Charlottesville VA

NELSON COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - School starts Tuesday in Nelson County, and as always, safety is a priority. Monday, deputies met with teachers to go over active shooter protocols, safety plans, and the new ZeroEyes AI system before the first bell rings. When students step back into Nelson County classrooms,...

Sheriff offices in Greene, Madison and Orange counties celebrated National Night Out on Tuesday. Greene held its celebration on the parking lot at Walmart in Ruckersville while Madison held its at Hoover Ridge. Orange had two sites: The Sweetbriar Pavilion in Lake of the Woods and the Orange County Volunteer Fire...

The City of Charlottesville’s budget for FY2026 includes a total of $15,879,891 in revenues that go to Charlottesville Area Transit. Of that amount, $253,008 is to be used for marketing. However, this year’s budget anticipates no revenue from advertising. CAT earned $51,385 in revenues in FY2022 but that dropped...

The annual Soul of Cville Festival is happening all this week, running from August 10th to the 17th. For Arts This week, we spoke with Khalilah Jones. Hi, I’m Khalilah Jones, and I am the co founder of the Soul of Cville, and I’m super excited, because this is our fifth year. There is so much going on anything that...

We celebrate the remarkable life of Ralph Graves, longtime WTJU classical announcer, who passed away on Thursday August 7, 2025 following a courageous journey with cancer-related illnesses. Ralph joined WTJU as a volunteer classical host in July 1991. For 34 years, he never repeated a work (knowingly), an astonishing...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Charlottesville activist Tanesha Hudson helped bring the community together at Tonsler Park Sunday, August 10, for a block party focused on peace and unity. Guests enjoyed free food, cold water and music from DJ 59 out of Washington DC as well as high-energy performances from the...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Charlottesville’s Stonewall Jackson statue is one of several decommissioned Confederate monuments that will be displayed in the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), located in Los Angeles. The Brick, a Los Angeles-based non-profit visual art space formerly known as LAXART, has...

On the night of July 4, anyone living in the southern portion of Charlottesville’s Fifeville neighborhood was treated to several hours of fireworks. For years, different groups have set up launch points at Forest Hills Park and other key locations. The explosions were still continuing at around 11pm when...

There’s a little secret hiding behind the brick facade of Miller’s Bake Shoppe in Stuarts Draft that cookie lovers across Virginia are desperately trying to keep to themselves. But secrets this delicious have a way of escaping, and frankly, it’s time the world knew about the extraordinary cookies...

Friendly City Food Co-op hosts offers an inside look at its business. The Friendly City Food Co-op in Harrisonburg hosted a class to explain how local, fresh food reaches their store and how the community can participate. Updated: 5 hours ago. Events are set to include tailgating, a tour of...