Charlottesville VA

When real estate investment firm Bonaventure purchased the former Cavalier Crossing apartment complex in the summer of 2024, housing advocates sounded the alarm that many tenants would not be able to afford higher rents. Two years later, that concern seems to have fizzled out, as no one spoke at an...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors will hear and provide feedback on the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission’s draft regional transit service priorities and implementation plan at Wednesday’s board meeting. The planning process started in 2022 when the TJPDC rel

When the University Board of Visitors meets this week for their late summer meeting, one of the items they’ll consider is a planning study to expand the capacity of an existing transitional hospital on Ivy Road. “The University Hospital has seen a dramatic increase in patient volumes year over...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - UVA Health has completed the first cardiac surgery that utilizes a new piece of technology called the Memo 4D Curve. Dr. Michael Ibrahim and his team performed the procedure. The device assists in supporting the mitral valve in the heart more effectively than previous technologies. The...

The Greene County Sheriff’s Office did not report dozens of traffic stops it made during its June 23 immigration raids to a public statewide database, in apparent violation of state law. In data it sent to the Virginia State Police, the sheriff’s office detailed 27 traffic stops between 4:50am...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Good morning. It’s a outstanding start to the work and school day. We’ll see partly to mostly sunny sky, and pleasant temperatures, and humidity today. High pressure to our north is expected to keep conditions dry the next couple of days. As our wind takes a more southerly flow, humidity l

The Iron Blossom Festival is back in bloom this weekend with 22 acts poised to perform at Midtown Green on Saturday, Sept. 19 and Sunday, Sept. 20. After an initially rain-soaked but ultimately triumphant 2025 event, which featured successful headlining sets from the Lumineers and Vampire Weekend, organizers have once

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The Virginia Film Festival has announced its 2026 Virginia Filmmaking Series, which includes 10 films made by filmmakers from the Commonwealth that will be screened at this year’s festival, which runs from Oct. 21-25., the festival announced on Tuesday. This year’s lineup...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Charlottesville Police are circulating surveillance images of a suspect in Saturday’s shots fired incident on the city’s Downtown Mall, and asking the public for help identifying the man. CPD responded to a report of gunshots being fired during a large disturbance...

The cabinet of City Manager Sam Sanders will once again be fully stocked on September 28. That’s when India Adams-Jacobs will begin work as one of Charlottesville’s two assistant city managers. “India currently serves as the Town Manager of Bowling Green, Virginia, has been the Town Manager of...