
I-64 lane closures in Albemarle County postponed one week
Bridge maintenance work on eastbound Interstate 64 at mile marker 121 over Route 20 has been postponed one week.

Bridge maintenance work on eastbound Interstate 64 at mile marker 121 over Route 20 has been postponed one week.

Motorists traveling at night next week on Route 53 near Route 20 in Albemarle County will need to take a detour while VDOT resurfaces the area where crews replaced seven pipes.

Crews have finished replacing seven pipes on Route 53 (Thomas Jefferson Parkway) near Route 20 (Scottsville Road) in Albemarle County. The road is open to traffic.

A North Garden man died in a July 26 two-vehicle crash at the 119 mile marker on Interstate 64 in Albemarle County.

At 11:12 p.m. Friday , the Virginia State Police responded to a crash in Albemarle County. The crash occurred in the westbound lanes of Interstate 64 when a motorcycle crashed at the 118 mile marker.

VDOT will close Route 810 (Blackwells Hollow Road) near Route 687 (Shiffletts Mill Road) in northwestern Albemarle County for about five weeks to rehabilitate a bridge over Halls Creek.

An Albemarle County man and a Buckingham County man are facing drug and gun charges resulting from an ongoing criminal investigation by the Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement (JADE) Task Force.

The ECC Management Board has appointed Larry “Sonny” Saxton Jr. as executive director for the Charlottesville-UVA-Albemarle County Emergency Communications Center (ECC) effective Aug. 26. The ECC provides all emergency communications services for Albemarle County, the City of Charlottesville and the University of Virginia. Saxton will oversee the daily operations of the ECC, which receives all…

Albemarle County unveiled the installation of the traveling history exhibit featuring the soil collected from the lynching site of John Henry James this week at the County Office Building.

At 10:14 this morning, an Albemarle County employee called 911 to report observing flames coming from a rooftop HVAC unit at the Albemarle County Office Building at 401 McIntire Road.
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