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Greene County students explore future careers through hands-on Touch-a-Truck event

Students in Greene County got a hands-on look at different career paths during a Touch-a-Truck Career Day.

Greene County, VA · 6d
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McGuire declares victory in Va.'s 5th; Perriello says it's too close to call

Incumbent Rep. McGuire is declaring victory in the race to represent Virginia’s 5th Congressional District — but his opponent, and former Rep. Perriello, says it's still too close to call.

Virginia · 8d

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Albemarle County Proposed Sales Tax Hike Is Yet Another Bloated Bureaucratic Blunder

One key provision to watch as Albemarle County residents head to the polls this Tuesday is the proposed sales tax hike. The county wants to increase the sales tax by one percentage point, pushing the total sales tax rate, combining both local and state, to 6.3%. While an increase from the current 5.3% combined sales tax to 6.3% may seem futile to many administrators in Albemarle, it represents yet another opportunity for a failing bureaucracy to justify taking more of the constituency’s money to bail them out of bad policymaking.

Albemarle County, VA · 9d
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Charlottesville EDA hears from nonprofit developers on affordable housing bridge loan program

Earlier this year, the city’s Office of Economic Development launched an affordable housing program that is separate from the one overseen by the Department of Neighborhood Development Services. “The Charlottesville Affordable Bridge Loan (CABL) Program provides short-term, low-interest financing to not-for-profit housing organizations working to preserve and create affordable...

Charlottesville, VA · 8d
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Kate Acuff participates in School Board town hall as petition to remove her gains traction

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The Albemarle County School Board held its second official town hall Wednesday, with Board Chair Dr. Rebecaa Berlin and embattled Jack Jouett representative Dr. Kate Acuff taking questions at Greer Elementary. While the board’s first town hall last week saw frustration and anger...

Albemarle County, VA · 7d

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Sales Tax measure shot down in three of four counties

Property owners in Rappahannock County can sigh in relief.  Unlike their neighbors in Madison, Greene, and Orange counties, Rapp voters approved a 1% local sales tax referendum in Tuesday’s election, meaning the county will collect up to $3 million a year for the next 20 years to be used solely for school construction needs.  Rapp finished almost seven points above […] The post Sales Tax measure shot down in three of four counties first appeared on The Piedmont Journal Recorder .

Madison County, VA · 8d

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Charlottesville pauses enforcement action against owner of incomplete Dewberry Hotel

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The City of Charlottesville is pausing enforcement action against John Dewberry, owner of the incomplete building over the Downtown Mall, after the city attorney’s office said the property is under contract. In August, the property was given 60 days to make a plan. 29News had...

Charlottesville, VA · 9d

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This Week in Crozet Crozet News & Meetings – 2 November 2026

There’s always a lot happening in Crozet; I’m writing these as much for you as for me — my clients expect me to know my market, and this is part of my ongoing research. *. *Note: Framework and sourcing provided by Claude; edited and vetted by me.

Crozet, VA · 10d

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RWSA warns Woolen Mills of potential odors from treatment facility repairs

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority is alerting residents around Woolen Mills of potential odor concerns for the next two weeks due to work being done on the Moores Creek Advanced Resource Recovery Facility on Moores Creek Ln. “Over the last 18 months,...

Charlottesville, VA · 8d

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Charlottesville holds first listening session on plans to transform melted Robert E. Lee statue

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) -The bronze from Charlottesville’s former Robert E. Lee statue is getting a new purpose, and the people behind the transformation want the community to have a voice in what comes next. The Swords Into Plowshares project held its first listening session Wednesday, November 4, at First...

Charlottesville, VA · 7d

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Albemarle Planning Commission recommends denial of rezoning for 237 units at Gander North

After a two-and-a-half-hour public hearing on October 27, the Albemarle Planning Commission recommended that the Board of Supervisors deny a rezoning request of nearly eight acres to allow up to 237 housing units on Carrsbrook Drive. “I think all of us are supportive of housing, but I really hear a...

Albemarle County, VA · 8d

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Charlottesville council in a wait and see mode on zoning ordinance’s impact

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Less than a year after Charlottesville’s revised zoning ordinance survived a legal challenge, city officials said they need more data to determine whether the policy is producing the desired outcomes. The goal of the ordinance, originally passed by the City Council in the fall of 2023, was to increase allowable density to raise the overall housing supply, supporting a greater number of affordable units as part of new development projects.

Charlottesville, VA · 8d

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Albemarle Supervisors to consider rounding bills down because of national penny shortage

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors will consider Wednesday changing the way the county handles cash payments by rounding down in light of the dwindling supply of pennies. “This is a prime example of when something happens elsewhere in the country, the world,...

Albemarle County, VA · 8d

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County Offices will be Closed Wednesday in Observance of Veterans Day

Albemarle County offices will be closed, Wednesday, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day. Public safety departments will operate as usual. Offices will reopen Thursday, November 12, 2026 on a regular schedule. Veterans Day Ceremony: Happening Wednesday, November 11, in Lane Auditorium. While local government offices will be closed, we...

Charlottesville, VA · 7d

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From the Archive- The Election Day flood of 1985: Virginia

Shenandoah Valley, VA · 8d

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Local public safety radio systems to move to encryption

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Albemarle County, the City of Charlottesville and the University of Virginia will all transition their public safety radio communications systems to encryption beginning next Monday, according to a joint release from all three. The change means popular apps that scan radio frequencies for police news won’t be able to pick up the communications.

Charlottesville, VA · 10d

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Albemarle Supervisors to consider rounding bills down because of national penny shortage

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors will consider Wednesday changing the way the county handles cash payments by rounding down in light of the dwindling supply of pennies. “This is a prime example of when something happens elsewhere in the country, the world,...

Albemarle County, VA · 8d

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UVA Health to open outpatient center on Pantops at former State Farm site

In 2025, the owners of a 55-acre parcel of land on State Farm Boulevard in Albemarle’s Pantops area paid $322,947 to the county in real property taxes. For years, the site was home to an insurance company claims center but has been largely vacant since even before the pandemic.

Charlottesville, VA · 8d