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The Virginia Police Benevolent Assocation endorsed Democratic nominee for governor Abigail Spanberger, but Republican candidates for other statewide offices.

UVA Health University Medical Center has earned the highest possible designation for trauma care in the United States, recognition as a Level I Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons.

Albemarle Police is seeking the public’s help in locating a missing person they say means a credible threat to his health.

Albemarle County Fire Rescue Chief Dan Eggleston is retiring effective October 24, the end of a 23-year run in the post.

The victim in Sunday night’s hit-and-run incident on Monacan Trail has died.

The Boil Water Advisory has been lifted for all City of Staunton and Augusta County water customers as of Monday, Aug. 18. A Staunton release says “all water samples tested over the weekend came back clean – no bacteria detected”.

Andrea Copeland is the new CEO of the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce, and an honoree for the Virginia Business Magazine’s 2025 Women in Leadership Award.

City residents launched an online petition aimed at getting Charlottesville to do more enforcing of its existing fireworks laws, especially on the Fourth of July.

Former ABC, CBS and NBC news anchor Katie Couric visited Carr’s Hill and helped her friend, former UVA president Jim Ryan, move out of the university residence.

State Police have a suspect in custody after a hit-and-run of an Amish buggy in Buckingham County that injured six, including three juveniles.