Education
3 days ago
Woodbrook Elementary raises funds through walk-a-thon

27 classes and over 500 K-12 students participated in the first Woodbrook walk-a-thon. The students walked, jogged and ran a grand total of 4,216 laps and easily surpassed the dollar goal, raising over $12,000 with final numbers still being tallied. 

Thanksgiving turkey
Local
3 days ago
VAFB survey finds Thanksgiving meal cost slightly down from 2024

With grocery prices up significantly over the past couple of years, some bit of relief with the annual Virginia Farm Bureau Thanksgiving meal market basket informal survey finding the price down slightly for that turkey day meal.

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Albemarle County
4 days ago
Feds approve Commonwealth’s BEAD proposal toward county and city connectivity

Albemarle County is one of beneficiaries of the Commonwealth’s Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Final Proposal approved this week by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA).

Albemarle County
4 days ago
University Heights fire displaces seven residents

Albemarle Fire Rescue reports seven people displaced after a fire ignited in a unit of the University Heights Apartments Wednesday night.

UVA
5 days ago
Defense begins to make its case for lighter sentence in Christopher Jones’ sentencing hearing

Jones became visibly overcome with emotion Wednesday as he listened to character witnesses testify about his abusive upbringing and the hope they had for him when he seemed to overcome that by going to UVA.

Ken Cuccinelli as Homeland Security Undersecretary
UVA
5 days ago
State Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal of Cuccinelli UVA BOV rejection

The Supreme Court of Virginia has refused to hear the appeal of a Fairfax County circuit judges granting of an injunction prohibiting the seatings of eight Senate committee-rejected university board members, including former state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors.

Local Nonprofits
5 days ago
Local Boys & Girls Club teens launch project to combat food insecurity

The six clubs in the regions are hosting food drives, bake sales and fundraisers to support local food pantries.

Surrounding Counties
6 days ago
UPDATE: Wildfire closes portion of Skyline Drive and Appalachian Trail near Rockfish Gap

Skyline Drive is closed from Rockfish Gap to Loft Mountain, mile marker 104.6 to 79.5, due to the blaze.

Local
6 days ago
Triple-A says Thanksgiving air travelers could deal with lingering issues

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.