Charlottesville VA

Researchers from the University of Virginia (UVA) have developed a new battery technology designed to improve renewable energy storage.

Christmas may soon be over, but we’re not out of the woods just yet when it comes to holiday traffic.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Charlottesville is working to make getting around town easier and more affordable through its e-bike voucher program, which has helped more than 100 people offset the cost of electric bikes this year. The program offers an alternative to driving while providing residents with new...

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - A now lifted boil water advisory in parts of northern Albemarle County created some issues for shops and restaurants in the area. The Albemarle County Service Authority issued a boil water advisory to parts of the county in response to a water main break along Route 29.

Justene Hill Edwards, associate professor of history at the University of Virginia, has won the 2025 Frederick Douglass Book Prize from the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University. Presented annually in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Zoning laws across Virginia could be limiting affordable housing solutions as costs continue to rise for families, according to new data from the National Zoning Atlas. The report suggests allowing multiple housing units on single plots could help address the housing shortage affecting...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The days after Christmas used to mean packed stores and long return lines. This year, shoppers say the experience feels noticeably different. Several people out shopping after the holiday described a slower pace, fewer crowds, and a shift in why they were coming out in the first place.

Harrisonburg, Virginia – Two individuals from Harrisonburg have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their roles in the 2023 death of 18-year-old Cayden Foster, a high school student who died after consuming part of a counterfeit pill laced with the synthetic opioid. Fentanyl-Laced Pill Claims Young Life. Last...

Christmas was anything but merry for an Albemarle County man who was shot in the hand last night. A Charlottesville man is now in custody for the incident in the 1700 block of Slate Mill Branch Road. Roland Keith Shifflett, 46, has been charged with malicious wounding. He is being...

Consultants hired by the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority have filed a second set of plans to prepare construction documents for a new Westhaven community. The Timmons Group filed a first major development plan in early October and the Department of Neighborhood Development Services issued a first...