Dryden Quigley
Multimedia Journalist
Charlottesville, Va.
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Dryden joined the NBC29 team in October, 2021. She came to us from WRAL-TV in Raleigh where she’s been a production assistant since graduating from Duke University in the spring of 2021. While in Durham, Dryden was a reporter for the 9th Street Journal and turned stories for Carolina Week.
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A Charlottesville-based company now has FDA authorization for its saliva COVID-19 test.
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Fifteen graduating students in Virginia are being awarded the George E. Allen Scholarship.
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The Virginia Rent Relief Program Portal has been helping people all throughout the commonwealth since the start of the pandemic, but applications for that help comes to an end at midnight May 15.
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An event celebrating Asian-American heritage is inviting everyone to come out to Charlottesville’s Dairy Market Sunday, May 15.
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Learning the cello, printing a book, and 3D printing are just a few of the new skills people learned at the “How-To” festival. The Jefferson Madison Regional Library is teaching new skills from test driving a fire truck to learning a new instrument.
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Charlottesville Area Transit held its drive the big yellow event on Saturday, May 14 to hire some new bus drivers. People were able to test drive a school bus around the Charlottesville High School parking lot.
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The Bodo’s Bagels on University Ave. is looking to unionize with United Food and Commercial Workers. They held a press conference on Wednesday, May 11, to gain public support. Some employees say there is inadequate paid sick leave, staffing shortages, salary transparency, and unlivable wages.
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Veterans, friends, and community members across the country are honoring our nation’s soldiers in a special way.
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Camp Holiday Trails is holding its biggest fundraising event of the year. On Sunday, May 8, hundreds gathered at King Family Vineyards to raise money to send children with medical needs to camp.
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The Virginia Office of the Children’s Ombudsman officially launched this week after almost a year of development. Investigation, advocation, and education about the child welfare system and foster care is just part of their mission.
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President Biden just signed 7th District Representative Abigail Spanberger’s cybercrime bill into law.
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Despite its name arts and crafts are just some of the products sold at the Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival. The 42nd Annual Crozet Festival drew in more than 120 vendors from all over the commonwealth.
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The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank is getting high scores on its annual safety and wellness evaluation.
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The COVID-19 lockdown in China is affecting supply chains, including tools for hospitals.UVA Health says it is experiencing a shortage of the imaging tool, IV Contrast.
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A jury has awarded $15 million in compensatory damages to Sharon and Lexie love, Yeardley love’s mother and sister. It also found George Huguely responsible for punitive damages, but decided not to award any.
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The annual highland sheep shearing is back teaching both children and adults about agriculture. The New Zealand sheep shearing method was used to shear five Highlands sheep to get them ready for summer.
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The Rivanna Riverfest is back after taking three years off due to COVID-19 and some rainy weather. People got a chance to take their kayaks and canoes on the river, listen to live music, and sample food trucks.
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The Sexual Assault Resource Agency (SARA) held a conversation expo on Saturday, April 30 for parents and caregivers at the Jefferson School City Center.
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Foxfield is celebrating its spring race, drawing in hundreds of fans from all over the commonwealth. After a two year break due to COVID-19, Foxfield Spring Race is back. This time with a few changes.
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People in Charlottesville are starting to get their personal property tax bills, and some are may be in for a shock.
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The family of Yeardley Love are sharing with a Charlottesville jury the pain they’ve endured since her murder in 2010.
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The man convicted of killing Yeardley Love is testifying in a civil case brought against him by her mother.
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Jury selection finished Monday night, April 25, in Charlottesville Circuit Court for a civil trial concerning the 2010 murder of Yeardley Love. Eleven people were selected made up by eight men and three women. Four will serve at alternates.
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When a large tree fell at Walnut Creek Park the Charlottesville Area Mountain Biking Club got to work repairing what that tree broke.
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The Lake Monticello Community Foundation sponsored a shred day. People dropped off 2,500 pounds of paper to be shredded and then recycled.
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The CASPCA held its first in person Bow-WOW-Walk since the start of the pandemic. More than 400 people showed up at the Boar’s Head Resort to walk with their furry friends.
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The High Arts Festival at Ix Art Park, both celebrated and educated people on the beneficial uses of cannabis and CBD.
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Starting checking your lottery tickets! A Powerball ticket bought at Fas Mart on Rolkin Road back on November 1, 2021, is worth $50,000, but the clock is ticking.
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The Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation estimates only 7% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are being reported. Experts believe the real case count in Virginia could be higher than reported.
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The FDA has approved the first COVID-19 test that uses breath samples to detect the virus. These new FDA approved devices would provide tests in hospitals and give patients their results in less than three minutes.
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Charlottesville is featured in the May issue of Food and Wine Magazine as one America’s next great food cities.
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Jackson P. Burley Middle School, previously Burley High School, unveiled Burley as a national historic landmark Saturday, April 16.
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The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank School Food Drive is making a big difference for families across Virginia. It collected the most donations in its 11 year history.
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Charlottesville is gearing up for a day of bike racing, bike parading, and bike decorating. For the first time in more than 30 years criterium bike racing is coming to the city in CVLE BIKE FEST on Saturday April 16..
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A group called Mural Mosaic chose Charlottesville for its next big project “America Connects National Mural Mosaic.” More than 1500 artists from New York to Hawaii are designing their own tiles that will be displayed in Charlottesville to create an even bigger piece of art.
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A new UVA Health study shows antibodies generated by Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine rise more slowly and decline more quickly than Moderna’s.
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UVA Medical Center has some new decorations that look lighthearted, but they have an important significance and point out both health advancements and a major health need.
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Charlottesville area quilters guild hosted their biennial quilt show this weekend. The show featured more than 180 quilts of all different sizes.
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University of Virginia’s Club Rugby Team partnered with the Virginia Commonwealth Games to host a day of adaptive rugby - a non contact version of the sport. Long distance throwing, kicking, and target practice are just a few of the events that athletes competed in at Madison Bowl Field.
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A group of Charlottesville musicians are playing music on the downtown mall to raise money for humanitarian aid in Ukraine. As of Saturday, April 9 they have raised close to $3,000.
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The Fluvanna Leaders of Race and Diversity held a small business and vendors fair to promote economic development in the county.
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Now that the FDA has authorized a second COVID-19 vaccine booster for select groups - people are wondering when is the best time to get it. UVA Health doctors gave their input on Friday, April 8.
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A new study from the University of Virginia School of Law finds that men talk more than women in law classes. The study started nine years ago a group of UVA law students told their professors they felt like men were speaking more than the women in class.
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7th District Representative Abigail Spanberger is introducing a new bill to help fix the shortage of truck drivers in Virginia.
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Martin’s teamed up with the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank to donate 250 hams Monday, April 4.
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Charlottesville’s Firehouse Subs received the Axe Award for the Best Mid-Atlantic Franchise of the Year.
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River View Farm is celebrating its addition to the national register of historic places. Purchased by the newly emancipated Hugh Carr in 1890, Ivy Creek Natural area has become a place where nature lovers go, but on Sunday, April 3 it celebrated the history of the barn and farmhouse.
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The Charlottesville City Market is back. After taking a break because of COVID-19, vendors are back at the parking lot on Water Street.