A seasonal shelter in Charlottesville is serving more people than ever — which presents challenges now that it’s closed
The City is working on a longer term plan, but shelter staff say they see more immediate need than ever.
Loaded gun found at Cherry Avenue Boys & Girls Club, student in custody
Police responded to a report of a gun at New Pathways Academy, an alternative learning program for seventh and eighth graders, Monday afternoon.
How one family owned and ran the largest Black-owned farm in Albemarle County — for generations
Philip Cobbs tells the story of his family’s land, and the remarkable ancestors who were determined that their legacy would be equality.
The Latest from Changing Charlottesville
Charlottesville area’s only free Head Start program closed suddenly, leaving nearly 200 families without childcare
The decision was in the making since October, but parents weren’t notified until March 5.
Here’s everything you need to know about running for local office in Virginia
We help you navigate the multiple deadlines, stacks of forms and varied instructions to become a candidate.
If you’re heading to a City Schools sporting event next fall, expect to walk through a metal detector
After some debate among students, staff and community members about whether to put metal detectors in schools, the School Board decided to use them exclusively at sporting events and other out-of-school activities.
More than 1,000 gather to press county supervisors to invest — heavily — in affordable housing
“For people of all ages to have a stake, to have a place to rent or to own, is absolutely astonishingly challenging,” County Supervisor Ann Mallek said. “Albemarle County needs to up our game.”
The Big Stories
It was once his family’s farm — the largest Black-owned farm in Albemarle County — but now we all own part of it
Philip Cobbs tells the story of his birthplace, and why we should all know its history.
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Fifeville residents got a say in a private developer’s plans by making an unusual agreement
The resulting project is designed to give low income residents jobs, services and affordable housing. And the developer will earn “much less” profit because of it.
Voters didn’t have a say in nearly 75% of local Central Virginia races this year — because there weren’t enough candidates
Folks on the ground say it’s hard to get people to volunteer for unpaid positions subject to long hours, political polarization, and public vitriol.
Charlottesville Tomorrow is hiring its next managing editor
The central Virginia nonprofit seeks a newsroom leader with strong editing experience and a heart for community and local news.
The MacArthur Foundation announces support for Charlottesville Tomorrow as part of Press Forward
Eight newsrooms are the first to be funded by a new coalition that seeks to grow local news.
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Listen: Why this photographer wants communities in Charlottesville to say, ‘No, we are not oppressed’
On the In My Humble Opinion podcast, Marley Nichelle says they want Black communities in Charlottesville to feel like they can thrive.
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Come July 1, Agnor-Hurt Elementary School will be Agnor Elementary School
Benjamin Franklin Hurt was a former Albemarle County Public Schools administrator who supported performances with students in blackface, Confederate flags and swastikas.
In a scathing rebuttal, Charlottesville attorneys say plaintiffs ‘concocted technical faults’ in their lawsuit seeking to overthrow the new zoning ordinance
“The Plaintiffs already have that which they now seek to deny others — good, affordable housing in a desirable locality,” the city wrote. “To do so, the Plaintiffs, having lost at City Council and at the ballot box, seek a judicial veto of the City’s zoning ordinance changes.”
Charlottesville residents join lawmakers in asking Gov. Youngkin to sign flurry of tenants rights bills
“If he hears from people all over the state, maybe he’ll listen,” said former Charlottesville City Councilor Kristin Szakos.
City Council grapples with how to handle additional $9 million funding request from Charlottesville City Schools
Officials consider a ‘significant’ local tax increase to cover it.
It’s a rare and, for some, special day. Here’s how 4 Charlottesville residents are celebrating their Leap Year birthdays
Julius Caesar created a calendar with occasional Feb. 29s 2,000 years ago — and babies have been missing out on birthdays ever since.
At $1,500 per year per household, Charlottesville’s rental assistance for seniors and people with disabilities isn’t enough, say city officials
“We want people to be able to live and work in the city, and not have to live out in the hinterlands and drive in. It’s really as simple as that,” said Commissioner of the Revenue Todd Divers.
Charlottesville City Schools needs an extra $9 million from the city, says school board
“We’re being transparent in what we need and want for our students,” said Lisa Larson-Torres, chair of the City School Board.
Charlottesville City Council votes 5-0 to purchase Belmont properties for possible shelter, housing project
City Manager Sam Sanders said next steps will include a study on community needs, including shelter beds and homeless services, and other opportunities for the space.
As chronic homelessness rises in the Charlottesville area, one type of housing that can help has been delayed because of rising construction costs
Rising construction costs have meant Virginia Supportive Housing has had to find more funding, and likely won’t be able to allow people to move into Premier Circle for two years.
Want to help your neighbors who need toiletries and household supplies? The Salvation Army is opening a free ‘hygiene closet’
“We average from 60 to 90 families a month,” said Jim Battaglia, with The Salvation Army in Charlottesville. “If half those families needed body wash, we would be wiped out in one day.”
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