Such a cool experience! Last night, I had the opportunity to go to the Richmond Forum. Amna Nawaz interviewed Ted Koppel and before the event, I met Amna!

Virginia lawmakers and University of Virginia faculty are raising alarm bells about ongoing patterns of secrecy and lack of transparency surrounding former UVA President Jim Ryan's resignation in June. www.vpm.org/news/2025-11...

Hi from me and my editors!! VPM creates a daily podcast on news from around Virginia and we totally think you should tune in :)

RESULTS! ARE! COMING! IN! You too can be a giant nerd by following along here: enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/publ...

Newest alert just went out, saying UPD is on even at Shannon.

Active attacker alert at UVA ongoing

Happy howl-oween from VPM!! The doggie howl-oween on the downtown mall today was the cutest 🥹

Charlottesville City Council unanimously agreed at its meeting Monday to settle a lawsuit challenging a December 2023 zoning ordinance meant to provide more residential density to the city. www.vpm.org/news/2025-10...

The University of Virginia became the first public university and fifth overall to publicly reject the US Department of Education's "Compact for Academic Excellence.” #virginia #uva #charlottesville #highered #publicmedia #wahoowa #gohoos #education

With two weeks left to cast an early ballot, VPM News has compiled information on the satellite early voting locations available in Central Virginia. www.vpm.org/elections/20...

UVA Student Council President Clay Dickerson had a lot to say at yesterday's protest. His reaction after the compact was rejected is just...delightful. "After UVA had officially rejected the compact, VPM News reached back out to Dickerson for a reaction. He responded via text: 'Wooohooo.'"

Today, UVA became the first public university and the fifth school overall to reject the compact, which requires schools that sign to adhere to a set of standards laid out by the White House in order to receive preferential federal funding. www.vpm.org/news/2025-10...

BREAKING: The University of Virginia has become the fifth school to reject the "Compact for Academic Excellence" that was initially sent to nine universities.

Today: me, @hannahdavisreid.bsky.social and @theshabomb.com will be at UVA for the Rally Against the Compact for @vpm.org. Here's to...a day.

The federal government has started reductions in force, or RIFs, across federal agencies today. We want to hear from you if you’ve received a RIF letter — or if you know someone who works in the federal government and has been affected. DM us or email: [email protected]

At Monday’s meeting, the Charlottesville City Council unanimously approved the purchase of 2000 Holiday Drive, a 27,000-square-foot office building that the city plans to turn into a low-barrier shelter as part of its homelessness intervention plan. www.vpm.org/news/2025-10...

At the end of September, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were seen outside the Albemarle County Courthouse in Charlottesville, but did not come into the building. www.vpm.org/news/2025-10...

State Sen. Creigh Deeds (D–Charlottesville) told VPM News that in the short term, "a whole lot of people are going to be inconvenienced because they're not going to get the checks they need to support their families and pay their bills." www.vpm.org/news/2025-10...

VPM talked about the importance of early childhood education at the Health Birth Healthy Baby Expo in Charlottesville! We got to meet so many amazing community members and birth workers. Check out our site for more information on the campaign! 90by5.org

Last Friday, the University of Virginia Board of Visitors voted to lease the historic Oak Lawn home to Charlottesville City Schools for $1 annually, with the option to hand over ownership later. www.vpm.org/news/2025-09...

In its first joint meeting, the Charlottesville City Council and the city’s Police Civilian Oversight Board met Sept. 11 to discuss ordinance changes on office operations and functionality, as well as ordinance clarity. www.vpm.org/news/2025-09...

At the upcoming University of Virginia Board of Visitors Finance Committee meeting on Sept. 12, the university is expected to lease and transfer the historic Oak Lawn home to Charlottesville City Schools for a “nominal fee.” www.vpm.org/news/2025-09...

Thanks to @hannahdavisreid.bsky.social and @vpm.org for this fantastic story! www.vpm.org/news/2025-09...

In Monday’s city council meeting, councilors heard resident and advocate concerns about an 11-story student housing project next to Westhaven. They also passed a resolution redesigning Avon Street for multimodal transportation, removing 33 on-street parking spots. www.vpm.org/news/2025-08...

Virginia Department of Health's Office of Licensure and Certification investigates complaints in nursing homes. So far in 2025, there have been 1,079 complaints, up from 730 in all of 2024. Still over 40% of OLC's inspector positions are vacant, according to Youngkin. www.vpm.org/news/2025-08...

HAPPENING NOW: @vpm.org’s mug stop at give and take coffee in Charlottesville! Come meet @hannahdavisreid.bsky.social and see how we’re helping local news out here. We also have FREE MUGS!

