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Mike Barber

Mike Barber is the editor-in-chief at Cville Right Now. Reach him by email at mbarber@cvillerightnow.com.

Education
1 year ago
Outside of DOJ official’s CNN appearance, Republicans largely mum on Ryan resignation

Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for Civil Rights and herself a UVA law graduate, defended the Department of Justice’s aggressive posturing that led to the resignation of University of Virginia president Jim Ryan on Friday.

Education
1 year ago
Protestors take to UVA’s Rotunda to denounce Trump Administration for forcing out President Jim Ryan

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the University of Virginia’s fabled Lawn and Rotunda on Friday afternoon to protest after UVA president Jim Ryan was pressured to resign by the Trump administration.

Education
1 year ago
UVA president Jim Ryan resigns in face of pressure from Trump Administration

University of Virginia president Jim Ryan has informed the school’s Board of Visitors he will resign, the New York Times reported Friday, bending to pressure from the Trump Administration.

Education
1 year ago
Reaction to pressure on UVA president to resign splits along partisan lines

Unsurprisingly, reaction to news that the Trump administration is attempting to pressure University of Virginia president Jim Ryan to resign split along party lines.

Entertainment
1 year ago
Z95.1 and C-Ville Country nab first-place VAB honors

Z95.1 won a pair of first-place awards and sister station 92.7 C-Ville Country picked up another at the Virginia Association of Broadcasters Summer Convention last week in Virginia Beach.

Politics
1 year ago
Republicans set joint campaign appearance while Democrats tout more unified ticket

Republicans announced plans to kickoff July with a joint campaign appearance for their November ticket of Winsome Earle-Sears, John Reid and Jason Miyares, an attempt to end the drama surrounding the trio’s apparent lack of cohesion.

Politics
1 year ago
Hashmi shares personal tale of lost pregnancies during Spanberger’s Charlottesville appearance

Abigail Spanberger and her Democratic ticket-mates continued their bus tour of the Commonwealth with a stop in Charlottesville on Tuesday night.

Politics
1 year ago
John Reid says he’s taking a toned-down approach to political rhetoric in his campaign for lieutenant governor

Republican nominee John Reid touted his views on education and public schools, the Commonwealth’s personal property car tax and his record of defending personal freedom, while attacking Democratic nominee Ghazala Hashmi for what his campaign considers radical viewpoints.

Local Sports
1 year ago
Tom Sox play it safe when it comes to extreme heat

With temperatures expected to reach 100 degrees on Tuesday, the Charlottesville Tom Sox postponed a second straight game due to the extreme heat.

Local
1 year ago
Shenandoah National Park going cashless at entrances

Effective July 1, the four entrances to Shenandoah National Park will no longer accept cash payments for entry passes.

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