
Harmful Algae Bloom Advisory no longer in effect for Chris Greene Lake
Albemarle County announced that the Harmful Algae Bloom Advisory for Chris Green Lake has been lifted.

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.

Governor Ralph Northam has signed House Bill 1148, which will provide an opportunity for Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville to address their revenue sharing agreement.

The Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement Task Force, working in conjunction with the Skyline Drug and Gang Task Force and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, arrested Ersy Alejandro Hernandez on March 23 on an outstanding Albemarle County warrant for assault and battery.

The second annual commemoration of Liberation and Freedom Day, which recognizes the ending of slavery in the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, will be celebrated in Charlottesville on Saturday, with observances at the University of Virginia Chapel and the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center.

The Virginia Festival of the Book announces CFA Institute as a sponsor of select 2018 programming to support the Festival’s initiative on diversity, which seeks to increase the diversity of participating authors and attract more diverse audiences to the Festival, which takes place each March in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.

Albemarle County police have identified the man who died in a collision with an Amtrak train carrying Republican members of Congress to a West Virginia political retreat Wednesday morning.
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