Charlottesville, Virginia News

Authorities are permanently closing the nearest parking lot to the Old Rag Mountain trailhead in Shenandoah National Park.

The University of Virginia and Trout Unlimited are looking for volunteers to help with a trout-stream sampling effort this spring.

The Charlottesville Police Department has netted a $302,000 anti-terrorism grant.

Albemarle’s Red Hill and Stony Point elementary schools have been recognized by the Virginia Department of Education for their academic achievement as Title I Distinguished Schools

PALMYRA — Sgt. Scott Snoddy can be in a real bind if one of his deputies picks someone up at night for drunken driving.

Keisa Annette Bell, 33, and Leandra Isiah Henderson, 20, both of Charlottesville, are charged with possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, according to a news release from Sgt. Joe Hatter of the Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement task force.

After staff in the Albemarle County Circuit Court walked into an unusually cold courthouse on Feb. 17, cases set for both of its courtrooms were moved to the County Office Building for the morning until the heat was restored.