Charlottesville VA

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors will consider a ballot referendum to add a 1% sales tax raise to November’s ballot during Wednesday’s meeting, according to the published agenda, funds that would be used to pay for school capital improvement projects. The board is also

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - UPDATE: Katherine Lee Willis has been safely located. An alert has been sent out by the Charlottesville-UVA-Albemarle Emergency Communications Center for Katherine Lee Willis. Willis is 93 years old and was last seen wearing a pink cardigan with a grey v-neck cardigan, black leggings, and

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Charlottesville police are investigating a shots fired call from early Wednesday morning, July 15. The call came in at 2:30 a.m. The caller told dispatchers they heard gunshots in the area of 1054 S. First St. Officers responded to the scene. No injuries were reported. South...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Charlottesville Police arrested 48-year-old Michael Shaft Brewington in connection with last Thursday’s sexual assault at the Free Bridge encampment, according to a CPD release. Brewington was taken into custody Wednesday without incident. He is charged with aggravated sexual ba

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...