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Hackers Temporarily Take Over UVA Website
Anonymous hackers targeted the University of Virginia's main webpage Monday morning. The hackers, under the name "Ro...
Area Teenagers Win State Robotics Championship
Some local middle and high school students have qualified to compete at next month's World Robotics Championship in St. L...
UVA Defeats GA Tech 82-54
The Cavalier Men's Basketball team earned their 15th straight home win by beating Georgia Tech 82-54 Sunday afternoon at ...
AAA: Cell Phone Use Connected To Other Risky Driving Behavior
Using a cell phone while driving is a sign that other risky behavior behind the wheel is likely to occur. That's accordin...
Cavalier Daily Expanding Digital Focus
UVA's student newspaper, the Cavalier Daily, is shifting itsfocus from a traditional daily newspaper to a digital-first n...
A New Offensive Coordinator for Va Tech?
CBSsportsline.com's Bruce Feldman is reporting that a source has told him that Virginia Tech has hired former Auburn offe...
ACC Announces Virginia's 2013 ACC Football Opponents
Charlottesville, Va. - The Atlantic Coast Conference today announced the opponents each league's football team will face ...
IIHS Facility Expanding In Greene County
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is expanding its facility in Greene County. Additions will include abigger outdoor...
VT Football Players Honor Shooting Victims
As Virginia Tech's football team gears up for its bowl game against Rutgers on Friday, players are honoring the victims o...
Arlington Considers Having All-Electric Taxi Fleet
The Arlington Board of Supervisors is considering a proposal to create the nation's first all-electric taxi fleet. Electr...
SCC Approves Solar Energy Pilot Project
Solar energy is getting a boost. The State Corporation Commission has approved a pilot project from Dominion Virginia Power. ...
UVA And Continuum Notify Patients About Missing Device
The University of Virginia Medical Center is notifying patients of Continuum Home Infusion that an unencrypted handheld elect...
High Rankings For Charlottesville Facebook Page
"Charlottesville, Virginia" has a very popular Facebook page. The page is the world's most talked about City Tr...
Warning Issued About Advance Fee Loan Business
The regional Better Business Bureau is warning consumers about an internet firm that does advance fee loans. Bureau spokesman...
BBB: Watch Out For Email Scam
A warning about another email scam. This one uses the name of the Better Business Bureau, but the agency has nothing to do wi...
VDOT Has New Option For HOV Drivers
A new option will allow HOV-3 drivers to avoid paying tolls on the new Interstate-495 express lanes in Northern Virginia. C...
UVA Enters Online Course Agreement
The University of Virginia has announced a partnership with an online provider to offer some free courses. The agreement is w...
Update: Some APCO Customers Remain Without Power
Some local customers of Appalachian Power are now spending their tenth day without electricity. Several hundred APCO custome...
UVA Ranks High For Internet Security
Internet fraud prevention company iovation says UVA made its top 10 list of the most trusted universities for online activity...
Virginia Baseball Falls to Georgia Tech, 17-5
The Virginia baseball team falls to Georgia Tech, 17-5, in only seven innings. The Cavaliers were led by Colin Harrington wit...
Albemarle Schools Plan Upgrade For Websites
The Albemarle public schools will roll out an expanded and streamlined website August 1st. School officials say the individua...
VDOT Promotes Updated Version Of 511
What is being described as a new and improved 511 traffic information system is being introduced in Virginia. Governor Bob Mc...
Chamber Names Winner Of 2012 Small Businessperson Award
The Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce has named the founder of a local tech company as its Small Businessperson of...
Electoral Board Member Welcomes New Computer Software
A member of the Albemarle Electoral Board says there is new computer software that can catch people who try to register to vo...
Virginia Tech Fine Decision Up To Duncan
It's now up to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to decide whether Virginia Tech must pay a 55-thousand dollar fine...
City School Board Wants To Boost Internet Access
The Charlottesville School Board hopes to improve access to the internet for some city students. The board has learned that m...
Electronic Recycling Drop-off Day
If you have electronic things around your home you don't know what to do with, you have a chance to get rid of them Satur...
City Planners Endorse Research And Testing Firm
The Charlottesville Planning Commission has endorsed plans for a new research and testing laboratory. The applicants hope to ...
Video Gaming Technologies Will Leave Greene
A casino gaming company expects to move its operations out of Greene County by the end of this year. Video Gaming Technologie...
Speed Limit Changes On Outer Banks Trip
Travelers to the Outer Banks should be aware of a change in the speed limit on a major road. The speed limit has been lowered...
UVA Board Of Visitors Goes Paperless
The UVA Board of Visitors has taken a green approach to meetings by going paperless. Computers and iPads have replaced the pr...
Ban On GPS Tracking Shot Down In G.A.
You can still use a GPS device to track somebody. An effort to get rid of the practice has gone down in a State Senate commit...
