It’s been a turbulent year in Charlottesville city government, and we are now in the midst of an election season. Mayor Nikuyah Walker and Councilor Heather Hill were both elected to the City Council in November 2017, just a... More

Charlotte Rene Woods

@charlottewords

cwoods@cvilletomorrow.org

March 13 marked the one-year anniversary of a day that changed a lot of our lives. On March 13, 2020 Governor Ralph Northam announced that all public schools in Virginia would close for at least two weeks. You’ll hear... More

Samantha Willis

On Feb. 16, the University of Virginia reported 229 new cases of COVID-19 in one day. Those 229 cases were 15% of all the new cases that day in the whole state. This week on Soundboard, we talk about... More

Ali Sullivan

@AliSullivan9

Most local students have not been to school in person in almost a year. We talk to Billy Jean Louis about the mental health impact of virtual learning. Stay tuned for the second half of the show, when we... More

Billy Jean Louis

@billyjeanlouis

bjeanlouis@cvilletomorrow.org

This week, we take a look at the COVID data in our health district and get an update on the local vaccine distribution process. And in the second half of the show, we share a riveting interview with highly... More

Jessie Higgins

@jessiehiggins

jhiggins@cvilletomorrow.org

The year is barely a few weeks old, and yet we already have so much to talk about. We’re going to start with what City Councilor Michael Payne has called a “leadership crisis” in city government. After an avalanche... More

Charlotte Rene Woods

@charlottewords

cwoods@cvilletomorrow.org

University of Virginia Medical Center employees have begun to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. In our last episode of 2020, we look back on some of the big stories of year: the pandemic, the election, the racial justice protests this... More

Election Day has come and gone, but the election process still continues. And while we’re still waiting to know who has won the presidential election, a whole host of state and local races in Virginia were also on the... More

Charlotte Rene Woods

@charlottewords

cwoods@cvilletomorrow.org

The end of this very long, very unusual election season is almost here. We talk to Charlottesville Tomorrow about the future of the 5th District and what... More

Charlotte Rene Woods

@charlottewords

cwoods@cvilletomorrow.org

We are fewer than 30 days out from Election Day on Nov. 3. So we reached out to Charlotte at Charlottesville Tomorrow to get the rundown on voting during a pandemic. But first, we sit down with Anthony Guy... More

Charlotte Rene Woods

@charlottewords

cwoods@cvilletomorrow.org

This week, we talk to activists as they mark the removal of the Confederate “Johnny Reb” statue in front of the Albemarle County Courthouse. Plus, COVID-19 has been found in four dorms at the University of Virginia. If that’s... More

Jessie Higgins

@jessiehiggins

jhiggins@cvilletomorrow.org

Charlotte Rene Woods updates us on an idea to create a mobile crisis unit to respond to 911 calls when there’s a mental health concern. And we talk to  Kaymin Hester, a Charlottesville High School student, whose essay about... More

Charlotte Rene Woods

@charlottewords

cwoods@cvilletomorrow.org