Charlottesville VA

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The salt used to treat roads and sidewalks before winter storms may be helpful to humans, but the Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA said, the chemicals in that ice melt can be harmful to pets. The organization recommends dog owners rinse off their pets’ paws after returning from winter...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is highlighting car safety measures as winter weather continues across the region. Even if main roads appear clear, side streets and back roads may still be dangerous, so experts say drivers should avoid driving unless necessary. Before...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - *First Alert Weather Day* will continue into Tuesday morning. The latest snow is slowly exiting the region tonight. Additional snow accumulations half an inch to one and a half inches. Snow amounts Monday did vary from north to south across our area, with general amounts in and around...

Albemarle County Office Buildings will close at 2 p.m. on Monday, December 8, 2025, due to hazardous weather and road conditions. Offices will open at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 9, 2025. Public safety services will continue to operate.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - As Charlottesville is once again coated in snow and below-freezing temperatures persist, the need for more resources for the City’s unhoused population is front and center. Nonprofits like the Salvation Army and Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless say they’re doing all they can,...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Albemarle County Public Schools and the Albemarle County Police Department released last week their finalized School Resource Officer Memorandum of Understanding detailing the roles, responsibilities and limitations on the police officers working in the county’s three high...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – With overnight temperatures expecting to dip below 20 degrees, area roads could be dangerous on Tuesday morning. Virginia State Police (VSP) is urging drivers to prepare well in advance and use extra caution when traveling. VSP will have troopers and supervisors actively...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Charlottesville Police are investigating the death of a man who apparently fell from the Water Street parking garage. A Charlottesville Police release said officers responded to the 4th Street SE entrance to the garage around 1 Saturday afternoon. They found a man...

Students in the area will get a four-day weekend with more snow in the forecast . Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro public schools all announced that they will be closed Monday, Dec. 8. The school divisions were also closed Friday, Dec. 5 because of messy winter weather . "With snow forecasted and temperatures...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Fifeville neighborhood will get its first grocery store in two decades after the Charlottesville Food Co-op was selected to operate at 501 Cherry Ave. The neighborhood has spent 20 years without a grocery store and four years fighting to get one. Residents played a massive...