Charlottesville VA

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for portions of central & southside Virginia while a Tornado Watch is also in effect to the northeast which includes Nelson County. Both watches go until 10 P.M. as scattered storms will develop this afternoon through the evening with damaging wind...

Western’s girls and boys track teams had a strong showing in the Jefferson District Track Championships held on the home field the week of May 12. Overall, the girls team took second place to Louisa and the boys team took third behind Albemarle High and Louisa. For the girls...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Jefferson Madison Regional Library kicked off the 2025 summer reading challenge with a celebration. The theme—color our world—invites people of all ages to read, track progress, and compete for grand prizes. The challenge rewards readers for registering, logging 300 reading minutes,...

Housing and Residence Life at the University is defined by many evolving paradoxes. Thinking about on-Grounds dorms conjures up images of mold and floods, just as quickly as it exemplifies shiny new developments in Gaston-Ramazani and the Ivy Corridor. Similarly, the same organization that uniquely grants resident...

VDOT has updated its list of road construction and maintenance projects in Albemarle County, Greene County and Nelson County ongoing during the week of June 9-13. For updated traffic alerts and traveler information, dial 511 or visit 511.vdot.virginia.gov. The VDOT Customer Service Center can assist with reporting...

Did you know that June 19 is Sickle Cell Awareness Day? If not, you’re not alone. While many know the date as Juneteenth, sickle cell disease has long suffered from inadequate attention, leaving its patients underserved. Charlottesville restaurants are helping by raising awareness and offering free food and drink for...

Under Charlottesville’s Development Code, the Board of Architectural must grant a Certificate of Appropriateness if a property owner wants to demolish a structure within one of the city’s architectural design control districts. The BAR declined to give that permission for 1301 Wertland Street in May at a hearing...

A Virginia house of piled-up filth and feces outside has left the property smelling “like you’re in the toilet” and neighbors hopelessly fed up, according to a report. Problems started at the putrid home on Celebrity Lane in Fishersville about six years ago and conditions have only grown worse since – leading county...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A 25-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot at about 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 7, in downtown Charlottesville. According to a Charlottesville Police Department news release, officers patrolling the Downtown Mall heard gunshots and found the victim on the 200 block of...

A 25-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot at about 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 7, in downtown Charlottesville. Tractor trailer crash shuts down I-81 Northbound lanes in Verona. Updated: 5 hours ago. All northbound lanes on Interstate 81 at mile marker 227.9 in Augusta County are closed...