With a wildfire 80% contained, thanks in part to Tuesday’s rain, the 25-mile stretch of Skyline Drive that had been closed is now open again.
A state trooper was injured Tuesday night in a crash during a pursuit on I-81 in Augusta County before the suspect vehicle crashed a short time later, ending the incident.
The moving of a City Council Dairy Road Bridge design plan consideration to the December 1 meeting is just a bump in the road, so to speak.
State Police report a 17-year old male died at the scene of an early Sunday morning crash in Orange County after a short pursuit by Town of Orange Police on Route 20 (Constitution Highway).
Skyline Drive is closed from Rockfish Gap to Loft Mountain, mile marker 104.6 to 79.5, due to the blaze.
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.”