UVA Health study: Calls to poison centers for liver injuries up nearly 400%
Calls to poison centers involving liver injuries caused by medications, supplements, alcohol and other substances jumped nearly 400% between 2000 and 2024.
Greene School Board approves 4% raises, hears split over staff hiring votes
The Greene County School Board approved a $52.86 million budget with 4% raises for employees, while a board member publicly explained why she will keep voting no on staff approvals. The post Greene School Board approves 4% raises, hears split over staff hiring votes first appeared on The Piedmont Journal Recorder .
Fifeville neighbors join city engineers to help redesign neighborhood streets
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Fifeville neighbors gathered with Charlottesville city engineers and leaders Thursday to brainstorm ways to make their streets safer. The workshop is part of a two-year process that was sent back to square one after residents gave the city their initial input. Charlottesville City Engineer
Soul of Cville bridge generational gap with ‘Legacy Lounge’
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Attendees from across generations gathered in the courtyard of the Fralin Museum of Art on Wednesday, eating drinking and talking with one another as part of “Legacy Lounge: A Sophisticated Harlem Renaissance Garden Affair.”. The event was a part of the sixth...
FFO: Chillin – “All I Know”
Over the next week, a band called FFO: Chillin will open five shows for Joyce Manor and Glitterer. FFO: Chillin hail from Concord, New Hampshire, they have a couple EPs to their name (which is great, by the way), and they play hard, melodic rock music that I guess I'd call post-hardcore? New single "All I Know" is out
UVA swim star Sara Curtis breaks own world record in winning gold
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW)- University of Virginia swimming star Sara Curtis took the gold in the 50m backstroke at Thursday’s 2026 European Swimming Championships in Paris, breaking the world record she set a day earlier. In Wednesday’s semifinal, Curtis became the first Black swimmer to set an individual.
As Flock surveillance spreads, Virginia communities push back
Privacy advocates from Norfolk to Fairfax County to tiny Elkton and Bridgewater have publicly voiced opposition to the AI-powered system and its unblinking cameras lining their streets. In some cases, elected leaders have taken notice.
Hometown Heroes: Quick Action Leads to Full Recovery for Stricken Teen at Greene Hills...
Earlier this summer, a teenager boy frolicked around the pool deck at Greene Hills Club outside Stanardsville. Then, he dropped to the concrete. Lifeguards at the private club jumped into action and their efforts saved the boy’s life and his family is forever grateful. On Monday night, the 14-year-old with family, j
CHS, Greenbrier, Jackson-Via would be focus of school sales tax revenue
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Renovations to Charlottesville High School, Greenbrier Elementary, and Jackson-Via Elementary would be the primary use of funds generated by a proposed 1% sales tax, if voters approve the measure in November, city officials said during Wednesday’s joint session between the Charl
Waynesboro woman arrested for allegedly stealing credit cards
WAYNESBORO, VA (Rocktown Now) — Waynesboro Police say the person they think was responsible for stealing credit cards last month and using them has been arrested. Captain Benjamin Lemons reported that on July fifth, a victim told officers that their credit cards had been stolen and subsequently used at several business
