Dunning and a classmate, Elizabeth Murphy, a 22-year-old from Warrenton, both spent six weeks last summer at the Primeros Pasos clinic in the impoverished Palajunoj valley of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Upon returning to UVa in the fall, the two friends decided to establish a student club devoted to raising money for the nonprofit clinic

On a picturesque Saturday morning, a sea of soon-to-be University of Virginia graduates, along with family members and friends, gathered on the Lawn in front of Old Cabell Hall for Valedictory Exercises

Jason Hamshar knew something was wrong. He thought he smelled smoke, so he checked throughout their duplex on North Berkshire Road in the city.

After turning to the first page of the day’s handout, the class of 139 students gazed down at Barry Hinton. The University of Virginia professor was about to change the way they expressed direction.

It was a historically tough year for students applying to the nation’s elite universities.

Members of the University of Virginia employees’ union officially signed up faculty for the first time outside Bodo’s on the Corner on Friday.

A man charged this week with killing a storeowner in 1988 is now married to the dead man’s widow and has helped raise his children, authorities disclosed Friday.

The Louisa County man whose toddlers tested positive for cocaine last month informed a judge presiding over his case that he had hired an attorney.

Tens of thousands of people will descend on Charlottesville this weekend for the University of Virginia’s 179th graduation exercises.

Alvin Lee Morris, a 67-year-old Gordonsville man charged in connection with a 20-year-old slaying, is married to the victim’s widow and helped raise at least two of the victim’s children, according to Albemarle County court officials.

Alvin Lee Morris was denied bond Friday morning in Albemarle General District Court. He was charged this week with first-degree murder, robbery and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

It’s Friday!

One of the key causes of global climate change remains something of an unsung eco-villain, one University of Virginia researcher believes.

Monticello has selected a new leader for the first time in more than 20 years, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation announced Thursday.

Roger L. Shifflett, a 38-year-old father of five, was shot to death June 20, 1988. Almost two decades later, Albemarle County police have charged a man in his killing.

The Charlottesville School Board set aside Thursday up to $50,000 to review how the school system uses its resources during the 2008-09 school year.

The public is invited to attend the “Noah’s Night Luau” on Sunday at Calvary Chapel on Fifth Street near the Interstate 64 interchange.

An Afton teenager charged in connection with March’s Interstate 64 shootings will face a grand jury June 2.

A project to install a light-emitting diode pedestrian crosswalk at the intersection of University Avenue and Culbreth Road has been delayed.

Charlottesville’s First Amendment monument garnered another prestigious architectural award last week.

Jennifer Richter has been named assistant superintendent of instruction for Greene County Schools.

Roger L. Shifflett, a 38-year-old father of five, was killed June 20, 1988. Almost two decades later, Albemarle County police believe they have found the killer.

A 19-year-old Afton man charged in connection with the Interstate 64 shootings in March will have his case heard by a grand jury next month.

Thursday, come she will

Tens of thousands of people will descend on Charlottesville this weekend for the University of Virginia’s 179th graduation exercises

Construction will begin this summer on a new, $15.6 million complex for the Charlottesville Transit Service just south of the city.

Albemarle County supervisors unanimously decided Wednesday to take a step they say would “re-validate” a program that allows rural area landowners to defer a hefty portion of their real-estate tax bill in exchange for keeping their land undeveloped.

In stark contrast to a hearing a year ago, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors heard plenty of praise Wednesday for a Soccer Organization of Charlottesville-Albemarle project that would allow it to expand soccer facilities and be a boon for area sport enthusiasts.

A Ruckersville man who was shot by a Greene County sheriff’s deputy Tuesday afternoon has been charged with three felonies.

Albemarle County and Charlottesville are offering financial assistance to help residents keep cool this summer.