
Albemarle County: Route 640 bridge to close for emergency erosion work
The Virginia Department of Transportation will close Route 640 (Gilbert Station Road) for an emergency job to repair erosion at the bridge over Preddy Creek in Albemarle County.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will close Route 640 (Gilbert Station Road) for an emergency job to repair erosion at the bridge over Preddy Creek in Albemarle County.

The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors has finalized the tax rates for advertising for Calendar Year 2022.

Route 706 in Albemarle County will close to through traffic on Monday for replacement of the superstructure of the bridge over a branch of the Hardware River.

Police departments are seeing an uptick in reports of vehicles being broken into, as well as the theft of motor vehicles and catalytic converters.

Albemarle County has named Candice Perkins, the current assistant director of planning & development for Frederick County, as the new county director of planning.

The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors has formally ended the local emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a recognition that there are no further emergency actions related to the COVID-19 disaster.

Albemarle County has launched Camino, a new applications portal with a modern interface, to guide customers through applying for five different applications.

Derek Carter is no longer considered a missing person. Thank you for your assistance in sharing this information with the community.

Albemarle County commemorated the promotion of Col. Sean Reeves as the sixth Chief of Albemarle County Police Department with a swearing-in ceremony Tuesday evening.

Career and volunteer fire rescue units from Albemarle County were dispatched to the report of a structure fire on the 800 block of James River Road at 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
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