for resuming in-person classes, and the options include possible dates in October. “There’s a proposed plan that was shared with the COVID-19 Advisory Committee for their input and discussion,”... More

Billy Jean Louis

@billyjeanlouis

Sixteen percent, or 20, of the Albemarle County Public Schools’ 124 new teachers are minorities, a 1 percentage point decrease from last year.  Based on preliminary division records, the county school system hired three new Asian... More

Billy Jean Louis

@billyjeanlouis

The residents in the University of Virginia’s Balz-Dobie dormitory got their first inkling that something was happening on Monday. “People were starting to exhibit symptoms of COVID — and they were actually just a few doors... More

Jessie Higgins

Today, Charlottesville boasts more than 40 farms in its surrounding areas. It’s a hub for local food  production with a thriving food economy. However, it is also a center of food insecurity, with a disproportionate prevalence of food insecurity... More

Maame Esi Eghan

A University of Virginia residence hall was locked down Wednesday after officials identified five coronavirus cases among the 188 students living there. That evening, the university tested each student in the Balz-Dobie dorm and asked “them... More

Jessie Higgins