
Culpeper District Traffic Alert: Week of July 11-15
The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the next week.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the next week.

Virginia’s Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine has expanded to include the counties of Albemarle, Augusta, Carroll, Page, Prince William, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Wythe and the cities of Buena Vista, Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Lynchburg, Manassas, Manassas Park, Staunton, and Waynesboro.

The Center at Belvedere in Charlottesville will host a special screening of the Academy Award-nominated film, Hidden Figures, on Tuesday, July 19, at 4 p.m.

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit will perform at the Ting Pavilion in Charlottesville on Sunday, September 4, at 7 p.m.

Virginia men’s lacrosse didn’t bring home the big trophy this past spring, but coach Lars Tiffany is bringing No. 1 freshman class in the nation, according to Inside Lacrosse.

Albemarle County has hired a deputy chief to lead the Community Risk and Resilience program which includes the fire marshals’ office and community engagement.

Albemarle County Police Department is requesting assistance in identifying a person of interest in connection with an armed robbery that occurred in the parking lot of the Community Lab School at 1200 Forest Drive in Charlottesville during the early morning hours of Friday, June 24.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced more than $10.2 million in Growth and Opportunity for Virginia (GO Virginia) grant awards for 13 projects focused on expanding talent pipelines in key industries.

Local performing arts academy DMR Adventures will stage two performances of Annie Jr. at The Paramount Theater in Charlottesville on Saturday, July 30.

Way back on July 2, 2002, I couldn’t have imagined that I’d ever be writing about Augusta Free Press turning 20. I was just thinking that morning, as we were about to hit the publish button for the first time, about how we were going to keep the lights on, and the website that we had just launched that day didn’t figure prominently into those plans.
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