Patrick Huddleston
Charlottesville, Virginia
Updated: May. 14, 2021 at 6:30 PM EDT
|By Elizabeth Holmes and Patrick Huddleston
Every Thursday morning, at 6 a.m., 9-year-old Luke Cox gets excited about his favorite day of the week: trash collection day.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2021 at 4:36 PM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
Charlottesville Parks & Recreation has announced its plans for reopening facilities and programs this spring and summer.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2021 at 4:30 PM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
The Ridley restaurant officially opened April1 in the Draftsman Hotel on West Main Street. The name pays homage to Dr. Walter Nathanial Ridley, the first Black student to graduate from the University of Virginia.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2021 at 4:55 PM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
New Directions in Staunton has received a $20,000 grant from PetSmart Charities.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2021 at 4:50 PM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
Gov. Northam recently signed legislation creating the G3 program, which makes tuition-free community college available to low and middle-income students who pursue jobs in high-demand fields.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2021 at 3:47 PM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
Albemarle County offers real estate tax relief to elderly and/or permanently disabled persons who qualify.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2021 at 5:08 PM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
The University of Virginia is participating in a national study examining infection and transmission risks among college students who receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2021 at 4:03 PM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
Gordonsville Municipal Airport is set to receive more than $1 million for runway, taxiway and apron rehabilitation projects.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2021 at 11:13 AM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
Housing prices in the Charlottesville area continue to rise as more and more people are searching for homes while the number of houses going on the market decreases.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2021 at 5:02 PM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
The Jefferson Area Board for Aging received the 2021 Best Practices Award for its Friends in Schools Helping (FISH) program.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2021 at 4:09 PM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
Employees of Martin’s Food grocery stores lent a hand to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank in Verona Wednesday, March 24.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2021 at 6:25 PM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
The solar project at Ivy Municipal Utilization Center is back on track with construction expected to begin in the spring of 2022.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2021 at 4:19 PM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
The Albemarle Planning Commission held a public hearing to amend an existing special use permit for Claudius Crozet Park.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2021 at 11:01 AM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
The Virginia Department of Transportation will soon begin a project that will close a portion of Route 20 in Scottsville for nearly two weeks.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2021 at 4:41 PM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
Area airports are seeing more passengers now that people are getting vaccinated and warmer weather arrives.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2021 at 11:31 AM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
PVCC has earned the “Voter Friendly Campus” designation for years 2021-2022. The designation signifies dedication and commitment to engaging the campus community and promoting voter registration and voting.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2021 at 7:54 PM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
Orange County Fire/EMS, Orange Family Physicians, and Orange County Schools partnered to provide their 12th COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Prospect Heights Middle School Friday.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2021 at 9:56 AM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
Area developers and others discussed the issue of creating more affordable housing at the Central Virginia Regional Housing Partnership meeting Thursday, March 18.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2021 at 5:22 PM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
Albemarle County Board of Supervisors held its third Fiscal Year 2022 budget work session Thursday March 18.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2021 at 12:23 PM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
Some folks had a hard time finding seeds for their garden last spring, as more people started to play in the dirt during the COVID-19 pandemic. Suppliers now expect you that shouldn’t run into much difficulty this year, though.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2021 at 5:22 PM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
School officials gathered Wednesday to hand out 34 Innovative Grant awards to teachers in Louisa County.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2021 at 2:28 PM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
Locally-based electronics retailer Crutchfield has received the Bizrate Insights Circle of Excellence Platinum Award for its work in 2020.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2021 at 4:41 PM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
Blue Ridge Community College is offering a Google IT certificates program that is geared to help folks get a starting point into a technology career.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2021 at 3:37 PM EDT
|By Patrick Huddleston
Albemarle County Parks and Recreation is now accepting registration for spring activities to help get folks back outside and active.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2021 at 11:27 AM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
