Charlottesville VA

Confederate statues have roiled Charlottesville since at least 2016, when Charlottesville High School student Zyahna Bryant petitioned City Council to remove them, a request that culminated in 2017’s deadly Unite the Right rally. Charlottesville and its Lost Cause legacy have once again taken the national stage, this...

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors and the county School Board will huddle Wednesday to discuss the possibility of including the construction of a fourth high school in the upcoming budget. With the area’s population growth, and the county’s three high schools expected...

The Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization discussed potential traffic projects to submit to state funding.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Researchers at the University of Virginia are beginning testing of a drug to treat COVID and are seeking people to participate in the clinical trial. The medication treats COVID in patients whose cases do not require hospitalization. It works similarly to drugs used to treat other...

The Virginia Tourism Corporation currently divides the Commonwealth into 10 distinct regions, from the Southwest Heart of Appalachia to the Coastal Virginia Eastern Shore. “Tourism regions are established by and for the VTC solely to organize the tourism product in a defined geographic area and to present that...

When Andrew Block headed Virginia’s Department of Juvenile Justice, he noted that kids were more likely to have serious legal problems if they carried a gun, and in some communities that was quite common. Now a professor at UVA’s Law School, he heads a clinic that does research and advises state and local government....

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A new proposed bill for Virginia’s 2026 legislative session could ban most police officers from wearing facial coverings. House Bill 7 is a move to “enhance” transparency amid ICE activity. Ski masks and gaiters are among those that would be banned. Surgical masks,...

A recent post on Reddit has sparked an interesting discussion among netizens. The post, which features a screenshot from Google Maps, shows a man waving at the camera. The user who posted the image was exploring the town on Google Maps due to their recent move and found this amusing moment, which brought a smirk to...