Groups Push For Tougher Medical Device Testing
Medical devices surgically implanted in the bodies of some patients are subject to almost no government regulation, testing o...
Whitehead Weighs In On GPS Ruling
The Albemarle-based Rutherford Institute and the Virginia ACLU are reacting to a U.S. Supreme Court decision on GPS devices. ...
#15 Virginia Downs Georgia Tech 70-38
ATLANTA (AP) - Mike Scott scored 18 points and No. 15 Virginia bounced back from a tough loss at Duke, blowing out Georgia ...
Michael Mann Headlines UVA's Environment Day
The Penn State professor whose research triggered a battle with Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli was the featured speaker for ...
Social Network Honors Darden School Dean
The top man at the University of Virginia's Darden School is the Poets & Quants Dean of the Year.Robert Bruner (pictured) has...
Albemarle Has New Economic Development Web Site
Albemarle County has unveiled a new web site devoted to economic development.It also has a new slogan that refers to growing ...
Supervisors Will Get Wireless Phones Consultant
The Albemarle Supervisors have authorized spending up to $12,000 for a consultant on wireless telecommunications.The boar...
Fluvanna Plans GIS Update For 2012
Fluvanna County will release its new online Geographic Information System early next year.Fluvanna officials say the new webs...
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Short Pump Town Center Drops Tracking Technology
A major Virginia shopping mall has abandoned the use of technology that follows consumer movements by tracking cell phones.Ke...
UVA v. VT Sold Out
This Saturday's big ACC matchup is sold out. The UVA athletic department has announced that there are no more tickets for the...
UVA Researchers Highlight New Way To Predict Quakes
A possible new way to predict earthquakes.UVA researchers say ozone gas emitted from fracturing rocks could serve as an indic...
Fluvanna County Scheduled To Launch New GIS Website
Fluvanna County will release its new online Geographic Information System early next year. Fluvanna officials say the new web...
VCU Server Hacked
Virginia Commonwealth University says a school server that included personal data of more than 176,000 current and former fac...
Ruling Likely To Bar Booze ads in Tech, UVa papers
A Virginia Supreme Court ruling likely will prohibit liquor ads in the student newspapers University of Virginia and at Virgi...
VDOT Says Bike Riders Become Factors In Future Plans
The state is making bike riders a priority looking forward with transportation plans.VDOT says the State Bicycle Policy Plan ...
UVA Researcher Pursues Large Prize
A University of Virginia researcher is part of a high stakes competition.John Herr is a UVA cell biologist who's trying to cr...
ACC Announces Game Times & Television for October 22
GREENSBORO, NC – The Atlantic Coast Conference Monday announced that ESPN has declared a six-day option for the games o...
Utility Launches Pilot Program For Electric Car Owners
Owners of electric cars can try to get enrolled in a pilot program sponsored by Dominion Virginia Power. The utilitywill choo...
VDOT Updates "511 Virginia"
VDOT has been awarded a five-year contract to enhance the traffic and travel information system. The "511 Virginia"...
PETA Is Getting Into The Porn Business
The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says a pornographic website will promote its animal rights and vegan di...
Parents Of Teens Question Computer Initiative
Some parents of Charlottesville teens have "sticker shock" thanks to the city's computer initiative.The full cost o...
CA, Microsoft Partner For Technology Education
State schools are teaming up with Microsoft for technology education. Virginia is partnering with Microsoft to bring its info...
City Schools Approve Computer Deal
The Charlottesville School Board has unanimously approved a $2.4 million contract to buy tablet computers.California-base...
A.T. & T. Offers Advice For Wireless Phone Owners
Hurricane Irene is the kind of event that might make Virginians more reliant on wireless phones.Gavin McCarty of A.T.& T. wan...
UVA Turns Over Global Warming Research Documents
UVA is turning over more documents in the global warming research investigation. About 4,000 pages were sent to an organizati...
UVA Releases Phone App For Android Users
UVA has released a phone application for Android users. The Good Old App for the Droid is now available for free download. Th...
Washington And Lee Plans To Add Solar Devices
One of Virginia's private colleges plans to go solar during the new academic year, Washington and Lee University is launching...
School Technology Chief Reveals Costs For BLAST
The Technology Director for the Charlottesville school system has revealed some of the costs for a new program. The onetime s...
Dominion To Start Electric Vehicle Pricing Program
Dominion Virginia Power is moving forward with a pricing program for residential customers who own or lease plug-in electric ...
Wine Bloggers Arrive In Virginia
Governor McDonnell has welcomed 330 national wine bloggers who will attend the North American Wine Bloggers Conference this w...
State Shifting To Alternative Fuel Vehicles
Governor McDonnell has signed an executive order to convert thousands of state vehicles to alternative fuel.McDonnell's execu...
