Jay Hart

Jay Hart is a news reporter with CvilleRightNow.com. Reach him by email at jhart@charlottesvilleradiogroup.com or call 434-977-6397.

bridge overpass
Albemarle County
1 month ago
Weekend lane closures on I-64 Albemarle bridges

Watch for constricted lanes on I-64 through Albemarle County just outside the city for VDOT bridge safety inspections over the weekend between Pantops and Monticello.

Albemarle County
1 month ago
Charlottesville area bears brunt in survey of food costs forcing Virginians into debt

 A survey done for DC-based Share Our Strength’s No Did Hungry Virginia campaign shows rising food costs are putting nearly half — 45% — of Virginians into debt, and the challenge is even more pronounced in the Charlottesville area.

Charlottesville City Attorney John Maddux
Charlottesville City
1 month ago
New City Attorney explains agreement keeping Gentry Locke on zoning case

New Charlottesville City Attorney John Maddux has publicly shared an agreement reached with the Gentry Locke law firm which missed a filing deadline in the suit against the city’s new zoning code but keeps them on the case.

Albemarle County
1 month ago
Friday morning crash blocks portion of Scottsville Road

Significant Friday morning drive delays with shortly after 7 a.m. blocking Scottsville Road at Harris Creek Road.

construction site
Albemarle County
1 month ago
2025 Albemarle Buildout Analysis shows sufficient capacity in development areas

While some are calling for Albemarle County to at least slightly expand its development zones, data in a 2025 Buildout Analysis report delivered Wednesday to the Board of Supervisors finds sufficient capacity in the current zones for residential and non-residential land use over the next 2o years.

topping beam placed at Mountain View Upper Elementary
Albemarle County
1 month ago
Highest topping point of new Mountain View Upper Elementary construction celebrated

Some 200 students, teachers, staff, and dignitaries turned out Thursday afternoon for the Topping Out ceremony at the under-construction Mountain View Upper Elementary School as it heads for an opening next fall.

Albemarle County
1 month ago
Crash 29 southbound at Premiere Circle

Crash southbound 29 at Premiere Circle

Charlottesville City
1 month ago
RWSA blast to close Fontaine Ave at noon

The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority is alerting the public to a big boom at lunchtime Thursday in the Fontaine Avenue area that will close the road for a little over five minutes.

roadwork traffic cones
Charlottesville City
1 month ago
Permitted construction work to affect Ivy Rd. traffic through 3 p.m.

City Public Works is advising permitted activity will occur within the westbound lanes of Ivy Road west of Copeley Road between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. today that could cause traffic tie-ups.

Rotunda fire preserved books at Claude Moore Library
UVA
1 month ago
Rare medical books discovered saved from 1895 Rotunda fire on display

Just in time to celebrate the UVA School of Medicine’s Claude Moore Library’s 50th anniversary, a medical school archivist has discovered rare medical books thought to have been lost in the 1895 Rotunda fire.

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