Albemarle County News

Move over wine and craft beer, hard cider is a rapidly growing industry in central Virginia - and now the Virginia Department of Agriculture is backing it with some cash.

School is out for summer but leaders from all over Virginia came together Monday to tackle one of the biggest school issues "What is bullying and how it affects school climate but also when does it become a crime and what we need to do to support victims," said Donna Michaelis, Director of Virginia School Safety at the Virginia Department of ... (more)

Albemarle County is getting ready to install new technology that will synchronize 23 stop lights along its stretch of the busy highway.

The controversial Route 29 western bypass is getting lots of criticism by a columnist for the Washington Post, and it's spurring some more debate over the road now decades in the making.

Runners took on the terrain at Pleasant Grove Park in Fluvanna County Saturday to remember a young man taken from the community too soon.

A Charlottesville youth group washed cars Saturday to support affordable housing in the community.

The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind is celebrating the Staunton campus's largest expansion in more than a century.

Officers found a 20-year-old man with head injuries around 1:30 a.m. in the 1500 block of Devon Lane.

She was born Feb. 19, 1915, in Albemarle County, a daughter of the late Everett and Nora Davis.

Three days after the June 11 Democratic primary and an unprecedented tie for one of two City Council nominations, Wes Bellamy and Bob Fenwick learned who will join incumbent Kristin Szakos on the ticket in November.

Police arrested a Waynesboro woman this week on charges from three jurisdictions.

A Louisa County woman is being honored for her work to promote the tourism and history of a national heritage area along the East Coast.

Search warrants are giving us a closer look at what happened right before an Albemarle County police officer shot and killed a man in Afton.

It has been nearly two weeks since a judge ruled that Christopher Dumler could keep his seat on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, and about one week since Dumler resigned his position anyway.

Thursday night, never before seen films of Charlottesville will be revealed. The rare films were taken by a doctor at the University of Virginia in the 1920s and now his son is sharing them with the whole community.

This week Piedmont Virginia Community College is once again hosting a series of community events to join in on the festivities and remembrance.

No charges will be filed in case of 10-year-old Crozet girl shot to death by her 13-year-old brother in May. On May 21, Albemarle police responded to the 1400 block of McAllister Street in Crozet around 10 a.m. for reports of a gunshot wound.

Area: Lewis Mountain Schools: Venable, Walker & Buford, Charlottesville Price Range: $440,000-$1,895,000 Pros: proximity to amenities, especially UVA Cons: potential traffic tie-ups on home football days in Albemarle County while the neighborhood that bears its name is located within the confines of the city of Charlottesville, which annexed the ... (more)

"If you're going to be carrying a gun, we need to know what's going on," says John Whitehead, founder of the the civil-liberties-watchdog Rutherford Institute.

Following Chris Dumler's resignation from the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors last week, the board is searching for someone to fill his seat.