Charlottesville VA

FCHS has welcomed a new School Safety Officer (SSO), Barbara Hensen. She has 14 years of police experience and six years with the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). She also has 16 years of service with Fluvanna County Public Schools. In her new role, Hensen is taking the place of Von Hill, who is on...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Repairs to bridge beams damaged by a vehicle that struck the Old Ivy Road bridge over the 29 bypass are complete and the bridge is back open eastbound as construction continues. Delays had been extensive eastbound 250 during the closure, reaching back as far as Ivy.

Madison County farmers harvest and transport soybeans from the Lamb farm in the sourthern part of the county last week. Thirty years ago, Madison County grew mostly corn, and soybean acreage was barely a rounding error. Now the two crops are nearly equal, and many farmers will alternate them year-over-year. This...

CHARLOTTSVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – In an effort to make health care more accessible to residents of Greene County and surrounding areas, UVA Health next week begins a monthly mobile care service to Stanardsville. October 21 from 2-to-6 p.m. will be the first day the UVA Health mobile care unit visits, as it will...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The University of Virginia ranks 2nd in the state, 8th among public colleges and universities in the nation, and 50th overall in new 2026 WalletHub Best Colleges and Universities in America. A WalletHub release says “to help college-bound seniors make the most informed...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The two young girls who were hurt in a Keswick fire that killed both their parents are recovering, according to a social media post from the First In Foundation, which is helping coordinate support for the children. “Your kindness and compassion have turned...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - At Charlottesville First United Methodist Church, caregivers gathered to learn practical ways to support loved ones living with dementia — and to take care of themselves in the process. The Dementia Caregivers Workshop focused on equipping families with the tools and confidence to...

As Artificial Intelligence is becoming a tool that many professors are utilizing as learning tools, several professors have begun studying the possible uses of AI in research. From economics to medicine to the humanities, professors are experimenting with AI to speed up tedious tasks, analyze patterns in data and...

No. 12 Georgia Tech was one of the few top teams in the ACC to play this week. Virginia, Duke and Miami were all on bye and did not play any conference games th

At Claudius Crozet Park, creativity took center stage as artists and visitors came together for one of Central Virginia’s most beloved traditions.