Charlottesville VA

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Charlottesville’s Roux St. Cafe is getting ready to close its doors for good — with its final day of business set for July 31. The cafe has been open for two years, serving traditional Cajun and Creole recipes. In a social media post by...

The Rivanna Trail is a 20-mile path that encircles the city of Charlottesville, bounded by woods and – in some places – by the Rivanna River. It connects six city parks and is open for hiking, biking and fishing from dawn to dusk. It’s also drawn a sizable...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Good morning. We have issued a First Alert Weather day. A warm and cold front will advance across the region. Scattered showers can be expected this morning. Scattered storms are expected to develop between 2pm, and 8pm this afternoon, and evening. Some storms could produce gusty wind, hai

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Gail Burton-Jones worked for 30 years as a letter carrier in Charlottesville, before retiring in 2012. When she hears attacks from the federal government on the U.S. Postal Service, plans to privatize the operation and questions about the security of mail-in ballots, she feels a

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The University of Virginia’s annual Paint the Town Orange event will be Friday, Aug. 28, the night before the team’s home opener against North Carolina State, the athletic department announced Tuesday. The pep rally will be 8 p.m. at the Ting...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Virginia was picked to finish sixth in the ACC in the league’s annual preseason media poll, released Tuesday. Miami was the overwhelming choice to win the conference, receiving 165 of 188 first-place votes. The Hurricanes were followed by SMU, Louisville, Clemson, Georgia Tech,

The Charlottesville Parks and Recreation Department held a ribbon cutting for a new restroom facility at Riverview Park.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Brian Pinkston’s time on the Charlottesville City Council may be done, but he isn’t finished working to help foster communication between the city and the council that serves it. “Even now that I’m not on council, I’m thinking about what’s going...

Editor’s Note: This letter was written today to the Greene County Board of Supervisors with a copy to The Piedmont Journal Recorder for publication as a Letter to the Editor. As I am not being given an opportunity to speak on the matter at tonight’s Board of Supervisors meeting prior to the matter being taken up, I am

Henry Montague Chiles, a widely respected Virginia orchardist, agricultural entrepreneur, and industry leader, passed away peacefully at his home in Batesville, VA, on July 18. He was 90. A lifelong advocate for fruit growing and rural enterprise, Chiles helped shape Virginia’s apple and peach industries over more than