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Local
12 months ago
Fray Road repairs completed, reconnecting Advance Mills to the county

Repairs of the collapsed Fray Road, the roadway that connects the Advance Mills Village neighborhood to the rest of the county, have been completed faster and less expensively than originally expected.

Albemarle County
12 months ago
Lightning strike caused August explosion at Glenmore home; second victim still recovering

Investigators have determined the August home explosion in Glenmore that killed one person and critically injured another was caused by a lightning strike that hit a gas line days before the blast.

UVA
12 months ago
Interim president says UVA’s response to Trump compact will be ‘true to the Jeffersonian vision’

University of Virginia interim president Paul Mahoney said American universities would be facing a reckoning regardless of who was in the White House.

UVA Sports
12 months ago
A win away from bowl eligibility, UVA looks to emerge sharp from open date

After six games, what was, in many ways, a Virginia football team of strangers in the offseason, now knows each other well. And they know they have the pieces in place to make a run at an ACC title.

Albemarle County
12 months ago
Aiming to ‘shake things up,’ Jim Dillenbeck running again for Rio District school board seat

Jim Dillenbeck is running against incumbent Leslie Pryor in the Rio District, marking the only contested school board race in the county this year.

Politics
12 months ago
Jason Miyares, Jay Jones face off in AG debate dominated by talk of Jones’s violent texts

The two candidates also squabbled over a host of lawyerly issues in their first and only debate: criminal prosecutions, consumer protection and unlawful discrimination.

Politics
12 months ago
Mike Pruitt outraises incumbent John McGuire in early 5th District candidate fundraising

It’s way early in a 2026 Congressional campaign, but one of the Democrats hoping to get the nomination for the 5th District Congressional seat is “excited” to have outraised Republican incumbent John McGuire in 3rd-quarter fundraising.

Jason Miyares and Jay Jones
Politics
12 months ago
Virginia AG candidates squaring off Thursday night in Richmond

Nearly two weeks after texts from the Democrats’ Attorney General candidate Jay Jones fantasizing about putting bullets in the head of a former Virginia House Speaker were revealed, he will face off against Republican incumbent Jason Miyares at the University of Richmond at 6pm Thursday night.

Surrounding Counties
12 months ago
Man defends home with a sword against abduction suspect in Culpeper

‘Wild’ incident results in arrest of Jesse Harris, who is now charged with breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony while armed with a deadly weapon.