Congress will claw back $1.1B from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. VPM, which is a PBS and NPR affiliate, will lose more than $2.5M over the next two years in lost funds. VPM President Jayme Swain says the cuts could result in the loss of Central Virginia local programming.

For the first time in more than a decade, the University of Virginia Faculty Senate overwhelmingly passed a vote of no confidence in the school’s Board of Visitors, indicating that a majority of the group does not support the governing body’s policies www.vpm.org/news/2025-07...

“My hope is that my kids always know who they are, and despite what history tells them, they're still beautiful, and they're brilliant and they have the ability to basically accomplish anything they want to.” said Dorothy Retland, one of the walking tour’s organizers. www.vpm.org/news/2025-07...

Students, faculty and community members gathered Saturday morning to show support for outgoing President Jim Ryan. Ryan announced his resignation last week after the school faced scrutiny from federal investigators related to its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practices. #UVA #charlottesville

“It's one thing when you see it happening at other schools. It's another thing when it happens to you,” rising fourth-year Boris Nakashyan said of the federal pressure. “That's when you really have an eye opening experience and realize what is truly going on.” www.vpm.org/news/2025-06...

BREAKING: UVA President Jim Ryan resigned Friday, according to news reports.

ICE agents have been in regular attendance at the Chesterfield County Courthouse since last Friday, with plainclothes agents attending traffic court, arraignments & preliminary hearings. Some of the agents are masked, and when proceedings have finished they've been taking people out of the building.

At a rally in Charlottesville three years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger says a potential Democratic trifecta in state government would work to codify reproductive rights in Virginia’s Constitution. www.vpm.org/elections/20...

In a 3–2 vote last week, Charlottesville City Council approved a plan to issue over $50 million in bonds to finance the renovation of the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, with cost estimates coming in over previous expectations. www.vpm.org/news/2025-06...

The City of Charlottesville is the second Virginia locality to try rank choice voting to elect new City Council members. Jen Fleisher and Juandiego Wade were the two most popular candidates in Tuesday’s primary election.

The height of luxury in Wisconsin www.wpr.org/news/wiscons...

In Tuesday’s City Council primary, Charlottesville is about to become the second locality in Virginia — after Arlington County — to use ranked choice voting, after a century of using a winner-take-all block system. www.vpm.org/elections/20...

Saturday was the first time Elizabeth Prom-Wormley had protested, she said. “But it just … enough's enough already,” she said. www.vpm.org/news/2025-06...

@markwarner.bsky.social has just announced that he is going to go to the Farmville Detention Center at this town hall. He has not said WHEN, but has pledged to visit the facility where ICE detainees are being held.

Today, @vpm.org has teams across central Virginia covering today's protests. In Charlottesville, we have @meghin.bsky.social, @hannahdavisreid.bsky.social and @ezeamosp.bsky.social. In Richmond is @jahd.bsky.social and Billy Shields. @theshabomb.com is doing double duty.

Learn more about candidates for the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors race! www.vpm.org/news/2025-06...

Health officials have reported another case of measles — the third in the state this year — but said that it’s not time to panic. www.vpm.org/news/2025-06...

Keep up to date on the Charlottesville City Council by reading VPM’s coverage! www.vpm.org/news/2025-06...

“You can imagine that as historians, we're like, ‘What, wait? We need to see what's in these folders!’” said Andrea Douglas, the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center’s executive director. www.vpm.org/news/2025-05...

INBOX: Virginia’s second case of measles this year has been reported in Charlottesville. Alt text has the FULL details of where the teenager (13-17yo) was the past few days. The teen had recently traveled internationally.

“What we want to convey today is just how shocking and disappointing this decision was,” Charlottesville City Schools board chair Emily Dooley said. “But that said, we are committed to doing the work on behalf of our students in this community.” www.vpm.org/news/2025-05...

In a letter sent Friday to CCS Superintendent Royal Gurley, USED management analyst Barbara L. Shawyer wrote the department believes “that UVA will meet Presidential Executive Orders and that the University best meets the Secretary’s priorities for property reuse.” www.vpm.org/news/2025-05...

BREAKING: The Federal Executive Institute is no longer going to Charlottesville City Schools and instead will go to UVA. This is a developing story and if you have thoughts, reach out to me or @hannahdavisreid.bsky.social!

Trevon Straughter had just picked up lunch Friday, March 21, when he checked his email and learned that Virginia Commonwealth University’s Division of Inclusive Excellence was being dissolved to comply with a directive from President Donald Trump’s administration to end “illegal” DEI initiatives.