AltWeeklies Wire
Virginia Earthquake Felt in Charleston, S.C.new
A 5.9 earthquake that had its epicenter 27 miles east of Charlottesville, Va., was felt in the Charleston area this afternoon around 2 p.m. People in Mt. Pleasant, downtown Charleston, and North Charleston called local news outlets to report they had felt tremors. Charleston-area seismograph readings show a sudden burst of activity just before 2 p.m.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
08-24-2011 |
Very Recent History
What's Stopping Virginia From the Movement to Legalize Marijuana?new
After activists and academics and law enforcement members testified to change Virginia’s marijuana laws, and after a General Assembly subcommittee struck down two bills that would do that, what was left in a hearing room was this: a small baggie of a “leafy substance,” stashed behind the podium.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
03-10-2010 |
Drugs
Virginia Rep Requests $4M for Blue Ridge Tunnel Projectnew
Plans to convert the Blue Ridge Tunnel into a hiking trail through Afton Mountain may have gotten a boost when Representative Tom Perriello asked the House Appropriations Committee to earmark $4.36 million for the project in fiscal year 2010.
C-Ville Weekly |
Mark Meier |
05-06-2009 |
Housing & Development
Budget Cuts Target Virginia's Neediest Kids...To Save $8 Millionnew
One of the most troubling aspects of Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine’s budget proposal is that we do without any state-run emergency mental health beds for those under 18. Both child advocates and mental health watchdogs say this is a terrible idea that will crowd hospitals, correctional facilities and, some worry, morgues.
C-Ville Weekly |
Will Goldsmith |
02-25-2009 |
Economy
Virginian Artists and Teachers Struggle with Gov's Budget Cutsnew
As part of Gov. Tim Kaine's Oct. 9 budget cuts, state funds for the Virginia Commission for the Arts were reduced by 15 percent, and the Virginia Arts Foundation fund has been frozen.
C-Ville Weekly |
Brendan Fitzgerald |
01-07-2009 |
Economy
Taking a Look at Charlottesville's Invisible Workforcenew
Coping with language deficits and worries about anti-Latino hostility, Charlottesville immigrants stay under the radar, but if you look closely, you'll see how they prop up the city.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jayson Whitehead |
09-17-2008 |
Immigration
Blunt Truth: Ten Years in the Life of a Local Drug Dealernew
Seems like a lot of us are buying weed. So I ask you, how well do you know your dealer? How well do you know what he goes through? (How much do you really want to know?) Meet "Mr. Dealer" -- he's 26 years old and has been selling weed for over 10 years.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
07-30-2008 |
Drugs
Searching for Bigfoot in Virginianew
Thirteen years ago, William Dranginis saw Bigfoot. Fifty grand, a van, and a camera in a log later, the quest continues.
Washington City Paper |
Eric Wills |
07-18-2008 |
Animal Issues
The Untold Story of the Michael Vick Scandalnew
Vick's journey to federal prison began on March 2, 1999, when he was 18 years old, when cops stopped a Ford Econoline van with Virginia plates and a dangling pinetree air freshener and found two kilos of cocaine and a half kilo of heroin. Michael Vick had no connection with this bust, nor with the three men in the van. Yet the stop would have everything to do with the fate of the young star.
Port Folio Weekly |
Joe Jackson |
06-18-2008 |
Animal Issues
Virginia's Special Ed Crisis is Pushing Out the Ones Who Need it Mostnew
Adriana Long's case illustrates what happens when the special needs of one student meet headlong the harsh reality of a school system on a fixed budget that simply can't accommodate a growing population of students eligible for special education services.
Style Weekly |
Chris Dovi |
06-11-2008 |
Education
Cohousing Creates Community (and Density)new
Central Virginia's first cohousing development is springing up. As it does so, its proponents battle misconceptions of what it is and the argument that the development, Blue Ridge Cohousing, was just too dense.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
05-22-2008 |
Housing & Development
In Virginia, a Semantic Battle Over the Death Penaltynew
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's April 16 decision on lethal injection, the state's Democrats and Republicans fight the "reprieve" vs. "moratorium" battle via press release.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
04-23-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Virginia College Newspapers Get OK'd for Booze Adsnew
U.S. District Magistrate Judge Hannah Lauck ruled that a Virginia law banning ads for alcohol in student newspapers and another that limits words in ads violate the First Amendment.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
04-09-2008 |
Media
Cockfighting Becomes Felony in Virginianew
The time-honored practice of cockfighting is being elevated to a felony, thanks to legislation that sailed through the General Assembly, and despite the protests of the Virginia Gamefowl Breeders Association, an organization based in Blackstone that claims 2,000 members.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jayson Whitehead |
04-02-2008 |
Animal Issues
Families of Virginia Tech Shooting Victims Sue Citynew
Blacksburg, Va., faces 25 possible lawsuits related to the campus shooting.
C-Ville Weekly |
Allison Cintins |
11-14-2007 |
Disasters
