Hillcrest Vineyard and Winery, under construction in western Albemarle county. Photo: Malcolm Andrews. A new “farm winery” is under construction in western Albemarle, one of more than two dozen of the ...

Superfund site ready for limited use after $53 million cleanup. It has been decades since four workers engulfed in flames fled the Greenwood Chemical Plant after highly volatile vapors exploded and ...

The Nelson County Sheepdogs June in their official formation on June 20 at Zenith Firearms, with a Viet Nam-era UH-1 Huey helicopter in the background. Submitted photo. Militia groups in Virginia will ...

Midge Flinn Yost, who brightened the lives of so many, died on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 due to an untreatable brain tumor. She leaves behind a large family, and social circles consisting of close ...

The HART team and their co-workers accept an award from the Virginia Association of Counties. From left, Fire Rescue Chief Dan Eggleston, Chief Human Services Officer Kaki Dimock, Sue Hess with ...

The town operates on a $10 million budget funded largely by a heavy layer of taxes on individuals and businesses—real estate, personal property, sales and use, meals, transient occupancy, cigarettes, ...

“Why Crozet” is a long-running feature focusing on the many reasons why people move to Crozet, and why they stay here. We’ve found that it’s the people here who make the biggest difference in the ...

Crozet Fireworks at Claudius Crozet Park. Photo: Malcolm Andrews. The first mention of the Crozet Fourth of July Firemans’ Carnival in local newspapers dates to 1926. It started as a fundraiser for ...

Laura Neu receives thanks from WAHS Director Joel Hartshorn for her service as Western’s Band Booster President. Photos by Ron Wade. Crozet residents enjoyed three concerts at the Western Albemarle ...

Henley Middle School principal Beth Costa. Photo: Malcolm Andrews. A new curriculum addressing issues of racial and gender equity was piloted for all grades at Henley Middle School this spring, and ...

Ramsey cabin at the Carter farm, Humpback Rocks. Photo by Lynn Coffey. On a crisp autumn morning, a plume of smoke rolls from the rock chimney of a one-room log cabin and a rooster crows his lusty ...

Sandstone interlayered with greenstone formed the boudins, named after the French word for sausage. Photo: Malcolm Andrews. We know a lot about the social and economic history of the Blue Ridge Tunnel ...