First Alert: Damaging Storms, Heavy Rain
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Today is a First Alert Weather Day due to the chances for damaging wind gusts, heavy rainfall, and large hail. The main threat is damaging wind gusts, but Flood Watches are currently issued just outside our viewing area. A special weather statement also talks about the enhanced flood risk
Charlottesville Council, School Board to discuss 1% sales tax referendum
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Charlottesville City Council and the School Board will meet jointly Wednesday and will discuss plans for how funds from a 1% sales tax for school capital projects could be spent if voters approve the raise in November. Before the joint session, the Council...
Waynesboro event venue seeks conditional use permit amid neighbor opposition
WAYNESBORO, Va. (WHSV) - A Waynesboro event venue is seeking a conditional use permit after the city told its owner the permit was required, sparking a debate among neighbors over noise, traffic, parking and safety. Mimosa Farms owner Jill Wallace said she began hosting events at the property in 2023,...
Greener pastures? – Greene’s W&S Director heading to Culpeper Admin job
In a special meeting Tuesday morning, the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors hired a new county administrator. Greene County Water & Sewer Director Thomas J. Hutka will assume the new role on September 1. Hutka, who has been in his Greene County position since July 2024, has overseen a department that was barely fu
Team of young Greene County lifeguards save 14-year-old who went into cardiac arrest
GREENE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - What began as another summer day at the pool turned into a life-or-death emergency for a group of young lifeguards in Greene County. On July 17, a 14-year-old boy had just gotten out of the pool at Greene Hills Club when he suddenly collapsed on the deck.
Area schools set to open Wednesday
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – It’s back to school Wednesday morning for most area schools, including Albemarle County, Charlottesville, Fluvanna, Louisa, Nelson, Augusta. Schools have shifted overall to earlier start days, according to Albemarle County Schools Spokesman Jason Grant, to align with end of year
Map shows Monday’s storm damage reports across Central Virginia
(WSET) — Here's a map of severe weather/wind damage reports from Monday. This map does not contain all local storm reports, but it will give you a good idea where the highest number of damage reports are clustered. Monday’s storms were from a “Mesoscale Convective System," or MCS, which...
First Alert Day – Tuesday: Threat for More Severe Storms
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A line of severe storms raced across the region Monday afternoon with damaging winds, spotty hail, heavy downpours and frequent lightning. Many remain without power, in the wake of those storms. A few showers possible late tonight with lows in the muggy low 70s for most locations and some
On the agenda: RPS’ fraud and waste hotline, Varina Farms remodel
Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning August 10. Below are details on upcoming public meetings in Greater Richmond and the Charlottesville area. Several presentations are expected including one on the district’s fraud, waste and abuse hotline and a construction update on the opening of Ri
Monday’s T-storms Knock Out Power to 3,300 Homes and Busnesses
Monday night’s thunderstorms wreaked havoc on area power grids with more than 5,000 homes and businesses left without electricity at the height of the storms. By 8 p.m., Monday, many Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) and Dominion Energy customers in Greene, Madison, Orange, and Rappahannock counties had power re
