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First-ever hurricane evacuation order database created by UVA
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The University of Virginia’s Environmental Institute has created the country’s first-ever hurricane evacuation order database. The UVA research team gathered nationwide evacuation orders from 2014 to 2022 to measure the effectiveness of evacuation policies. Researchers say this can help the U.S. develop more effective...
UVA professors weigh condemnation of school president after protester crackdown
EXCLUSIVE — Some faculty members at the University of Virginia are privately and publicly splintering with the school’s president after he asked state police in riot gear to clear pro-Palestinian protesters from an unlawful encampment, deepening the divide between progressive professors and university leaders that has opened up at UVA and many other elite schools. […]
UVA administration: 'Defiant protesters' led to state police intervention
(The Center Square) — The University of Virginia held a virtual town hall Tuesday to explain its decision to call in Virginia State Police to shut down a campus pro-Palestinian protest on Saturday, leading to the arrest of 27 protesters, including some nonstudents. “Saturday was a terrible and terribly sad and upsetting day. It was traumatic, I know, for everyone involved, and it was far from the resolution I or any of my colleagues had hoped for,” university President Jim Ryan began. “In fact, it...
Master Community Plan event held at Washington Park
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Charlottesville Parks and Recreation held a community event called the Master Community Plan at Washington Park on Wednesday evening. The event was a way for Parks and Rec to understand what community members hope to see in their local parks in the next 10 to 15 years.
UVA protests result in 27 arrests, administration addresses concerns in virtual town-hall
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WSET) — On Tuesday, leaders at the University of Virginia addressed the recent campus protests in a virtual town hall. This comes after law enforcement arrested 27 people at an encampment on Saturday and charged them with trespassing. They said 12 of the people arrested are students...
‘I just really want him home’: Tyler Wenrich’s wife speaks ahead of court hearing next week
LOUISA, Va. (WWBT) - A Louisa man is set to face a judge in Turks and Caicos for a court hearing next week after he was arrested and charged with possession of ammunition, according to his wife. Jeriann Wenrich said her mission is to bring her husband, Tyler, back home.
Work begins soon to fix Oakwood Cemetery water issues
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Work will soon get underway fix water issues and protect the historical significance of Charlottesville’s Oakwood Cemetery. The water problems come from a broken storm water pipe along Oakwood Cemetery. Charlottesville will begin work during the week of May 13. The city will start in...
Kaine, Warner announce additional $98M to address affordable housing across Virginia
WASHINGTON D.C. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Efforts to improve affordable housing in Charlottesville are getting a big boost. This week, more than $1.3 million has been awarded to the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority. The funding is awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Capital Fund Program.
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