NASA Plans To Launch Rockets From Wallops Island
NASA plans to launch four experimental rockets from its Wallops Flight Facility near Chincoteague.The agency plans to launch ...
Some Albemarle Consumers Still Don't Have Electricity
There are roughly 500 local customers of Dominion Virginia Power whostill have no electricity. Some of them won't get reconne...
Iachetta Reappointed To Registrar Position
Sheri Iachetta has been reappointed by the Charlottesville Electoral Board to continue as Registrar for the City of Charlotte...
State Won't Pay For Hybrid Vehicles For Counties
The Commonwealth Transportation Board is tellingNorthernVirginia counties they won't getstate money tobuy hybrid vehicles for...
Virginia Will Get New Process For DMV Renewals
Virginians with a driver's license or ID card will be able to renew their credentials online,over the phone or through the ma...
DMV Service Centers To Post Amber Alerts
Virginia's Department of Motor Vehicles service centers will display urgent notifications of missing or abducted children. Th...
Customers Of Century Link Get Service Restored
Internet and long distance service have been restored for Century Link customers.Charlottesville area customers were without ...
May 20th Can Be Dangerous For Teen Drivers
The most dangerous day in the year for teen drivers is was Friday. That's according to Allstate Insurance Company, which look...
Warner Delivers Messages For Navy SEALS
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner has delivered more than 1,200 thank you messages to the Navy so they can be shared with the SEAL team r...
Verizon Will No Longer Automatically Deliver White Pages
The Verizon phone company will no longer automatically deliver white pages. The State Corporation Commission has granted Veri...
State Police Introduce New Technology
State Police say a new gadget is helping them keep up with the fictional investigative tools on television. The agency has a ...
AT&T Annouces 3G Expansion In Albemarle County
AT&T has announced they are expanding their 3G network in Albemarle County. The company says four new mobile cell sites in Cr...
School Board Wants Fewer Problems With Student Records
The Albemarle School Board wants better results from its student information system.High school guidance counselors, teachers...
Liberty Blocks Lynchburg Newspaper Website From Network
Liberty blocked the Lynchburg newspaper website on the campus network. The University's network blocked access to The News an...
New Website For Product Safety Concerns
You can find out the latest on the safety of products at a new website. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has a site cal...
Appalachian Power Company Wants To Increase Rates
APCO is asking for a rate hike because of the rising cost of producing and delivering electricity. The typical monthly bill f...
Electronics Jobs Coming To Waynesboro
An electronics firm is coming to Waynesboro, creating dozens of jobs. Governor McDonnell has announced that a company called ...
100 Jobs Coming To Albemarle County
A Northern Virginia company is expanding to Albemarle County, creating more than 100 jobs. Governor McDonnell has announced t...
JMU Makes Effort To Reduce Vehicles On Campus
James Madison University is making changes to reduce the number of vehicles on its campus. They include installing four gates...
Both Multi-State Jackpots Grow Larger
The two multi-state lottery games have expanding jackpots. The grand prize in Tuesday's Mega Millions game will be worth $172...
UVA Study Finds Diabetics At Greater Risk For Accidents
Some drivers with Type 1 diabetes are at a much higher risk for vehicle accidents. That comes from a study at UVA. Virginia D...
Electricity Out For Some Near Four Seasons
There's a power outage in the Four Seasons area. Dominion Virginia Power says 96 customers in the vicinity of Four Seasons ar...
VA Lab Breaks Record With High Powered Laser
The big physics lab in eastern Virginia is on a new cutting edge. Jefferson Lab researchers have broken a record for a free-e...
Smithsonian Taking Votes For Gaming Exhibit
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is asking the public to help select video games that will be included in its first exhibi...
VCU Assistant Professor's Machine Makes Rainbows
An artist and assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University has created a machine that uses a large-scale sprinkler...
Artist Produces On-Demand Rainbows
An artist and assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University has created a machine that uses a large-scale sprinkler...
Smithsonian Wants Help Choosing Games For Exhibit
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is asking the public to help select video games that will be included in its first exhibi...
VA House Panel Rejects Drive, Talk, Text Ban
Virginia drivers will be allowed to talk and text for another year. A House subcommittee on Thursday killed Sen. Thomas Norme...
UVA Gets New Electron Microscope
The University of Virginia has received a $1.5 million state-of-the-art scanning-transmission electron microscope. The micros...
State Senate Approves Changes In Texting And Cell Phone Laws
Drivers could be pulled over and ticketed for texting, and young drivers could be fined for using cell phones under bills tha...
FiberLight Creating Faster Internet Connections
Area residents are anticipating faster internet connections later this year. A firm known as FiberLight is crafting a new con...
New Website Helps Businesses Expand In Virginia
Businesses looking to locate or expand in Virginia now have an enhanced website. Governor McDonnell says it fulfills a campai...