The organizers of an encampment in support of Palestine at the University of Virginia knew that pitching tents could trigger action against their protest. University officials made that clear when they first gathered Tuesday afternoon. What they and the faculty members who were helping them communicate with police and administrators...

A protest calling for a ceasefire in Gaza at the University of Virginia is approaching its third consecutive day, with no sign of stopping. UVA students will be allowed to continue on-campus demonstrations protesting U.S. involvement in the ongoing conflict between Israeli military forces and Hamas militants in Gaza as long as no university policies are broken, said David Hawkins-Jacinto, executive director of strategic communications at the UVA Division of Student Affairs.

Since 2005, Charlottesville Tomorrow has been building trust and redefining what local news can be. In the last five years, from 2019 through 2023, Charlottesville Tomorrow has seen growth in revenue and reach, and in community involvement and support. Today, we are sharing our 2023 Impact Report, which celebrates our...

Rabbi Tom Gutherz of Congregation Beth Israel, Charlottesville’s only synagogue, says it’s “political theater” to compare the campus protests against U.S. involvement in the war in Gaza to the white supremacist rallies that took place in Charlottesville in August 2017 — which is what former president Donald Trump did last week.

Last month, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources approved a plaque to acknowledge the more than 100-year period during which enslaved people were bought and sold in Charlottesville’s Court Square. The marker will read:. Sales of Enslaved People in Court Square. Between 1762 and 1865, auctioneers sold enslaved men,...

To better meet the needs of the communities we serve, Charlottesville Tomorrow has filled two new positions on our team. Aliyah Cotton, People and Culture Officer, and Ashley Harper, Product and Technology Officer, will give our nonprofit news organization the capacity to grow and innovate. Charlottesville Tomorrow welcomed Cotton as...

Robert already had a plan for what he’d do when the shelter closed. On Saturday, April 13, he’d wake up on a sleeping pad on the Trinity Presbyterian rec room floor. He’d pack his bag, head out the door and into a van that brought him from the church on Fontaine Avenue to the Downtown Charlottesville area.

After two years of campaigning, the Albemarle County School Board passed a collective bargaining resolution. In a unanimous vote, the county School Board voted to engage in collective bargaining with the Albemarle Education Association. The two parties will negotiate items — such as benefits and wages — for all workers within the school system, but only after the union completes an election.

A Charlottesville City School student is now in custody after staff at Cherry Avenue Boys & Girls Club found a gun near their bag, according to a news alert from City Schools. At 1:30 p.m. Monday, police arrived at New Pathways Academy, located at the Boys and Girls Club, the district said.

A diverse and vibrant local news ecosystem is a critical element of a healthy democratic culture, keeping people informed and engaged with their communities and institutions. Join a panel of journalists working in the Charlottesville area as they discuss the current state of local journalism and possible solutions to reinvigorate the industry and ensure that the needs of local communities are being met.

This is the second of a series about Buck Island, by Philip Cobbs for First Person Charlottesville. Read the first story here, and then join the author in a conversation on April 23. My brother and I were born at home in the 1950s because my mother said she felt...

Have you read Philip Cobbs’ stories about his family’s legacy in Albemarle County? Want to know more?. In his series about Buck Island, Cobbs tells the story of how the largest Black-owned farm in Albemarle County came to be — and the amazing people who called it home. Among them is Cobbs’ ancestor, Sarah Garland Boyd Jones, the first African American woman doctor in Virginia.

After more than two years of campaigning — and a previous no vote — the Albemarle County School Board will vote again on whether to allow its 2,600 faculty and staff to collectively bargain. The vote comes over two years after the Albemarle Education Association began its campaign...

Parents and caregivers at Monticello Area Community Action Agency are used to scrambling to find back up child care. Every week, Jacquana Mason said, she would receive a notification that the day care center would be closed, sometimes just hours before its scheduled start time. It’s been like this since August, she said.

Agnor-Hurt Elementary School will keep its half its namesake and change to Agnor Elementary School, Albemarle County School Board decided last week. Agnor-Hurt is named after Guy T. Agnor, a former Albemarle County executive, and Benjamin Franklin Hurt, a former Albemarle County Public Schools administrator. Researchers at ACPS Community Education told School Board members in July that they didn’t find anything problematic with any of Agnor’s public remarks or affiliations. They did with Hurt.

This Saturday, April 6, James Madison University students can hear from Charlottesville Tomorrow’s Education and Families Reporter Tamica Jean-Charles about how she creates community. In the panel, called “Finding your community outside of campus,” Jean-Charles will talk about her work with Brown Shuga, a social collective for queer women...

Want to run for local office in Virginia this year? The deadline to become an official candidate for positions such as mayor or council member is fast approaching. Anyone who wishes to run as a member of a political party, a Democrat or Republican, for example, must file their paperwork by Thursday, April 4. (If you’d rather run as an independent, the deadline is June 18.)

The Charlottesville City School Board unanimously voted yes to having metal detectors at extracurricular events at Charlottesville High School last week. Students, staff, families and other community members will only see the gates at the sporting and school-sponsored events. City Schools scrapped the possibility of putting them in schools after some Board members, like Amanda Burns and Chris Meyer, made it clear that they were against the idea.

In a scathing rebuttal, the City of Charlottesville has asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit filed by local residents in January to stop the city from implementing its new zoning ordinance. “The Plaintiffs already have that which they now seek to deny others — good, affordable housing in...

During a massive public meeting at Charlottesville High School’s auditorium Monday night, Laura Swift took the stage to tell her story. “Born and raised here, working in local businesses until I became disabled, and then volunteering at a number of social support organizations, I am a law-abiding member of my community,” she said, speaking into a microphone before more than 1,000 people. “Yet I feel there is no place here for me.”