A circuit judge has ruled that the Fluvanna Supervisors didn’t violate the state constitution when they adopted a comprehensive plan. Some county residents had filed suit as an attempt to reverse the Supervisors’ permission for the Tenaska Corporation to build a natural gas-burning plant in Fluvanna. Judge John Cullen said that the plaintiffs simply didn’t meet the burden of proof. WINA has the story.
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C. David Allis, the Byrd professor of biochemistry at UVa, has co-discovered a second genetic code, the “epigenetic code” that controls genes’ activity. The code is contained in histones, and attaches methyl groups to those histones in order to activate or deactivate the genes. This is a Very Big Deal for genetic engineering. The story is in the new Science magazine, but you can read about it on the front page of today’s Progress.
It’s hot. This in itself is not news, mostly because we’re all well aware of this fact. No, there’s a better excuse to use this handy weather icon. Virginia Power says that they’ll hit a new daily record for summer power consumption sometime this week. But they promise that they’ve got enough juice to keep us all chilled, and that’s the important bit.
Two businessmen have been indicted by a Charlottesville jury for conspiring to get workers to remove asbestos from Staunton buildings and illegally dispose of it. Turns out that these Einsteins — Dr. David Stephen Klein and Josef Gene Weiss — recruited homeless men from Staunton to remove asbestos by slicing it out of the walls with razor blades, lacking any safety equipment. They were directed to then dump the dangerous substance in various dumpsters, including one at Buffalo Gap High School. The two men are facing millions of dollars in fines. Adrienne Schwisow has the story in today’s Progress.
UVa has agreed to pay the five fired hospital employees $22,000, or roughly three months of severance pay per person. The former employees can reapply for their jobs, and UVa says that they’ll be considered the same as any other applications. One of the plaintiffs likened the the settlement to pacifying a child, that UVa provided just enough to quiet the ex-employees. Reed Williams has the story in today’s Progress.
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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