Charlottesville VA

Unused or expired prescription medication left in a medicine cabinet or tossed in the trash can be misused, abused or taken accidentally. To help residents dispose of medication safely, the Albemarle County Police Department (ACPD) is partnering with Sentara, Wegmans, and the Drug Enforcement Administration to host four local drop-off locations on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Saturday, April 25.

Reverend Karen Mann is a pastor with Sojourners United Church of Christ in Charlottesville. Her work in ministry has led her to participate in issues impacting her community, like immigration advocacy. With a background in farming, Mann’s work as a pastor has also included a focus on climate change. WMRA’s Calvin Pynn asked Mann how her faith informs her views on climate change.

The Claymont Foundation will host its annual Alumni Awards Ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at Claymont High School. The event will include scholarship presentations to current Claymont seniors, Buckeye Career Center students and college and technical students who graduated from Claymont. The foundation also will recognize its 2026 alumni award winners.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Albemarle High School students reported witnessing an adult male being forcibly taken out of a vehicle and into custody by masked officers Monday morning near a school bus stop on Rio Road. School spokesperson Jason Grant told Cville Right Now that students reported...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Charlottesville City Council plans to relocate money from the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Contingency fund toward one-time expenditures across the board while reallocating some already appropriated CIP funds toward a couple of lagging infrastructure construction projects during its Monday night meeting. City Manager...

MADISON COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – A Sunday stroll turned hazardous as a hiker suffered a head injury and was saved by a rescue helicopter, Virginia State Police (VSP) say. At 12:15 p.m. on April 19, Med-Flight-1 rescued an injured hiker on Old Rag Mountain in Madison County who VSP says sustained a head injury. Med-Flight […]

The Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority says its reservoir levels are holding steady amid drought watches and warnings across Virginia.

Virginia’s first state-supported cross-state bus route began service today, connecting Virginia Beach to inland cities and terminating at Harrisonburg, Virginia, along Interstate 81. The route connects 10 cities and five counties in the commonwealth, serving colleges, universities and Richmond International Airport. The Tidewater Current service operates one bus daily...

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Valley Mall on East Market Street in Harrisonburg has reopened after a bomb threat about a business located in the mall prompted evacuations and a heavy police presence in the area Monday afternoon as law enforcement investigated. Michael Parks, the city of Harrisonburg’s director of communications...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A woman with ties to Charlottesville is missing in Detroit, and the search for answers is becoming more urgent. 36-year-old Caitlin Tressler was last seen in Detroit on March 27, according to police. Investigators say officers were called to her apartment that day for a reported domestic incident but did not enter the unit. She was reported missing several...