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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- After almost three years of COVID-19 emergency measures, the Biden administration has announced it will end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11. The measures have been continuously extended ever since they were put in place by former-President Donald Trump in 2020. They've allowed Americans to...

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- A nonprofit aviation organization called Pilots to the Rescue landed at the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport on Friday morning to pick up some cats and dogs. The animals are coming from the Fluvanna SPCA and going to a shelter in New Hampshire. Pilots to the...

ORANGE COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Plans for a program to be led by a drag artist have led to a nonprofit arts center losing a chunk of state money. After no conversation, the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted to return $4,500 in state funding given to the Center for the Arts in Orange.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The Charlottesville Department of Parks and Recreation is already looking ahead to summer and its staffing needs. Last year, there were issues in several localities with having enough staff to run certain facilities and programs, such as having lifeguards on duty at public pools. To...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- On Wednesday, a University of Virginia urban planning student said dangerous roads aren't a new problem, but a new solution is needed to keep everyone safe. On Thursday, a local group received federal funding for the solution. The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded an $857,600...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Charlottesville City Schools are taking a new approach to share their students’ art with the public. In May Charlottesville schools will begin their month-long art show on the Downtown mall. In the past, this art has been on display at Charlottesville High school but...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- After 18 months of planning, UVA Health has announced what they’re calling their first-ever 10-year strategic plan including clinical care, research, education, and community. UVA Health started a plan to be the future of medicine within the next 10 years. UVA Health’s CEO says...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The University of Virginia Health System is looking to improve access to care by implementing its first-ever 10-year strategic plan. On Friday, UVA Health laid out that plan. In addition to improving access to care, it aims to grow UVA Health's network and make the health system the "best place to work." UVA Health CEO Dr. K. Craig Kent says the hospital wants the community to be involved.

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Albemarle County Public Schools responded Friday to Charlottesville City Schools' announcement it would be buying out the county's share of the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center, or CATEC. ACPS spokesperson Phil Giaramita says Albemarle was blindsided by the news from the Charlottesville School Board...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The Charlottesville Office of Economic Development recently released a vacancy report for the six main shopping centers. The charts compared vacancy numbers from July 2022 to January 2023. There was an increase in vacancies but the OED says that was to be expected after Seminole...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- People gathered Friday afternoon to bid farewell to the former owner of a famous Charlottesville business. Hundreds of people attended a memorial service for Mark Mincer at the Paramount Theater. Mincer ran the long-time shop on the University of Virginia Corner that bears his family’s...

FLUVANNA COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- A contractor hired by Fluvanna County was sent to the Kents Store Volunteer Fire Company to clean grease traps. Fire Chief Andrew Pullen says after the contractor was done cleaning the grease traps, he got a call that there was a minor water leak. Pullen immediately logged onto the firehouse security cameras and saw black water flooding the kitchen.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- A vigil was held on Friday evening to celebrate the life of a man murdered a week ago on Grove Street. On Jan. 28, 36-year-old Eldridge Smith of Charlottesville was found dead in his SUV. Police say he had been shot several times. The Charlottesville...

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA is hiring a third party to investigate allegations of mismanagement and mistreatment of animals. This comes after several resignations from the shelter's staff after a group of current and former employees, called CASPCA Concerns, began to demand that CEO Angie Gunter be fired.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The University of Virginia School of Law remains one of the top-ranked law schools in the country. The Princeton Review recently released its 2023 Law School Rankings, which include 14 categories based on data collected from surveys of administrators at the schools and student surveys.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- In this Stay Local, Play Local segment, Stephanie Vogtman with the C-Ville Weekly talks about Charlottesville Restaurant Week. For more information, click here.

ORANGE COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- An international organization has recognized one of Virginia’s presidential sites for its work in public archaeology. The Society for Historical Archaeology presented James Madison’s Montpelier with its 2023 Daniel G. Roberts Award for Excellence in Public Historical Archaeology. This award was created...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- There will soon be one owner of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Technical Education Center. The Charlottesville School Board has voted to buy out Albemarle County Public Schools and become the sole owner of the facility. According to a release, Charlottesville City Schools says this is being done...

HARDY COUNTY, W.V. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The James Madison University community is mourning the loss of three of its members following a fatal crash Thursday night. According to the Hardy County Sheriff’s Office, the crash occurred around 10:30 p.m. near the West Virginia/Virginia border on West Virginia Route 259.

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- For Black History Month, James Monroe's Highland will hold a virtual program about a moment in history that happened during the Battle of Trenton. It's called James Monroe, John Sidebottom and the Hidden History of the Battle of Trenton. Those who attend will learn...