Jan. 16, 2025013
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
A meal tax may be on the agenda for the Board of Supervisors in 2025.
Fluvanna voters rejected a meals tax in a 2018 referendum, triggering a six-year cooling period before it could be revisited. In 2019, the state law changed to allow boards to implement the tax without a referendum.
Whether or...
Jan. 16, 2025019
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
The cause of the loud boom that rattled windows and jangled some nerves across a wide swath of Fluvanna and Albemarle counties at around 5 p.m. on Sunday (Jan. 12) is still unconfirmed, but the most likely explanation seems to be the detonation of a Tannerite target near the county line.
Tannerite is...
Jan. 16, 202507
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
Fluvanna Economic Development unveiled some new businesses and exciting new happenings at other businesses recently.
Cunningham Creek Winery had added a new venture to its offerings, becoming Cunningham Creek Winery & Brewery. This expansion brings craft beer to its Fluvanna County location,...
Jan. 16, 202504
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Republican Luther Cifers was successful in his bid to win the 10th District state senate seat recently vacated by Rep. John McGuire.
McGuire, a Republican, is heading to Washington, D.C., after defeating his Democratic opponent, Gloria Witt, in the race for Virginia’s 5th Congressional...
Jan. 16, 2025018
No injuries reported
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
A coal train derailed in southeastern Fluvanna County at around 5 a.m. on Tuesday (Jan. 7).
The Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office and Fluvanna Volunteer Fire Department units from Palmyra and Fork Union were called to the scene at 4:53 a.m. No injuries were reported, “and...
Jan. 9, 2025056
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
It was not a close game. LCA won the opening quarter 17-5 and the Flucos could never get close, even though they played their opponents evenly over the second half, only being outscored 30-28. Liberty led at the half-time 36-19, and that margin proved to be insurmountable.
In the first quarter, the...