Charlottesville VA

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - For many people across central Virginia, it is difficult or impossible to access primary care. Some people have no choice but to travel to UVA Health’s Emergency Room. The volume of nonemergency patients coming through the ER has at times, the hospital system said, become...

Here to Stay, Wintergreen’s Blue Ridge Respite Program (formerly the Nelson Enrichment Club), celebrated its one-year anniversary Sept. 3. It’s been a successful year: from its start with seven members and more than 20 volunteers, the program has expanded to 11 members and more than 35 volunteers. Rockfish...

GORDONSVILLE, Va. (WVIR) -Gordonsville is getting ready to celebrate its fried chicken fame. The town’s annual Fried Chicken Festival kicks off Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. along Main Street. It’s free to attend and includes live music, more than 80 vendors, and contests for fried chicken and...

Back in April of this year we told you about the coming soon Mexican restaurant named Don Lupe. A sign went up in the spring as people anxiously awaited the opening. The restaurant is in the former space of Margaritas Restaurant that closed two years ago this month after a 10 year run.

Fluvanna County deputies confirmed on Friday that an August shooting is now believed to be "a targeted act of violence between individuals who knew each other" and not a carjacking.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Peter Chang’s China Grill, the Szechuan restaurant in the Barrack’s Shopping Center famous for delivering heat and flavor, is closing this month. The restaurant’s lease is set to expire and will not be renewed, manager Deni Suseno told Cville Right Now....

The names of the three people killed in the mass shooting Saturday night in Southport were released by the city Wednesday afternoon.

For the past eight years, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors has been in support of efforts to monitor greenhouse gas emissions as part of an international bid to keep global temperatures from rising. For six years, though, a different set of elected officials opted out of the program. On...

Did you ever wish you could just slip back in time and catch up on the days-of-old with your family elders? This writer, for one, would sign up in a quick jiffy for a one-more-time opportunity to be a part of that old family fold. Well, back in the late...

Why Crozet? is a long-running feature highlighting the people and places that enrich Crozet and the surrounding towns and countryside. The series often tells stories about ordinary citizens who have lived extraordinary lives outside the limelight. This month, we write about a local nonagenarian who has recorded and...