Charlottesville VA

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The public is hereby advised that the Town of Orange Town Council will hold a Public Hearing on the following matter in the Town of Orange Community Meeting Room located at 235 Warren Street on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. All persons with an interest in the same are encouraged...

STAUNTON, VA (Rocktown Now) — Staunton officially recorded six consecutive days in which temperatures failed to reach 32 degrees Fahrenheit, marking a rare cold streak in the city’s weather history. According to local records dating back to the 1890s, longer freeze streaks have occurred only 10 times. The...

Students and teachers at Albemarle County Public Schools are still home due to the effects of the winter storm last week.

Feeding Greene Inc., has received $3,700 from the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation to help nourish neighbors experiencing unger. The Nourishing our Neighbors grant supports community feeding partners by helping neighbors increase their access to nutritious food and providing nutrition education to eliminate...

Ruckersville Urgent Care held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday afternoon to mark its opening in Greene County.

What happens when a Southern college town collides with presidential history, world-class wineries, and a food scene that could rival cities triple its size? You get Charlottesville, a place that refuses to fit neatly into any box labeled “typical Southern town.”. Nestled at the foothills of the Blue Ridge...

It’s been three years since three James Madison University students were killed in a car crash after an unregistered fraternity event. Their families miss them every day.

VERONA, VA (Rocktown Now) — Located just south of Fort Defiance along U.S. Route 11, Noer Vineyards has quietly opened for limited sales after years of construction and planting. The vineyard is poised to become one of the largest family-owned operations in the Mid-Atlantic region once all 200 acres are under vine.

My first memory of Steven Knickrehm was of him teasing HDR’s first executive director, Eddie Bumbaugh, for how he pronounced “wheelbarrow” while we were volunteering for Blacks Run Clean Up day about 10 years ago. Steve and I both picked up on Eddie’s creative pronunciation, which sounds more like “wheel burrough-a.”

Charlottesville City Council adopted a new master plan in April 2025 to guide development of city parks and recreation offerings. “The plan reflects the community’s vision while ensuring financial sustainability and enhancing park assets, amenities, and user experiences,” reads the purpose statement in the plan....