The busiest travel holiday of the year is about to be upon us, and Triple-A predicts 92-million Americans will travel 50 miles or more over the Thanksgiving break.
In two of the most notable things on a light November 17 City Council agenda, Council will unanimously pass changes to the Police Civilian Oversight Board ordinance and consider a $12.6-million Dairy Road bridge rebuilding project.
The area is under an elevated fire danger into Monday evening.
Charlottesville Police responded to shots fired reported around 5:13 p.m. in the 1300 block of West Main Street.
The two area resorts didn’t get that big natural snow this time around and the resorts aren’t even open, but Accuweather long-range forecaster Paul Pastelok told Cville Right Now, “I look for a pretty good season setting up for the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.”
VDOT is celebrating with the opening of the pedestrian bridge over 29 the completion of what it calls the “Hydraulic Road/U.S. 29 bundle”, but there’s still work to be done on one project.
A world-renowned UVA School of Medicine allergist has confirmed the first death in U.S. history of a “meat allergy” occurring after someone is bitten by a Lone Star tick.
Saying the event is about preventing tragedies before they happen, Charlottesville Police Chief Mike Kochis announces the second CPD gun buyback event next Saturday, November 22 at Mt. Zion First African Baptist Church.
Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority’s installation of a large water pipe is going to necessitate flagging operations and temporary lane closures beginning Sunday night, November 16 for four nights at the Fontaine Ave./Lewis Street intersection.
The National Weather Service late Thursday morning included the Charlottesville area in a group all over Central and Northern Virginia, nearly all of Maryland, and Eastern West Virginia under an elevated fire risk through 5 p.m.
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