Education
8 months ago
Outside of DOJ official’s CNN appearance, Republicans largely mum on Ryan resignation

Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for Civil Rights and herself a UVA law graduate, defended the Department of Justice’s aggressive posturing that led to the resignation of University of Virginia president Jim Ryan on Friday.

natural gas stove burner
Charlottesville City
8 months ago
Charlottesville and FluCo community kitchens receive state agriculture dept infrastucture grants

Two local food production kitchens, one in Charlottesville and the other in Fluvanna County, are among a dozen recipients of grants totaling nearly half-a-million dollars overall Governor Youngkin has awarded from the Virginia Department of Agriculture’s infrastructure grant program.

Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center
Albemarle County
8 months ago
UVA Cancer Center expands prostate cancer awareness initiative

Prostate cancer is the second-most common cancer diagnosed in men, trailing only skin cancer.

Education
8 months ago
Protestors take to UVA’s Rotunda to denounce Trump Administration for forcing out President Jim Ryan

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the University of Virginia’s fabled Lawn and Rotunda on Friday afternoon to protest after UVA president Jim Ryan was pressured to resign by the Trump administration.

Local
8 months ago
Indivisible Charlottesville protests ICE

A demonstration against the tactics of ICE and the policies of the current administration sought to change the narrative around mass deportations.

bike trail
Albemarle County
8 months ago
Summer months see head injury increases at UVA Health ER

 Surrounding another summer weekend, with some people taking all the week off with July 4th impending, UVA Health sees more head injuries this time of season

Education
8 months ago
UVA president Jim Ryan resigns in face of pressure from Trump Administration

University of Virginia president Jim Ryan has informed the school’s Board of Visitors he will resign, the New York Times reported Friday, bending to pressure from the Trump Administration.

Albemarle County
8 months ago
Two arrests involving online exploitation of children

One of the two was a substitute teacher.

mouse trap
Albemarle County
8 months ago
Albemarle County battling rodent issue in newly opened courthouse

Saying it’s a top priority for the contractor and county staff, Albemarle County leaders are aware and working to alleviate a rodent problem inside the newly opened Albemarle-Charlottesville joint courthouse.

Education
8 months ago
Reaction to pressure on UVA president to resign splits along partisan lines

Unsurprisingly, reaction to news that the Trump administration is attempting to pressure University of Virginia president Jim Ryan to resign split along party lines.