
First lease signed for Yancey School Community Center
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors approved the first lease agreement for space at the new Yancey School Community Center earlier this week.

The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors approved the first lease agreement for space at the new Yancey School Community Center earlier this week.

Route 29 (Seminole Trail) south of Ruckersville will be reduced to one lane next week during nighttime paving work. The work zone will affect northbound traffic between the Albemarle County line and Route 600 (Deane Road), beginning Monday night and ending Friday morning.

VDOT will close the Route 717 (Secretarys Sand Road) bridge over the South Fork of the Hardware River in Albemarle County for replacement of its superstructure.

VDOT is hosting an upcoming design public hearing on the proposed replacement of the Route 726 (James River Road) bridge over Totier Creek in Albemarle County.

The Virginia Department of Transportation has postponed the closure of Route 649 (Proffit Road) at the bridge over the Rivanna River in Albemarle County until July 16-22.

Albemarle County announced that the Harmful Algae Bloom Advisory for Chris Green Lake has been lifted.

The Virginia Festival of the Book, a program of Virginia Humanities, announces that it is now accepting submissions for the 2019 Festival, which will take place March 20-24, 2019, in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.

Heavy rainfall overnight caused flash flooding in Albemarle County, mudslides that have closed Route 33 at Swift Run Gap, and swept away a vehicle and its two occupants.

The National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, has confirmed the finding of the Haemaphysalis longicornis tick (otherwise known as the East Asian or Longhorned tick) in Virginia. The tick appeared on an orphaned calf on a beef farm in Albemarle County.

Senator Mark Obenshain (R-Rockingham) released the following statement in response to the Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s announcement on Friday regarding its prosecution and conviction of a human trafficking case.
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