Two days after closing the Proffit Road bridge in Albemarle County for emergency repairs, VDOT says the bridge's piers have become deteriorated.
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- DAVE RESS Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia lawmakers are renewing a push for free school breakfasts after a new report found half of Virginian households with children struggle with hunger.
- Heather Price Ives
The Virginia Clay Festival celebrated its 11th year this past weekend. Also worth celebrating: a record-breaking 3,500-person attendance.
- MARLENE A. CONDON
We've grown so used to drought that Charlottesville weathermen have abandoned a century's worth of rainfall data in favor of less frightening stats.
- MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia is refusing to sign an agreement with the National Park Service on President Donald Trump's proposed "triumphal arch."
- Heather Price Ives
Orange County man Ronald Hogsten has been sworn in as a brigadier general in the U.S. Army. "Who would have thought?" he joked at his swearing-in ceremony.
- JORGEN VIK
Use investments as tools to your ends, not as ends in themselves.
Virginia's unenmployment rate has improved, but it only "looks like good news," say economists. More people who can work are no longer seeking employment.
Access, community support and mental healthcare were the top priorities of residents in the Blue Ridge Health District's most recent community assessment.
Coming up, an exhibit raising awareness of domestic violence at the Waynesboro Public Library, "Imagine a Day Without Water" student art contest accepts entries and more.
The Virginia Film Festival is promising its "strongest lineup" ever this year, with Jessica Lange, Aaron Sorkin and Nathan Lane already set to attend.
The bridge that carries Proffit Road over the Norfolk Southern train tracks in northern Albemarle County is closed for "emergency repairs."
The documentary "Juvies" is to be screened at Vinegar Hill Theatre Friday. Organizers hope it will be the start of a fruitful conversation about criminal justice.
Roughly 4 in 10 Virginia households are food insecure, a huge jump from the 10% figure the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported last year.
- DAVE RESS Richmond Times-Dispatch
Roughly 4 in 10 Virginia households are food insecure, a huge jump from the 10% figure the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported last year.
- Jane Sathe
Charlottesville Pride, set for this weekend, is hosting more vendors than ever before. Last year, the celebration welcomed more than 5,000 festivalgoers.
- DAVE RESS Richmond Times-Dispatch
Washington needs to take immediate action to control the dangers posed by the rapid development of AI, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger told Congress.
- DAVE RESS Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones says state regulators need more time to review NextEra Energy's revised plan to acquire Dominion Energy.
- Hawes Spencer
Casian Sava, convicted in five Virginia counties after a coin show crime spree, looks like he'll soon be headed back home to the motherland: Romania.
- Joana Suleiman
Now in it's 27th year, the Blue Ridge Mountain Maze in Nelson County is paying homage to the waterways of the mountains with a fishy feat of engineering.
- Jane Sathe
Horror movie veteran Bruce Campbell, who drops by Charlottesville this Friday, says his latest film "Ernie & Emma" is a statement: He's done blowing stuff up.
- Heather Price Ives
James Madison's Montpelier will host 30 immigrants Thursday at the Founding Father's estate in Orange County for its inaugural naturalization ceremony.
- ERIC KOLENICH Richmond Times-Dispatch
Surprising to many, the Virginia Department of Health does not have oversight over safety at swimming pools. That's changing.
- Jane Sathe
A documentary following the UVa football in the aftermath of the deadly 2022 shoting on Grounds will premiere at this year's Virginia Film Festival.
- Jane Sathe
Film director James Gray, best known for "Ad Astra," is set to receive the Virginia Film Festival's Outstanding Achievement in Directing Award next month.
- Jane Sathe
Coming up, Sam Barber and Rainbow Kitten Surprise plan shows at Ting Pavilion, Charlottesville Pride Festival returns and more.