After marathon loss, No. 21 Virginia tries to bounce back vs. NC State
NC State (10-4, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat visiting Wake Forest 70-57 on Wednesday, a result that was the Wolfpack's second-best defensive outing in terms of points allowed. Virginia (11-2, 0-1) had a more taxing outing in its ACC opener, falling 95-85 in three overtimes at Virginia Tech on Wednesday....
Fine Art and Craftsman Alan Box Levine
“I’m always having a conversation with myself between art and craft. Art is for the heart and craft for the wallet,” says fine artist and fine craftsman Alan Box Levine in his studio at the McGuffey Art Center In Charlottesville, Va. “Art is a window to the world. It has nothing to do with money. I also restore old...
It’s in the numbers — so this engineer wants data to work for us...
As a kid, Ckalib Nelson loved problem solving. He would even fix his grandmother’s computer for her. These days, he works as a business intelligence engineer who applies his technical skills to build public data platforms. His first project was the Charlottesville Crime Dashboard, which anyone can use to explore the...
Morning Clouds, Then Clearing & Seasonal
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Good morning. It’s a cloudy and cold start to the day. We’ll see partly sunny sky, and breezy conditions this afternoon. Temperatures will warm into the mid to upper 40s. Meanwhile, we are tracking an area of low pressure to our south. Clouds develop tonight, and a few rain and snow...
Look Back 2025 #2: Another year, another larger budget in Charlottesville
City Manager Sam Sanders often says that Charlottesville is a locality that punches above its own weight. 2025 was certainly a year where the City Council was willing to keep doing more than what most localities do to provide housing and appeared to demand more. The five elected officials are...
Albemarle armed robbery suspect at large, police say
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - Police searched for a suspect in a reported armed robbery at a Pantops Shopping Center business on the morning of Friday, January 2. According to an Albemarle County Police Department social media post, there was “a large police presence” at the shopping center to investigate the report...
Million dollar VA Lottery New Year’s Raffle winner purchased in Madison
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The Virginia Lottery announced that a ticket bought in Madison is one of five $1-million-dollar winners in the New Year’s Millionaire Raffle drawing. The ticket was purchased at the Food Lion at Madison Plaza off Route 29. The other four big winners...
Wind causes landing plane to clip wingtip on tarmac at CHO
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – A Skywest Canadair flight from Chicago needed a second attempt to land at Charlottesville Regional Airport on Monday morning after it struck its right wingtip on the tarmac on its first approach. “SkyWest flight 5532, operating as United Express from Chicago landed safely...
A Dog Kennel Burns Down in Keezletown
KEEZLETOWN, VA (Rocktown Now) – A kennel went up in flames earlier today in Rockingham County. At 7:28 this morning (January 2nd), Battalion Chief Clay Shiflet reported that crews were dispatched to the 3,000 block of Haines Quarter Road in Keezletown to find a dog kennel ablaze. “Crews pulled...
Triple A: Plan a ‘get-home’ strategy before heading to a New Year’s Eve party
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Some nuance this year to Triple A’s annual New Year’s Eve call not to drink and drive: Make your plan before you go out. “That’s the big issue,” Triple A MidAtlantic’s Morgan Dean told Cville Right Now. “People drink throughout the evening and if they haven’t come up with a...
