The Virginia General Assembly has recently passed legislation that would allow online newspapers to serve the purpose if they can meet a set of criteria. The Piedmont Journal Recorder has been cleared by the court system to provide the service for Madison County and Greene County as you can see here.
Now Charlottesville Tomorrow is seeking to do so for Albemarle County and Charlottesville as well as noticed in the December 13, 2025 Charlottesville Daily Progress. The nonprofit founded in 2005 had revenues of $1.01 million in 2023 according to ProPublica’s nonprofit explorer.
These notices do not always have the full amount of information. For instance, the City of Charlottesville has a public notice in the December 13, 2025 Charlottesville Daily Progress for Human Rights Investigation Services.
“The City of Charlottesville Office of Human Rights is seeking proposals from qualified vendors to establish a term contract for professional human rights investigation services to supplement in-house staff,” reads the ad. “Sealed proposals will be received until 2:00 P.M. EST on January, 14, 2026.”…