With midterm elections a little more than a month away, the Senate campaigns of Democrat Mark Warner, Republican Ed Gillespie and Libertarian Robert Sarvis are in full swing.
Orange ribbons were distributed at Scott Stadium, on the Lawn and to various student organizations Saturday in recognition of Hannah Graham, the second-year College student who has been missing since Sept.
FBI agents escorted Jesse Matthew from a private plane at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Regional airport to the Charlottesville-Albemarle Regional Jail Friday evening at approximately 5:45 p.m. Matthew remains incarcerated without bond, charged with abduction with intent to defile in the disappearance of second-year College student Hannah Graham.
The Jefferson Area Tea Party held its second official presentation of an ongoing series titled "The Pros and Cons of Economic Development in Albemarle County” Thursday evening.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Wednesday Virginia is receiving $22 million in federal funds through the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs. The government will allocate the funds over the next seven years to 16 school districts in Virginia, according to a press release.
Reps. Robert Hurt, R-Charlottesville, and John Barrow, D-Ga., introduced a bill Monday which would allow Healthcare.gov users to remove their permanent profile from the website to safeguard their privacy.
The Route 29 Project Delivery Advisory Panel, comprised of local government representatives and business owners, met Thursday at the Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research to discuss updates on the construction and traffic aspects of the Route 29 Solutions package.
Virginia high school graduation rates have risen more than 7.5 percent in the last six years, according to new data released by the Virginia Department of Education. Education School Dean Robert Pianta said the graduation rate increase reflected consistent improvement.
Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo underscored his commitment to locating missing second-year College student Hannah Graham at a press conference Thursday, even as the trial process begins for Charlottesville resident Jesse Matthew, who is charged with abduction with intent to defile in connection with Graham’s disappearance. Matthew was arrested in Galveston, Texas Wednesday afternoon, and was denied bail Thursday morning as a fugitive from justice in Virginia.
Jesse Matthew was denied bail this morning in Galveston on a fugitive from justice charge in Virginia.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced yesterday the creation of a task force to combat campus sexual violence in Virginia.
Though attention has largely focused on the Charlottesville Police Department, the University has been working to maintain a sense of normalcy on Grounds in the wake of the disappearance of second-year College student Hannah Graham. The search for Graham, who was last seen in the early morning of Sept. 13, has reverberated strongly throughout the University community.
The University Health System received the ACTION Registry-Get With The Guidelines Gold Performance Achievement Award from the American College of Cardiology for its quality of treatment for heart attack patients.
Former Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va, announced on Tuesday he is seriously considering running for the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for the 2016 election.
Jesse Matthew was taken into police custody earlier today in Galveston, Texas, Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo confirmed Wednesday evening.
The first year class will vote this week to elect a class president and members of the First Year Council (FYC). The University Board of Elections (UBE) oversees the election, along with most student representative elections on grounds, said Krishna Korupolu, third-year College student and Chair of the UBE.
Democratic members of the Virginia House of Delegates elected Del. Scott Surovell (D-Fairfax) as caucus chairman late last week.
The Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, a national non-profit organization, awarded Virginia’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit the 2014 “Honest Abe” Integrity in Government Award.
By Mairead Crotty & Amirah AhmadCharlottesville and Albemarle County hosted a voter registration drive on the Downtown Mall Tuesday in honor of National Voter Registration Day.The event, which was the first National Voter Registration Day to be held in Charlottesville, served to both register and educate attendees about the state’s new voter ID law.The 2014 mid-term elections are a little more than a month away, and 471 Congressional seats and 36 governorships are at stake, including 11 House seats and one Senate seat in Virginia.
Monday evening, members of The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) at the University hung paper cranes and accompanying flyers displaying various troubling facts about treatment of children.
