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Artist creates a mural of legendary tennis player and Richmond-native Arthur Ashe.

A tree service in Charlottesville is celebrating Arbor Day by planting new trees and pruning old ones that were planted last year.

The sky may not be falling, but the tree canopy in Charlottesville is, a situation that could worsen so-called “heat islands” and harm the health of residents.

Charlottesville tree company donates services to church Charlottesville tree company donates services to church By Rachel Hirschheimer | April 30, 2021 at 3:36 PM EDT - Updated May 3 at 9:02 AM CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Arbor Day is known for planting trees, but a company in Charlottesville is using this Friday, April 30, to care for them at Trinity Episcopal Church. “There’s branches falling and branches will continue to fall in thunderstorms if we don’t do something about it right now,” Van Yahres Tree Company Co-Owner Jake Van Yahres said. Van Yahres says massive trees nee...

Michael Krawitz and Jason Amatucci To the objective observer Virginia seems to be moving very quickly with Cannabis policy reform. We would like to present four Virginian’s stories without which we would not be where we are now. Roy Scherer has dedicated decades of his life to Cannabis policy reform after serving in the United States Air Force. Starting in the early 1970’s with Virginians for the Study of Marijuana Laws he succeeded in bringing us out of the dark ages of marijuana policy. Roy’s work led to a 1978 Senate commission calling for decriminalization howev...