News, events, & weather for the New River Valley of southwest Virginia.
Time Changes This Weekend
Nov 5, 2023 – Daylight Saving Time Ends. When local daylight time is about to reach 2:00 am on Sunday morning, clocks are turned backward […]
Governor Announces SWVA Land Use Agreement
Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced a landmark land development agreement establishing a public-private framework to transform up to 65,000 acres of previously-mined coal properties in […]
ABWA November Luncheon
Join us for our monthly luncheon where we will be hearing from Andi Golusky, the Executive Director of NRV Cares. Andi was our ABWA Community […]
APCo requests decreases & increases
Appalachian Power’s interim fuel factor rate went into effect November 1. This will mean a modest decrease in your power bills starting next month. Under […]
Student Overdoses Lead to Executive Order
In response to nine student overdoses at a Loudoun County high school just last month, Governor Glenn Youngkin today issued Executive Order Twenty-Eight. While the Loudoun County […]
Girls Basketball Announcements
Registration for girls basketball has been extended through November 17. To register, visit www.blacksburg.gov/recprograms or call 540.443.1100. Girls basketball placement practice dates have been changed due to a […]
Sinkland Farms Wine Festival
Join Sinkland Farms for our first annual Wine Festival on a beautiful fall weekend. This November weekend will be the closing weekend of the 2023 […]
Freeze Warning until 10 am
FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT WEDNESDAY… * WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures, as low as the low 20s in the mountains […]
Monday Wildfire Update
The Virginia Department of Forestry estimates 491 acres have been burned in a wildfire in Pulaski County. The wildfire is 25% contained, according to Pulaski […]
Specialty Crop Block Grants Awarded
Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced more than $550,000 in federal Specialty Crop Block Grant Program funding has been awarded to seven agricultural-related projects to help […]
11/4-12: Claytor Lake Drawdown
Drawdowns occur when the Appalachian Power Company, at the request of The Friends of Claytor Lake (FOCL) and in consultation with local government, and state […]
Claytor Lake Mussel Salvage
Volunteers are needed to get mucky in search of mussels that may have been left high and dry on the shoreline as a result of the Claytor Lake drawdown. […]