Oct. 9, 202508
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
For nearly 20 years, the low thrum of Tenaska’s gas-fired power plant has been the unwanted soundtrack of life for many who live on and around Branch Road, a persistent reminder, they say, of promises broken and noise complaints brushed aside.
On Monday night, as Tenaska pitched a second gas-fired...
Oct. 9, 202508
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Mozell Lee Booker, a lifelong educator and 16-year member of the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors whose leadership helped shape the county’s schools, infrastructure, and civic life, died Sept. 30 at her home in Fork Union. She was 83.
Booker’s political career was defined by a determination...
Oct. 9, 202509
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
Once again, Fluvanna County is celebrating its artists with the annual Studio Tour, featuring various media and artists from throughout Fluvanna County.
A total of 27 artists are participating in this year's event. The artists include Marcie Stahl, Mike McGurk, Windy Payne, Linda Staiger, Ruthann...
Oct. 9, 2025048
Suspects in two separate shootings in recent months have been located, said Major David Wells of the Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office).
Rolling Road
Brando C. Carter is being held at the Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail on charges stemming from an Aug. 28 shooting on Rolling Road South near Dixie.
The victim, who has...
Oct. 9, 2025014
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
The plan by Nebraska-based energy giant Tenaska to build a second massive natural-gas fired electrical plant on Branch Road in the Cunningham district dominated public comments at the start of the Board of Supervisors meeting on Wednesday night (Oct. 1).
Multiple speakers urged the board to make...
Oct. 1, 20250205
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
If elected Commissioner of the Revenue, Donald Reynard says one of the first things he would remove is not a regulation, but a sheet of glass.
The protective partition that greets residents at the commissioner’s office, he argues, sends the wrong signal.
“It feels like going into the...
Oct. 1, 2025097
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Persistent rain did not keep local Democrats from gathering at Pleasant Grove on Saturday (Sept. 27) for their annual Justice Jamboree.
This year’s menu? Barbecue, pie, and a sense of urgency over the upcoming November elections.
“You don’t want to wake up on Nov. 5 and wonder, could I have...