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The Governor-elect named Charlottesville City Schools graduate Jenna Conway to be the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the University of Virginia’s Director for State Government Relations Connor Andrews as state Deputy Secretary of Education.

A proposed English Language Arts learning resource for grades 6-12 is now available for public review in advance of potential adoption by the Albemarle County School Board.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ donation to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank translates to more than 90,000 servings.

Environmental and rural conservation groups are expected to pack into the Fluvanna County Planning Commission meeting Tuesday night as commissioners decide if the Tenaska Expedition Generation power plant expansion off Branch Road “is substantially in accord with the County’s Comprehensive Plan.”

Snider has been in the interim position since September 2025, while also serving as the town’s Director of Economic Development.

Dr. Peter Jackson published an article in the online researcher journal The Conversation, highlighting the data and risks behind avian influenza, M-pox and the Oropouche virus.

20-year-old Tyquan Markie Dean was indicted by a Charlottesville Grand Jury in connection to a Jan. 2025 homicide on Monday.

The Charlottesville Free Clinic announced Monday it is bracing for a significant increase in patient demand as federal changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies and Medicaid funding take effect, resulting in thousands of local residents losing or facing barriers to affordable health coverage.

Changes in leadership did not affect UVA Health University Medical Center’s status is they remained one of two Virginia hospitals among the Becker’s Hospital Review list of “100 Great Hospitals in America: 2025”.

The Virginia Tech graduate is the founder of Valley Pike Partners and previously worked as the executive director at the Shenandoah Valley Partnership.