Charlottesville News

Both Charlottesville and Albemarle schools want to support their teachers. Their budgets for the next school year include pay raises, and both school boards want to keep class sizes small.

Lawrence Gaughan, a Charlottesville native, actor, and founder of the non-profit advocacy group Gov360 announced today that he will seek the Democratic nomination for the 5th district congressional seat currently held by Republican Robert Hurt.

The Charlottesville School Board last week discussed changing school start times for the 2014-15 school year so the elementary school day would begin before the middle school day.

An offer of free money is usually too good to be true, but several Charlottesville businesses learned today that money is being put back in their pockets thanks the Virginia Treasury.

Changes are ahead with the traffic pattern in one Charlottesville neighborhood after a tragic event on its streets last year.

Charlottesville prosecutors are dropping child porn charges against an elementary school teacher as he is charged in federal court.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA Tom Tom Founders Festival will host dozens of free concerts in Downtown Charlottesville, VA, Wednesday, April 9th through Sunday, April 13th.

The deal was announced Tuesday morning and will include several wastewater improvement projects in Charlottesville and Albemarle County, including upgrades to the Moores Creek Pump Station.

The University of Virginia is rebuilding the Berlin Wall in Charlottesville as part of a year-long commemoration of its fall in 1989.

A former Albemarle County developer has been sentenced to 2 A1 2 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal fraud charges.

The Steel Wheels have always lived somewhere between bluegrass and Americana. Some of their music has an old time vibe, while some references idioms from rock or alternative country.

Charlottesville school schedules could change for the first time in decades. The school system is developing new start and end times for all city schools.

The van, which offers all of the services of a DMV office, will be located at the 5th Street alley near CitySpace from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 14th.

The petroleum industry says this is normally a bad time of year for drivers. Gas pirces go up as refineries change over to summer blends.

No, they weren't UFOs floating over the central Virginia skies, but super rare lenticular clouds - more common in the mountain West.

The Regional Chamber of Commerce says total retail sales went up between 2012 and last year in every local jurisdiction except Charlottesville.

Our emcee, Irby Brown, livened up the day and brought smiles to everyone's faces and Big Cypress Bluegrass from Florida began chasing the chill away with their upbeat music.

The Virginia Lottery has a scratch game called "Hit the Jackpot" and a retiree managed to do that with his purchase at a store on Cherry Avenue in Charlottesville.

With the area still in winter's grip, local readers have three more reasons to stay inside with interesting diversions.

Charlottesville High School hosted more than 400 teachers from across the commonwealth for the 2nd Annual Google Apps for Education Summit.