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A hiker’s death on the Blue Ridge Parkway is renewing concerns about trail safety and staffing as visitation climbs and the ...
NC/VA— During the week of April 19 to 27, the Blue Ridge Parkway will host over a dozen ranger-led programs to celebrate ...
Reopened sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Roanoke are lined by stumps and piles of tree limbs, evidence of crews’ work clearing the aftermath of two seasons of adverse weather from the ...
After Charlottesville's most popular fireworks display was canceled two years in a row, a group of likeminded individuals ...
The Charlottesville area is already known for its natural beauty, but should it become a "biophilic region" it would more ...
Jie Huang, 40, died around 3 p.m. Friday, April, 18, after falling “into waters adjacent to the Boone Fork Trail,” the park ...
Officials have confirmed that a hiker from North Carolina has died following an incident on the Blue Ridge Parkway on April ...
BERRYVILLE — Clarke County officials have taken another step to try and get drivers to slow down along Va. 7 (Harry Byrd ...
A National Park Service employee and his wife were killed when their vehicle crashed and burst into flames on the Virginia leg of the Blue Ridge Parkway, according to investigators. It happened ...
"The Rivanna River flows through Charlottesville, offering a scenic, 2-mile kayak route from Darden Towe Park to Riverview Park." The city is located in the center of Virginia by the foothills of the ...
The Blue Ridge Parkway While all 217 of the miles in Virginia are now open for normal traffic, recent ice storms have resulted in several winter storm closures, and cleanup and repair efforts are ...
NELSON COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Two people were killed in a crash on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Nelson County, according to the National Park Service. Parkway dispatchers were notified shortly before 1 ...