The principal of Broadus Wood Elementary School in Albemarle County has been busy this school year writing and sending birthday cards to all of her students and staff.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2021 at 3:48 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
The University of Virginia tested its emergency notification system on UVA Grounds at 10:50 a.m. Thursday.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2021 at 4:36 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
The Front Porch Save the Music live-streamed concert series is intended to keep music flowing during the coronavirus pandemic, while also raising money for local nonprofits.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2021 at 4:31 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
Barboursville Vineyard is taking home top honors at the Governor’s Cup.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2021 at 4:28 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
A new veterans park is being built in front of The Blake Senior Living complex in Albemarle County.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2021 at 4:22 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
Teachers with Albemarle County Public Schools (ACPS) have spent the last two days preparing for more students to return to the classroom Wednesday, March 10.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2021 at 3:51 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
The Wildlife Center of Virginia is celebrating world wildlife week from March 8-12.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2021 at 4:21 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
Piedmont Virginia Community College is offering its 8th Annual Career Pathways Expo virtually for students from Charlottesville, as well as Albemarle, Greene, and Nelson counties.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2021 at 4:15 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
Since 2011, the Charlottesville/Albemarle Emergency Food Network has donated nearly $100,000, helping the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Virginia provide thousands of healthy snacks and meals to youth.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021 at 4:30 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
A new documentary on the Blue Ridge Railroad Tunnel is set to premier on YouTube March 17.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021 at 4:25 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
Stable Craft Brewery owners Craig and Nikki Nargi presented a gift Thursday, March 4, of 500 half gallons of Maola milk to donate to the Blue Ridge Food Bank.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2021 at 4:14 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia awarded grants this year totaling $80,000 to two community-focused research projects in Charlottesville.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2021 at 4:04 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
The Madison County Volunteer Fire Company has hosted a COVID-19 vaccination clinic every Wednesday since February 4.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2021 at 10:51 AM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
Charlottesville Public Works has sent out letters to residents that live on or near a cul-de-sac, asking them to please refrain from parking their vehicles perpendicular to the curb.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2021 at 4:18 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
Crews were out Tuesday March 2, working to repair a previous sinkhole in the median of Rt. 29 south of Lewis and Clark Drive in Albemarle County.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2021 at 10:36 AM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
Rockfish Gap Outfitters, located at the base of Afton Mountain in Waynesboro, is searching for a new owner.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2021 at 3:45 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
Nelson County’s Silverback Distillery is dealing an issue with its supply chain, affecting its ability to bottle its whiskey.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2021 at 6:12 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
In a virtual press conference Friday, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine discussed meeting with Virginians at various COVID-19 vaccine locations around the commonwealth and gathering feedback to help him as he works on another comprehensive COVID-19 relief bill in the coming weeks.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2021 at 6:04 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
Carrington King, vineyard manager and co-owner of King Family Vineyards in Crozet, Va., has been named Grower of the Year by the Virginia Vineyards Association (VVA).
Updated: Feb. 26, 2021 at 9:52 AM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
James Madison’s Montpelier is gearing up for its spring archaeology dig.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2021 at 9:47 AM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
A new farm at Wildrock nature play and discovery center in Crozet will serve as Community Supported Agriculture for the community and as an educational garden.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021 at 4:29 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
Food and Beverage Restaurant Management of Charlottesville donated 100 meals to Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital for staff and employees to enjoy.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2021 at 3:58 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
The Crozet Alcoholic Beverage Control store closed its doors February 9 to begin an expansion project that will take over a vacant adjoining commercial space in the Shoppes at Clover Lawn.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2021 at 4:53 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
The City Manager declared 12 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, to be the official end of snowfall. Per city code, snow must be removed from sidewalks within 24 hours of the end of snowfall.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2021 at 4:46 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
Gas prices are at some of the most expensive prices seen in over a year.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2021 at 1:00 PM EST
|By Patrick Huddleston
Reimagine Central Virginia, or ReImagineCVA, will soon offer as an online directory of nonprofits and grassroots organizations.