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Charlottesville is home to one of the few surviving pedestrian malls built to compete with shopping centers.

Dustin Watson's farm is a 40-minute drive from downtown Charlottesville, making it an attractive target for development.

It feels like there isn’t much good environmental news these days. Scientists have raised alarms about climate change, dangerous pollutants and the on-going loss of species. But here in Virginia there’s a small story of survival and hope.

Before the fall semester begins, UVA offers a range of courses that can be completed in two weeks, and this year students and members of the public can eat their way to three academic credits with a class on American culinary history.

Decades Arcade in Charlottesville relies on a team of pinball and video game enthusiasts – some of them volunteers who love the old machines and know how to keep them going.

With the passing of spring, frogs and toads begin searching for mates – the males calling loudly to females in the neighborhood. This year, they will also attract hundreds of humans who have signed up for Frog Watch USA— a citizen-science program where people listen and report on where they hear any of 19 species found in Virginia.

Every year, more than 67,000 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In most cases, the disease has spread, and patients survive— on average— for less than a year. Now, the University of Virginia is testing a new kind of drug that doubles life-expectancy and may offer a whole new way to treat several other cancers.

Artist Josef Beery prepares to ink a replica of Benjamin Franklin's 18th century printing machine.

After decades of campaigning against the use of tobacco, public health experts say the number of young people who smoke has been rising.

Ann Amairi joins her husband and daughter for a sunny family photo.