Author: Sarah Curtis

Monacans Fight to Protect History and Culture

It’s been more than a decade since Louisa and Fluvanna Counties started planning a water pipeline from the James River to areas they hoped to...

Details of water authority response to alleged wrongdoing

The James River Water Authority has strongly denied allegations of improper conduct during an archeological dig near the site where Louisa County hopes to draw...

Opinion/Letter: Monacan site ought not be destroyed

The Monacan Indians have a rich and important history in Central Virginia that must be preserved. When I taught fourth grade at Stone-Robinson Elementary in...

Virginia’s Monacan tribe uses new federal status to take a stand for what could be its long-lost capital

No one doubts that layers of history lie at this spot southeast of Charlottesville where the Rivanna River flows into the James. Abandoned canal locks...

Monacans call for investigation of water authority

The Monacan Indian Nation is calling on the Fluvanna and Louisa Boards of Supervisors to begin a third-party, independent investigation into claims of mismanagement of...

Opinion/Editorial: Rassawek dispute ratchets higher

The fundamental question: Will Rassawek, considered the historic site of the Monacan headquarters, be preserved; or will it be used for a planned water intake...

Monacans: Investigate water board

Firing the latest salvo in the battle over Louisa County’s future public water supply, the Monacan Indian Nation asked the Louisa and Fluvanna county boards...

Monacans ask for independent investigation

The Monacan Indian Nation wants elected officials in Louisa and Fluvanna counties to seek an independent investigation of consultants on a contentious water project....

Parties trying to work out water issue before going before Fluvanna Co. judge

There seems to be a disconnect between the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR) and the James River Water Authority (JRWA). At issue is an...

Water authority appeals decision on Fluvanna project

A Central Virginia water authority is appealing decisions by a state department related to a controversial planned water intake and pump station project in Fluvanna...

In deep: Allegations of mismanagement complicate Louisa’s demand for water

A host of issues have emerged in recent months that look to complicate the James River Water Authority’s plans to construct a water pump station...

Palm Beach forum examines historic district approach to preservation

The courts have long recognized that government has the power to regulate properties based on aesthetic and historic features, an attorney affiliated with the University...

Experts to spotlight historic preservation during town forum

An urban historian, a research professor and a lawyer/scholar make up the panel of historic preservation experts who will be in Palm Beach on Wednesday...

Whistleblower claims archaeological survey of Point of Fork “illegal, unethical, and unscientific”

An archaeologist who participated in the survey of a proposed water pumping station on the James River at Point of Fork said in a sworn...

Whistleblower alleges wrongdoing at James River site

A whistleblower alleged that he observed “unethical” practices during recent archeological work at the location where Louisa County hopes to build a water pump station...

Allegations by ex-employee of Fluvanna water project consultant being investigated

The authority in charge of a water project in Fluvanna County is now investigating a consultant’s archaeological work on the contentious project, after a former...

Whistleblower: Archeologist Minimized ‘Cultural Richness’ of Site Planned for Water Project

For centuries, a site in central Virginia was capital of the Monacan Indian Nation. Today it’s owned by Fluvanna and Louisa Counties and officials plan...

Opinion/Letter: Rassawek: More reason for outrage

I am not sure which is more disturbing: the vigorous defense by the James River Water Authority of its consultant or its apparent failure to...