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A study by luxury vacation rental service “Wander” lists the Charlottesville area among the Top-5 most underrated vacation spots in America.

The cause of Tuesday night’s home explosion in the Glenmore subdivision of Keswick remains under investigation but Albemarle County Fire Rescue chief Dan Eggleston said Wednesday that investigation is focused on gas as the cause of the blast.

University of Virginia students have started moving back in for the 2025-26 academic year beginning with Lawn resident last Friday, but the big move-in is Thursday and Friday as some 4000 first-years arrive.

The fatal blast also damaged 12 other houses, displacing those residents.

UVA football coach Tony Elliott recorded the season’s first episode of his radio show.

The victim was 11 years old at the time.

Mineral native Savion Hiter committed to Michigan on Tuesday.

Charges against Stuart James Russell Swink include DUI maiming.

Charlottesville City Council unanimously selected a cheaper shared-use path over a more costly sidewalk and two bike lane proposal for a VDOT Avon Street Streetscape project, but after a spirited debate about on-street parking.

No city or economic development authority money is involved, but Charlottesville City Council has approved the UVA Alumni Association’s request for $50-million in Charlottsville Economic Development Authority bonds toward demolition and rebuilding of Alumni Hall.