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7 hours ago

Charlottesville and Albemarle schools on 2-hour delay Tuesday

The closures will be reevaluated at 7:00 a.m.

7 hours ago

Closings and delays for Tuesday, Dec. 2

Closings and delays

11 hours ago

Albemarle Supervisors drill legislators hard for VDOT funding improvements

Albemarle supervisors used their annual meeting Monday with area legislators to, among other things, urge finding a way to shore up VDOT funding approval for county transportation projects.

16 hours ago

Hoos football to open 2026 season in Rio against NC State

After buzz about it for weeks, Virginia Athletics announced Monday morning the University of Virginia will face NC State in the first ever college football game in South America when they square off in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

16 hours ago

Charlottesville has hundreds of nonprofits that are preparing for Giving Tuesday

Local nonprofits are gearing up for Giving Tuesday and the funding that it can produce for their organizations.

18 hours ago

NWS issues winter weather advisory for Tuesday; Skyline Drive closed

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for the Charlottesville area from 1 Tuesday morning until noon.

6 days ago

UVA men’s basketball received $5 million gift

The University of Virginia has announced the CEO of a Salem-based Caterpillar machinery dealership has given $5 million to the men's basketball program.

6 days ago

Hoos-Hokies Commonwealth Clash kicks off with a 25,000-pound Smithfield Foods donation

Taking advantage of getting together for Hoos-Hokies clashes across an array of sports, Smithfield Foods Monday donated some 25,000 pounds of protein to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank as part of the Commonwealth Clash.

7 days ago

VDOT shifts traffic to new north side of Old Ivy Bridge

A milestone in the Old Ivy Road Bridge reconstruction after contractors finished up building the north side of the bridge and shifted traffic onto it.

1 week ago

UVA student council presidents called for full-fledged student BOV members

The presidents of the University of Virginia main Grounds and UVA-Wise student councils have written a memorandum of cooperation that includes a call for full-fledged student members of the Board of Visitors.

1 week ago

Current and legendary UVA QBs in conversation in CavFutures podcast

A Monday afternoon social media drop of "The Faces of QB1" by CavFutures brings together a conversation between two legendary past University of Virginia quarterbacks Shawn Moore and Bryce Perkins, and current quarterback Chandler Morris.

1 week ago

Local mechanic adds another item to checking along with vehicle tires and batteries as cold weather prep

Vehicle maintenance experts and advocates espouse the need this time of year to prepare your vehicle for cold weather by checking tire and battery health, but a Charlottesville mechanic is urging residents to check their vehicles for rodent nesting.

1 week ago

Virginia falls to Butler 80-73 in the Greenbrier Tipoff finale

The Wahoos fall short in their finale of the Greenbrier Tipoff.

1 week ago

CPD collects 58 guns in their second ‘Gun Buy Back’ event

The Charlottesville Police conducted another successful gun buy back event on Saturday, bringing the grand total of 145 firearms in two events within the last six months.

1 week ago

Time Magazine ranks UVA 3rd-best public university in nation for leadership

Formed by former President Thomas Jefferson, led by former President James Madison as rector, and with former President James Monroe once on the Board of Visitors, Time Magazine has ranked the University of Virginia the third-leading public University in the nation for leadership development.

1 week ago

UVA researchers helping military mitigate blast brain injuries

University of Virginia School of Medicine and Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) researchers will use a federal Department of Defense grant to better identify, prevent and treat brain injuries for military personnel caused by repeated blast exposures.

1 week ago

Spanberger hints at University governing changes to come

Appearing on The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart, Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger called a UVA agreement with the feds "a weakened pact", and promised changes are coming in the way the Commonwealth allows its universities to govern themselves.

1 week ago

Tickets now available for Christmas at the Paramount

Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio and “Christmas in Killarney” are this year's featured works.

2 weeks ago

VAFB survey finds Thanksgiving meal cost slightly down from 2024

With grocery prices up significantly over the past couple of years, some bit of relief with the annual Virginia Farm Bureau Thanksgiving meal market basket informal survey finding the price down slightly for that turkey day meal.

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