Charlottesville VA

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Virginia Motorsports club at UVA is looking to reach unprecedented speeds. The student group is contributing to the VA 250 Car Project, an attempt to build a car that will reach 250 mph in celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. The current NASCAR stock car...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The Charlottesville area’s General Assembly delegation was split on the separate bills passed by the House and Senate that will legalize and tax internet casino gambling in Virginia. The state Senate passed SB118 19-to-17 Monday after the measure failed earlier in the...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Since his time as a federal employee in the Department of Defense ended, Phil Riese has been mulling ways to serve the Albemarle County community, including weighing possible runs for the Board of Supervisors and School Board. Instead, the local small business owner...

Ivan Orr will debut his new composition during a 100th anniversary celebration of the opening of the Jefferson High School, which provided Black students with access to secondary education during segregation. The post Four women changed the course of education for Black students in Charlottesville. A local musician...

Renovation at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail is underway, following the demolition of the 1974 portion of the facility earlier this month. After years of debate, the $49 million project was narrowly approved by City Council last June. While critics and supporters of the project largely agreed that the...

To celebrate its 30th anniversary this year, Abundant Life Ministries wants to construct a 10,370-square-foot community building behind a single-family house it owns at 782 Prospect Ave. The group filed the first set of plans with Charlottesville’s Department of Neighborhood Development Services on February 12. Such...

GREENE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Law enforcement agencies are asking for the public’s help to find a 55-year-old man that has been missing out of Greene County for a week. According to a critically missing adult alert from Virginia State Police, 55-year-old David Keith Myers was last seen on Feb. 10 at 11 a.m. in the 1200...

Think your favorite burger joint serves the best patty in town? You might want to reconsider. Tucked away in Charlottesville, there’s a modest counter-service spot that’s causing serious debate among burger lovers nationwide. Some call it the finest cheeseburger experience in America, while others insist their local...

A Waynesboro man has been jailed after allegedly eluding police and then crashing into another vehicle, seriously injuring the other driver, the Waynesboro Police Department reported. The incident took place at about 1 a.m. on Feb. 14. Trayton M. Rose, 19, faces two felony charges of eluding and a single felony...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A roughly $1 billion electric transmission line project could soon cover about 115 miles of land in Central Virginia, stretching from Campbell County to Culpeper County. Valley Link, a joint venture between Dominion Energy, FirstEnergy Transmission, LLC, and Transource Energy, LLC, is...