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According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Virginia is among a handful of states with areas that have elevated levels of radon. The EPA estimates that one in 15 homes will have elevated levels of radon. Experts say because we spend a lot of time inside during the winter months, now is the best time to have your home tested.
Major delays for traffic inbound on U.S. 29 from Greene County
Virginia’s public colleges and universities might have to raise tuition to make up for expected budget cuts, but the state’s higher-education agency says they should devote some of that money for financial aid for low-income, in-state
students.
Gas prices are down, both the kind you use to heat your home, and the kind you use to fill your tank. While that’s good for most of us, it could leave some consumers regretting the expensive fuel contracts they signed when prices were much higher.
RICHMOND — Colleges and universities must learn to offset current and future losses in state funding by creating other sources of revenue, University of Virginia President John T. Casteen III said Tuesday.
An Afton man has admitted sending sexually charged messages to a 14-year-old girl through Facebook while at work.
An Albemarle County man is facing up to five years in prison after admitting he injured a fellow tenant in a summertime fight.
An aide to U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Ivy, said Tuesday that Ridge Schuyler will serve as his district director, a position that oversees staff and operations of the newly elected congressman’s district offices.
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In Brief
New Leadership for the County Planning Commission »In their first meeting of 2009, the Albemarle County Planning Commission appointed a new Chair and Vice Chair.Eric Strucko (Samuel Miller) has been selected as the Chairman and Jon Cannon (Rio) has been selected as the Vice Chairman. Strucko and…
Fire Chief Werner: No need for City to bill for EMS service »Charlottesville Fire Chief Charles Werner (file photo) More than a year after telling City Council that the Charlottesville Fire Department needed to supplement the area’s Emergency Medical Services infrastructure by operating its own ambulance, Fire Chief Charles Werner now says…
Dani’s day: Murder trial begins with painful photos »Seen here in a family photo, Danielle Howard was only 22 at the time of her death.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HOWARD FAMILY
Nearly three years after Katherine Danielle Howard, 22, was gunned down on a quiet residential street in Gordonsville, the trial of the teen accused of killing her starts in U.S. District Court Monday, December [...]
The NYT pays us a visit »In today’s Travel section of the New York Times, Charlottesville is featured for its culture, history, cuisine, and entertainment. It comes through that writer Joshua Kurlantzick found exactly what I hope any visitor would in our city: there is something for everyone.
Of course, this is hardly the first time we’ve caught the eye of papers with national markets. In [...]
