Lisa Torres
Election
1 month ago
Torres, the city’s longest-serving school board member, earns third term

Torres said focusing on the division’s new Early Learning Center will be one of her top priorities.

Jim Dillenbeck with his family on Election Night 2025
Election
1 month ago
Jim Dillenbeck appears to win seat on Albemarle School Board

With in-person votes counted, Dillenbeck hold a 7.35% lead over incumbent Leslie Pryor

School Board Candidate Forum 10/14
Charlottesville City
1 month ago
Four school board candidates vie for three seats in Charlottesville

Two incumbents and two newcomers are running for three open seats this year.

UVA
1 month ago
UVA defends agreement with Trump administration as a “cease fire”

As part of the agreement, the DOJ will drop five pending investigations into the university.

Albemarle County
1 month ago
WAHS student wins UVA “Voice of Democracy” writing contest

Western Albemarle sophomore William “Liam” Meador’s poem, “Beyond the Screen,” took first place in a UVA writing contest.

UVA
1 month ago
UVA Board of Visitors to hold special meeting next Monday

The University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors Special Committee on the Search for a President, the group tasked with finding the school’s next leader, will meet on Monday.

Education
1 month ago
Sen. Hashmi says Assembly will consider changes to how university boards are appointed

Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, said she supports legislation currently being drafted to revise the way members of university boards in Virginia are appointed and confirmed.

Albemarle County
1 month ago
Driver illegally passes, then hits school bus

The bus’s stop arm was struck during National Schools Bus Safety Week.

Education
1 month ago
State Board of Education to vote on new minimum SOL scores

The new scores will apply to the proverbial three Rs: reading, writing and arithmetic.