Charlottesville VA

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Roughly 30% of people make New Year’s resolutions, according to a UVA Health clinical psychologist who believes having a clear intention behind goals makes them more meaningful and likely to succeed. Dr. Kim Penberthy, a UVA psychiatric medicine professor, said one key to successful...

Guitarist Greg Brown will pull into Offbeat Roadhouse Friday night, January 9, for a special holiday concert which will also be broadcast on WTJU. Brown is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his solo release, Sojourns in Solitude, with a special acoustic concert. This is a free event, open to all....

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Good afternoon. We’ll see partly sunny sky and seasonal temperatures for the rest of the day. Cloudiness begins to develop tonight. An area of low pressure will track to our south Saturday, towards the Carolinas. A few rain and snow showers will be possible during the day Saturday. No...

“When you got old enough,” Frances Walker Hill told this writer, “you could go up to Miss Lucy Brown’s Mountain View at Hillsboro, back of Piedmont Baptist Church. She ran a hotel, ballgame diamond, a dance hall, and whatever, you name it. People would come there and stay during the summer. It was a gorgeous place.”

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Sentara RMH Medical Center welcomed its first baby of 2026 on Thursday morning. Briana, a baby girl, was born in the hospital’s Family Birthplace at 11:40 a.m. on New Year’s Day, weighing 6 pounds, 6 ounces and measuring 19 inches long. “The Family Birthplace...

Interim Orange Town Manager, Chris Snider, announced Friday that the town has promoted Deputy Chief Rebecca Davis Nelson to the position of Chief of Police. In October 2002, Deputy Chief Nelson was hired as a part-time police officer/community service officer and has worked herself through the ranks...

A 64-year-old Charlottesville man is facing multiple charges after police say he robbed multiple businesses at an Albemarle County mall at gunpoint.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – A Verona woman has been charged with attempting to smuggle drugs into the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. The Albemarle County Police Department charged Brooke A. Maddox, 32, with one felony count of delivering a controlled substance to a prisoner after a drug...

STAUNTON, Va. (WFXR) – The Central Shenandoah Health District (CSHD) collected a raccoon from a residential area that tested positive for rabies. CSHD wants to remind the community to keep their pets vaccinated for rabies. Rabies is linked to a virus that attacks the nervous system and can be deadly to humans and...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Popitos Pizza is expanding to Charlottesville. The shop has had a location in Albemarle County since 2022 and expanded to Charlottesville this week. It is co-owned by Lauren and Ray Zayas, who started Popitos in their backyard. They say they’re looking forward to taking advantage of...