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Leslie Faye Ashbrook and Peter Jordan "P.J." Janaros, both of Charlottesville, VA, were married on Friday,a SJan. 31, 2014 in Jackson Park in the Historic District of downtown Charlottesville, with their parents and siblings in attendance.

The state of Virginia has reached a $212,500 settlement with a University of Virginia student who was arrested after her purchase of water was mistaken for beer.

Amazing UNESCO World Heritage sites in North America From Pennsylvania to Puerto Rico, these are places we can explore, understand and learn from the past.

Figures released Wednesday by the Virginia Employment Commission showed jobless rates in the commonwealth's 11 metro areas increased from one tenth to six tenths of a percentage point last month.

Erika Raskin's Close is a welcoming and nuanced novel that offers a window into the life of the Marcheson family-with ultimately much of America peering through that window as well.

About three times a year State, Charlottesville and Albemarle Police and the DMV, combine forces to crack down on dangerous tractor trailers.

As the Salvation Army's 'School Supply Drive' continues to collect donations, this weekend is a great one to get out and buy your children's supplies, and maybe even pick up a thing or two for a child that is less fortunate.

The Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce is convening the 2014 Jobs Action Agenda Summit, on Tuesday, September 9th, at the Jefferson School City Center to help bring better focus and action plans that assist job creation and retention.

The four-story hotel is the first Homewood Suites property in the Charlottesville area and features 150 suites.

Fluvanna County spends thousands of dollars less per student than almost any of the counties surrounding it, according to data from the Virginia Department of Education.

Johannah Willsey's first mosaic was on a trivet forged by her husband. That first creation -- which would lead to a full-time family business -- was the beginning of a "collaborative process," Willsey said.

A group of community leaders met again Tuesday night to discuss ways to stop violence in Charlottesville.

A Richmond band could open for one of the Allman Brothers' final shows. And if that weren't enough, it will share a bill with Wilco, Willie Nelson, Widespread Panic, Soja and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.

Tractor trailers can pose a major safety threat if they aren't following the law.

A large group of Albemarle County students had a chance to show off their artwork Tuesday, and some of it will be in place permanently.

A higher percentage of hopefuls for the Chartered Financial Analyst designation passed the first and second levels of their three-part exam in June compared with a year earlier.

An engaging three-day program for the 2014 News Industry Summit in Charlottesville, Va., was announced today by SNPA President Tom Silvestri, publisher of the Richmond Times-Dispatch .

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 28, 2014: Looking at Virginia as made up of eight regions shows that the median household income in Northern Virginia of $102,499 is almost double and, in some places, triple that of other areas in the state, according to demographers at the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.

Albemarle County is welcoming back one of its own after finishing one of the biggest cycling competitions in the world.