
Fairly quiet since the semester began at the University of Virginia in light of the summer’s Jim Ryan resignation, and now the Compact the White House has sent the University, the quiet will be broken next week with a rally tentatively set for next Friday, October 17.

Citizens interested in speaking during the public comment portion of Thursday’s School Board meeting must sign up online or by calling the Board office by 2 p.m. that day, or signing up in person at the meeting.

With a location now set, City Council hopes that a future low-barrier shelter can be designed specifically for Charlottesville.

The East Rivanna Volunteers Fire Company and the First In Foundation, which helps first responders and their families in crisis, is raising funds for the needs of two little girls orphaned when their parents died in a Sunday morning fire on Starry Skies Lane in Keswick.

The executive search consultant finding potential candidates for the University of Virginia President’s search revealed Tuesday they are in active conversations with roughly 30 people “who’ve expressed something between tentative to extraordinary interest”, and some faculty are concerned about the process in light of the letter from the White House.

Charlottesville’s Adele Stichel, a UVA law graduate, is the fourth person running for the Democratic nomination in the 5th district

The city has long sought where to put a low barrier shelter.

Ground was broken in December 2023, and completion hopefully by holiday time 2027, Monday was a key milestone in the construction of the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology’s 350,000-square-foot facility at Fontaine Research Park.

UVA Health has named Chief Strategy Officer Jason Lineen as interim chief of UVA Health Children’s as the inaugural person in that position, Cindy Bo, has stepped away for personal reasons.

UVA Health’s Community Paramedicine team is getting boost from the donation of a new vehicle by Carter Myers Automotive.