Charlottesville and Albemarle Schools out more than $1 million in federal grants

Update 3:51pm July 25, 2025: The Trump administration has released $5.5 billion, the total outstanding balance of withheld funds, in grants following bipartisan pressure. More than $1 billion for after-school programs was previously released. Fund dispersal is expected to begin the week of July 28. This is a developing story. Charlottesville City and Albemarle County […]

UVA Health leaders exit, leaving multiple executive openings

Less than a year after the publication of a letter of no confidence, the top three executives at University of Virginia Health have all resigned. The latest departure, UVA Medical Center CEO Wendy Horton, was not named in the original complaints. The letter, published September 5, 2024, and signed by 128 UVA Physicians Group faculty, […]

The latest on spotted lanternflies, and a recently arrived invasive insect

July has brought more than scorching temperatures and humidity to Charlottesville. There has also been a sharp increase in spotted lanternfly sightings. First found in the United States in Pennsylvania in 2014, the spotted lanternfly is an invasive species from Asia. How the insect arrived in the country is unknown, but it likely entered on […]

Albemarle Supervisors update regulations on solar panels

Albemarle property owners who want to install solar-energy facilities or battery-storage systems now have an easier pathway to do so. At its July 16 meeting, the Board of Supervisors adopted a new ordinance regulating solar facilities as well as battery-energy storage systems.  Under the new regulations, “accessory” energy facilities are allowed in any zoning district […]

Hot Water Music at The Jefferson Theater 7/28

If veteran Gainesville, Florida, band Hot Water Music is considered punk, then perhaps nothing is punk. In this stage of late capitalism and post-post-post-modern 21st-century rock, it may be pointless to even ask. We old people all realize our musical tribes have basically been absorbed by the monoculture of social media and the blurred boundaries […]

Hot Water Music at The Jefferson Theater 7/28

If veteran Gainesville, Florida, band Hot Water Music is considered punk, then perhaps nothing is punk. In this stage of late capitalism and post-post-post-modern 21st-century rock, it may be pointless to even ask. We old people all realize our musical tribes have basically been absorbed by the monoculture of social media and the blurred boundaries […]

Sound choices: A sunny turn lights the way

MaySuns  Coloso (EP) (Matcatcher Music)  After snagging a Best Rock Album statuette at the Washington Area Music Awards for 2022’s The Oldlight, the band Hanoi Ragmen announced it would be renaming. In an Instagram post last fall, the MaySuns announced that its new name reflects “the identity of the band [it’s] turning into.”  In May, […]

Sound choices: A sunny turn lights the way

MaySuns  Coloso (EP) (Matcatcher Music)  After snagging a Best Rock Album statuette at the Washington Area Music Awards for 2022’s The Oldlight, the band Hanoi Ragmen announced it would be renaming. In an Instagram post last fall, the MaySuns announced that its new name reflects “the identity of the band [it’s] turning into.”  In May, […]

Nickelodeon’s ‘The SpongeBob Musical’ at Four County Players through 8/10

For families—that is, people with kids—there may be no better local entertainment this summer than driving out to Barboursville for The SpongeBob Musical by Four County Players. Sure, you could go see the latest Pixar-y mega-movie, but films aren’t able to offer one critical element: real live humans performing with the thrill of theatrical danger. […]

Nickelodeon’s ‘The SpongeBob Musical’ at Four County Players through 8/10

For families—that is, people with kids—there may be no better local entertainment this summer than driving out to Barboursville for The SpongeBob Musical by Four County Players. Sure, you could go see the latest Pixar-y mega-movie, but films aren’t able to offer one critical element: real live humans performing with the thrill of theatrical danger. […]