
Culpeper District Traffic Alerts: Week of Sept. 14-18
The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week.

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

It’s been 10 years since the Chesapeake Bay watershed was put on a “pollution diet.” And while there’s been some belt tightening since then, the regional effort to reduce nutrient pollution in order to restore a healthy Bay has fared about as well as many other diets: It is far from meeting its 2025 goal.

Agustin Alberto Lainez, 22, of Sanford, Fla., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to cyberstalking in a case involving a Charlottesville-area woman.

UVA has set itself onto an ambitious plan to build a student, faculty and staff population that reflects the racial and socioeconomic demographics of the Commonwealth.

A group of House members led by Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) is raising issue with the Trump administration’s recent move to defer employee payroll taxes, citing the threat that the move would put on the Social Security program.

The Virginia-Virginia Tech Sept. 19 season opener has been postponed at the request of officials of Virginia Tech.

A bipartisan group of local, state and student leaders took a united stand for transparency at James Madison University today, sending a joint letter to the Board of Visitors urging them to allow online participation for students and their families in the Sept. 18 meeting.

Following months of speculation, plans are firming up to help bring high school sports back to a level playing field across the county. Many sports, even on a global scale, have faced curtailment in recent times.

The recent agreement between Kosovo and Serbia, brokered by the US, to normalize economic relations between the two countries fell short of the needed reconciliation process that would lead to full recognition of Kosovo’s independence by Serbia.

Staying home. It’s what we were all asked to do to protect ourselves and our community since the arrival of COVID-19 in mid-March. Now staying home is becoming optional as restrictions lift, but for our older community members, it’s still the safest place to be.
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