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The Culpeper District’s Sharon Ketcham told WINA Morning News it’s still a good idea not to travel unless necessary.
The American Red Cross scheduled an emergency blood drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital.
The head of the VDH urges community members to exercise caution in these extreme temperatures.
While main arteries are passable, officials said work is continuing on all the area’s roads and people should avoid traveling, if possible.
William Chisholm Van Norman will serve two years and nine months.
While city police officers won’t be wearing masks, there’s little that can be done to stop federal agents, including ICE, from hiding their faces while carrying out operations in the area.
With frigid air keeping the area in its grasp all week, the City of Charlottesvillle reminded residents of two warming shelters open, and community partners extending operations during the cold spell.
About 300 members of the Virginia National Guard are on duty, standing by to help localities around the Commonwealth respond to the forecasted winter storm expected to hit the area Saturday afternoon into the evening.
New Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones has announced a “national talent search” to fill chief counsel positions at three state universities, including at UVA.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the area that slightly shortens the predicted duration beginning 7 p.m. Saturday until 1 a.m. Monday.