Charlottesville VA

Crews with Stanley Martin Homes are preparing to build about four dozen single-family houses in the Fry’s Spring neighborhood on land currently covered by a forest. The first step in the Azalea Springs project is to remove mature trees that nearby residents say are critical to the city’s environmental health.

STERLING VA: (Rocktown Now) – The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT Wednesday for portions of north-central and western Maryland, northwest and western Virginia, and eastern and panhandle West Virginia. Forecasters say heat index values — a measure of how...

The 2026 edition of the Madison County Fair kicks of Wednesday morning at 11 a.m., when 4-H and FFA members participate in the Sheep show competition. Then at 6 p.m., goats will enter the show ring. This year’s theme “Give ’em somethin’ to talk about also celebrates the county’s year-long 250th America celebration. Gat

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - About a quarter of the patients who come through the University of Virginia’s Emergency Department each day are 65 years or older, and staff are working to make the experience more manageable. Dina Hood, a clinical nurse specialist at UVA’s Emergency Department, said the share...

Despite some recent rain, Virginia remains in a drought—the latest insult for vineyards where grape crops were crushed by an early freeze followed by extreme temperatures. WMRA’s Christine Kueter reports. [clanging glass bottles and hydraulic presses]. They’re bottling red wine at Michael Shaps Winery near Scottsville.

Ask a Virginian where to eat and they will not hand you a tourist brochure. Not here. They will lean in, lower their voice, and give you directions like they are sharing a state secret. That is how the best restaurant tips in Virginia usually travel, not with glitter, but...

Buffets are usually about quantity. Plenty of food, but not always plenty of quality. But these hidden Virginia buffets are different. They serve real homemade comfort food, the kind that tastes like someone’s grandmother spent all day stirring pots. I have visited each one, and each time I have...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) — Albemarle County Police arrested 43-year-old Adrian Brigido-Dominguez of Keswick following a brief vehicle pursuit Monday, according to an ACPD release. Officers responded to reports of an intoxicated man brandishing a weapon on the 600 block of Black Cat Road at approximately 5

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - Emerson Automation Solutions, also known as Intelligent Platforms, will close its Albemarle location by the end of the year, according to a letter sent to Charlottesville Mayor Juandiego Wade and Virginia’s Rapid Response Program. The company is owned by Emerson Electric. The letter state

WAYNESBORO, VA (Rocktown Now) — The former employee of a Waynesboro machine shop and her husband were arrested on charges related to an alleged embezzlement scheme. On March 26th, Captain Benjamin Lemons says Waynesboro authorities were notified that a financial audit at the shop uncovered that a former office manager