Jordy Yager

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Searching for solutions

Author’s note: With race at the heart of this story, an editorial decision was made to identify every person’s race...

Westhaven story

Residents of Westhaven, which has one of the highest violent crime rates in the city, have started to see a more...

City’s job training program eyes expansion after early...

Last year, George Davis was struggling to make ends meet. The 47-year-old was working as much as possible as a...

Off the streets

This month Charlottesville will move one step closer to eliminating homelessness as a coalition of service providers...

The median men

I find Floyd sitting with his 26-year-old son, Robert, under a tree near the intersection of Hydraulic Road and the...

Banking on change

In May 2012,  Barbara Fitch had no savings account, a battered credit score, and a lavish shoe buying habit. She had...

Charlottesville takes aim at unemployment with new job...

Charlottesville’s fight against unemployment has a new crusader in town. Seated in the city’s new Downtown Job Center...

Got students? Why The Flats at West Village is the canary...

Charlottesville is holding its breath as the eight-story brick behemoth of an apartment building known as The Flats...

Task force on racial inequity in the justice system has...

Members of a large task force formed by the city to look into unequal rates of arrest and incarceration among black...

The full Montpelier

It’s 4pm on a Friday, and Matt Reeves hasn’t eaten lunch yet. But the salt-and-pepper-haired director of Montpelier’s...