Ben Hitchcock

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Pipeline voices

On July 5, Dominion Energy abruptly canceled the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, an $8 billion project that would have...

This week, 7/15

The main character in the story on page 10 of this week’s paper doesn’t have a name. He doesn’t have a face.  Shortly...

Use of force

“If you can stay off the Downtown Mall and I don’t see you again, then I won’t take you,” said the Charlottesville...

Factory-made

  Charlottesville’s old woolen mill, peering over the Rivanna River on the town’s eastern edge, had been gathering...

This week, 7/1

A month ago, George Floyd was murdered by the police. Since then, Damani Harrison has led a group of artists “coming...

Leaving a mark

Arrest warrants were issued for six people accused of spray painting the street outside the Charlottesville Police...

Willing watchdogs

Two and a half years after the events that sparked its creation, the official Charlottesville Police Civilian Review...

Foot on the gas

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the Atlantic Coast Pipeline would be allowed to cross underneath the...

This week, 6/24

  “Coronavirus Could Be the End of Alt-Weeklies,” declared a Mother Jones headline in March. Around the country,...

Denver’s done

  In his two years in the House of Representatives, Denver Riggleman sided with Donald Trump on 94.5 percent of votes...