
AAA: Gas prices up five cents ahead of July 4 holiday
Following weeks of steady pump price declines, gas prices are starting to increase across the country, according to AAA.

Following weeks of steady pump price declines, gas prices are starting to increase across the country, according to AAA.

Local residents can rediscover affordable family fun at Albemarle County’s three swimming beaches this summer.

The largest seasonal surge in gas prices since 2011 isn’t slowing down travel plans this summer as more Americans are hitting the road than staying home, according to GasBuddy’s 2019 Summer Travel survey.

AAA projects nearly 43 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home this Memorial Day weekend.

VDOT is making your Memorial Day weekend travel easier by suspending most highway work zones and lifting most lane closures on interstates and other major roads in Virginia from noon Friday, May 24, until noon Tuesday, May 28.

Virginia Tech’s 3.2-Mile Run in Remembrance, an annual community event that honors and remembers the 32 students and faculty who lost their lives on April 16, 2007, will be held Saturday, April 13.

To honor the 32 students and faculty members who lost their lives 12 years ago, Virginia Tech will observe the 2019 Day of Remembrance and the 3.2-Mile Run in Remembrance.

A group of family, friends and others moved by the life and sacrifice of murdered United Nations armed group expert and peacebuilder Michael J. Sharp ’05 plan to summit Kilimanjaro in Tanzania on the second anniversary of his death.

The UVA wrestling team (3-2) returns home to host a pair of duals this weekend with Central Michigan (0-1) at 7 p.m. on Friday (Dec. 7) and Princeton (1-2) at 4 p.m. on Saturday (Dec. 8).

Do you have plans to travel for Thanksgiving? Planning ahead for your trip may mean more time with family during the long weekend.
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