U of Virginia School of Medicine taps anesthesiology chair
The Charlottesville-based University of Virginia School of Medicine has appointed Michael Mazzeffi, MD, as permanent chair of its department of anesthesiology, effective immediately. Dr. Mazzeffi has served as interim chair since January 2025 and joined UVA in 2022 as a professor of anesthesiology. He previously held...
Albemarle School Board approves first-ever collective bargaining agreement
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The Albemarle County School Board Thursday night approved two contracts, one for licensed and the other for unlicensed employees, as the first ever under the county’s new collective bargaining ordinance the Board of Supervisors passed in April 2024. “We are thrilled for...
Charlottesville police investigate potentially threatening online comments against youth protesters
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Charlottesville Police are investigating comments on a recent post about a school walk-out protest. CPD had posted on social media about traffic concerns around the protest that took place Monday, and some comments on the post are now being investigated as threatening to make sure none...
Albemarle County students walk-out to protest ICE
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Close to 300 students walked out of Albemarle High School Friday morning in a protest against ICE actions across the nation. The students left from school property just before 11 a.m., carrying signs and chanting as they marched down Hydraulic Ave., then turned onto Route 29...
VSP said car dragged e-bike for 2 miles in fatal Stuarts Draft crash
STAUNTON — A trial date has been set in the case of a Waynesboro man accused of being intoxicated when he slammed his car into an electric bike last year. Police said the crash killed 25-year-old Dylan C. Knowles of Waynesboro. Samuel W. Call, 36, is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter, hit-and-run, and...
Hometown Health: UVA doctors offer advanced testing to prevent unexpected heart attacks
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) - More than half of Americans who have their first heart attacks show no prior symptoms, according to recent data from millions of hospital patients, prompting University of Virginia doctors to expand prevention testing options. Dr. Todd Villines at UVA said traditional risk factor...
Come to The Whiskey Jar for the food, but stay for the music
In the midst of last week’s snow-tastrophe, my date and I braved the icy roads in his trusty 2007 Camry so we could eat our way through a Charlottesville Restaurant Week menu. Yes, one of those twice-a-year, three-course, $35 meal deals. Seeing as this was my last Restaurant Week of college, and I don’t yet have a...
UVA-owned Declaration of Independence copy to be displayed in Rotunda
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – UVA is moving its original copy of the Declaration of Independence for display in the Rotunda Dome Room for Presidents Day on Monday. The historic document is usually displayed in the Small Special Collections Library in the Harrison/Small Building next to Shannon Library...
Reforming public university boards is a hot topic at the General Assembly
Several Virginia lawmakers have put forth legislation to reform how the governing boards at the state's public colleges operate, following a tumultuous year for higher education across the state and country. Some of those reforms advanced out of House of Delegates and state Senate committees this week, while others...
Police searching for missing Charlottesville teen
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Charlottesville Police are searching for a missing city teenager who was last seen leaving his Gordon Ave. home on Sunday night. 14-year-old Riley Michael Goodman has been missing since then, according to a CPD release. He is described as 5-foot-6, 125-pounds, with brown hair...
