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The lights stayed on and most people stayed home as snow fell throughout Central Virginia and temperatures plummeted from the 30s to the teens Monday.A winter storm dumped 4 to 8 inches of snow throughout the area Monday morning and tapered off in the afternoon, leaving roads snow-packed and icy.Area schools, including the University of Virginia, closed doors to students; local government offices shut down; and flights in and out of Charlottesville Albemarle Airport either were canceled or delayed by as much as an hour.Virginia Dominion Power reported no outages, and local police said that, while they responded to more than a dozen accidents and disabled vehicles, there were no serious injuries.“From midnight to noon there were 19 accidents and two minor injuries and that’s pretty good,” said Kirby Felts, director of emergency management for Charlottesville, Albemarle and UVa. “With the dropping temperatures and possible single digits overnight, having the power on will help folks through the cold.”
            Felts said only one power outage was reported during the storm and that was quickly repaired.State police responded to more than 800 crashes across Virginia from midnight to 3 p.m. Monday, spokeswoman Corinne Geller said in a news release. A 30-year-old man was killed in an 11 a.m. crash in Amelia County, where his pickup slid off a road, careened into an embankment, rolled and hit a tree, Geller said.The weather service’s winter storm warning stayed in effect until 9 p.m., with warnings of possible blowing snow and temperatures as low as 5 possible into the early morning hours.Felts said that the temperature dip could cause problems for drivers during the morning commute.“The main roads are pretty decent but secondary roads are going to be in tougher shape. Anything that melted has the chance of refreezing with these temperatures, so there could be some very slick spots,” Felts said.Virginia Department of Transportation officials said crews will work all night, but refreezing on some roads is likely.“VDOT is currently plowing and treating Central Virginia’s interstates and primary roads with salt and sand,” said agency spokesman Lou Hatter. “Crews will remain on duty tonight, working to make all roads passable and addressing areas that refreeze as temperatures drop.”Highs were expected to remain in the 30s today with lows falling into the teens over the next two days, according to the National Weather Service. Overnight lows weren’t expected to make it above freezing until the weekend, making icy roads a possibility through the workweek.The storm, which began as a hard rain Sunday night and turned into sleet and snow early Monday, put local and state officials into action.City, county and UVa officials opened an emergency operations center to coordinate emergency efforts and information, Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency that authorized state agencies to help local jurisdictions and the Virginia National Guard mobilized some troopsCity trash and recycling pickup was cancelled, with regular pickups delayed a day for the rest of the week.The snow postponed the regular meeting of the City Council and the council’s budget hearing on City Manager Maurice Jones’ proposed 2014-15 city budget.Albemarle County supervisors also postponed their Monday meeting until today as well as a decision to advertise a county tax hike.“The tax rate advertisement decision was supposed to be made at the work session originally scheduled,” Catlin said. “It is possible that the tax rate advertisement decision will be made [today], but there would be an opportunity after the regular board meeting on Wednesday, if additional discussion is required.”Charlottesville Area Transit buses continued to run most of the day with some route detours.
    
    
    
            
    
        
        
                    
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The lights stayed on and most people stayed home as snow fell throughout Central Virginia and temperatures plummeted from the 30s to the teens Monday.A winter storm dumped 4 to 8 inches of snow throughout the area Monday morning and tapered off in the afternoon, leaving roads snow-packed and icy.Area schools, including the University of Virginia, closed doors to students; local government offices shut down; and flights in and out of Charlottesville Albemarle Airport either were canceled or delayed by as much as an hour.Virginia Dominion Power reported no outages, and local police said that,...

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