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Charlottesville State Farm agency rewards high schoolers for buckling up

Gary Albert State Farm gave high school students this week another reason to buckle up on the road.

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Courthouse Village study OK’d

The Cumberland County Board of Supervisors approved a $52,486 contract with the Berkley Group to develop the Courthouse Village Small Area Plan over nine months. According to the county’s request […]

Cumberland County, VA · 17d

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The Best Sandwiches In Virginia Might Just Be Hiding Inside This Small-Town Gas Station

There’s a gas station in Charlottesville, Virginia, that has absolutely nothing to do with gasoline. Sure, you can fill up your tank at The Market at Bellair, but leaving without a sandwich would be the real crime. Let’s talk about expectations for a second. When most people pull...

Charlottesville, VA · 21d

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People Continued to Live in Maya City After Its Collapse

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA—According to the Greek Reporter, traces of 96 small structures have been found at the Maya site of Ake in Mexico’s Yucatán by Roberto Rosado-Ramirez of the University of Virginia and his colleagues. It had been previously thought that the city was abandoned after its political collapse, but these structures indicate that people continued to live in the area for hundreds of years thereafter. Rosado-Ramirez said that as many as 19,000 people lived in Ake around A.D. 900, but drought, conflict, and violence led to political upheaval and the city’s demise. The structures, made with poles and thatched roofs, were found on mounds within the city’s walled center. Some of these buildings, set on top of old plazas, roads, and collapsed structures, incorporated large stones from the city’s collapsed buildings. Pottery uncovered in the mounds and a refuse pit have allowed researchers to date the occupation of these dwellings from about A.D. 1100 to 1550. Grinding stones, stone tools, spindle whorls, and animal bones indicate that food preparation, cooking, weaving, and household work were conducted around the dwellings. Five small shrine-like structures containing ceramic incense burners, animal figurines, and vessels were also unearthed. The later residents of Ake are thought to have been removed by the Spanish between 1567 and 1580. Read the original scholarly article about this research in Latin American Antiquity. To read about a Maya people in Guatemala who defied the Spanish for nearly 200 years, go to “The Last Maya Kingdom.”

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Charlottesville State Farm agency rewards high schoolers for buckling up

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - Gary Albert State Farm gave high school students this week another reason to buckle up on the road. The agency visited two high schools this year for their annual “Click-in for Chicken” event. Students who are buckled up at the end of the...

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Most People Have No Idea America’s Largest Public Camera Museum Is Right Here In Virginia

Somewhere in the Shenandoah Valley, tucked into the charming streets of downtown Staunton, Virginia, there’s a place that will make you stop dead in your tracks and say, “Wait, this is real?”. The Camera Heritage Museum is exactly that kind of place. It’s the sort of discovery that...

Staunton, VA · 27d

Greene Journal

Orange County PC overrules staff, votes recommending denial of solar farm SUP

A lack of details and unanswered questions about potential future effects on the community led the Orange County Planning Commission to unanimously recommend denial of a special use permit (SUP) application for Grassland Solar LLC’s solar project in Rapidan. The county’s board of supervisors will hold its own public hearing on the SUP at either its December 1, or 15, 2026 meeting. County […] The post Orange County PC overrules staff, votes recommending denial of solar farm SUP first appeared on The Piedmont Journal Recorder .

Orange County, VA · 20d

Main Street Dollars

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Anthem Medicaid members in Charlottesville and Western Halifax have until October 31 to switch plans if they want to keep Sentara doctors in network

Anthem Medicaid members in Charlottesville and Western Halifax have until Saturday, October 31 to switch health plans if they want to keep Sentara doctors in network. Sentara Health ended contract talks with Anthem after Anthem did not accept its proposal by an October 1 deadline. Anthem’s Medicaid plans are expected to go out of network […]

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City of Charlottesville plans repairs to meet ADA requirements

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The City of Charlottesville is planning repairs around the city to fit with American Disability Act requirements. The American Disability Act Transition Plan Update seeks to make more of the city accessible to everybody. This starts with sidewalks but also includes things like playgrounds. Paul Rudacille,...

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Charlottesville Public Works continues design for bridge / parking for Dogwood Memorial

Building transportation infrastructure often involves trade-offs as project managers and elected officials have to work with whatever money is available. For instance, when Charlottesville City Council approved a design in June 2008 for the interchange of the John Warner Parkway and the U.S. 250 bypass, the selected alternative included a pedestrian bridge that would cross the new two-lane road to allow people to reach the Dogwood Vietnam Memorial on the eastern side of McIntire Park. (read my story from then)

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Albemarle School Board to develop plan for increasing transparency

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – With increased scrutiny from the public and Albemarle Board of Supervisors, the county school board met for a work session on Thursday and took steps toward improving its transparency and compliance. Coming out of its closed session, the board began the open meeting...

Albemarle County, VA · 19d

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Cumberland County Approves Dominion's Giant Gas Plant, Splitting Rural Virginia Town

Cumberland County supervisors voted 3-1 on Tuesday to approve Dominion Energy's conditional-use permit for a sprawling natural-gas power station off Duncan Store Road, clearing a major local hurdle for a project that could reshape the rural county's landscape, tax base and electric grid for decades to come. The vote by...

Cumberland County, VA · 20d

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The Cost of Free Speech on Grounds

With Virginia’s elections just around the corner, certain political debate topics have become commonplace among UVA students and Charlottesville residents. For example, the proposed constitutional amendments presented on the ballot concerning safeguards on abortion, same-sex marriage, and felon voting rights have sparked significant controversy while also inviting the opportunity for diverse perspectives to be introduced to the conversation.

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The Farmville Herald

Purchase readies county for winter

With winter approaching, Buckingham County supervisors approved the purchase of a $70,000 skid steer loader to assist with snow removal, road maintenance and other work. Daniel Queen, the county’s director […]

Buckingham County, VA · 20d

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Two bids for Charlottesville’s Barracks / Rugby project appear to be under budget

Charlottesville is finally moving ahead with several projects funded in the late 2010’s under the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Smart Scale process. One of them is a scaled-back version of a project to modify the intersection of Emmet Street and Barracks Road, a project that also includes a wider sidewalk halfway up the hill to the east toward downtown Charlottesville.

Charlottesville, VA · 21d

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Discover Thousands Of Unique Treasures Under One Roof At This Mennonite Market In Virginia

Some places earn their reputation quietly, one satisfied visitor at a time, until one day everyone seems to know about them except the people who live closest. The Shenandoah Heritage Market in Harrisonburg, Virginia is exactly that kind of place, and if you haven’t been yet, that’s a situation worth correcting as soon as possible.

Harrisonburg, VA · 26d

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Albemarle Supervisors want Virginia Department of Education to evaluate whether ACPS has complied with the law

The six members of the Albemarle Board of Supervisors have formally asked the Albemarle School Board to take a series of steps to ensure compliance with state law. That includes a crisis management plan to navigate through ongoing criminal investigations related to the indictment of a former employee on sexual assault charges.

Albemarle County, VA · 21d

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VDFP launches first statewide community risk assessment dashboard

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Virginia fire departments now have a new tool to help identify and prepare for risks in their communities. The Virginia Department of Fire Programs (VDFP) launched its first statewide community risk assessment dashboard. The dashboard brings together data on things such as community characteristics, fire risks...

Virginia · 19d

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Drug take-back events are set for Saturday across Charlottesville

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Drug take-back events across the nation will be held Saturday, October 24, to help people remove unused prescription medications from their homes. A doctor with UVA Health said unused medications can create added risks. “It really compounds a lot of risk factors. Somebody could find them...