Verbatim release from Virginia State Police : ”The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Appomattox Field Office is investigating a shooting that occurred Thursday (Jan. 16, 2020) in Nelson County. Shortly after 8:30 p.m., the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call about a shooting inside a residence in the 500 block of […]
Nellysford Nelson County, Virginia If you live in Nelson County, you know Strawberry and The Blue Ridge Pig. Even if you don’t live in Nelson you’ve probably heard of the notoriously famous BBQ restaurant in Nellysford. We’ve been covering them for our entire 15 years publishing, but their history stretches way beyond that. Above our […]
For the absolute latest updates click on the screen image above from NWS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY has been expanded to include more counties across the Central Virginia Blue Ridge Area on Saturday. Tommy URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 133 PM EST Fri Jan 17 2020 Augusta-Rockingham-Page-Nelson-Albemarle-Greene-Madison- Rappahannock-Orange-Culpeper-Northern Virginia […]
Central Virginia Blue Ridge A brief but intense snowfall dumped anywhere from 2-4 inches of snow across the area on Tuesday. Early in the morning not much was happening. By mid morning that changed dramatically as snow was falling, heavy at times, across the area. Many school remained on a delay Wednesday or were closed […]
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 215 AM EST Tue Jan 7 2020 Augusta-Rockingham-Nelson-Albemarle-Greene-Orange- Western Highland-Eastern Highland-Northern Virginia Blue Ridge- Central Virginia Blue Ridge-Western Pendleton-Eastern Pendleton- 215 AM EST Tue Jan 7 2020 …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM […]
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA EXPANDED FOR TUESDAY. Click here for that update. URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 335 AM EST Mon Jan 6 2020 …Accumulating Snow Likely on Tuesday… .A vigorous upper-level disturbance will move across the region Tuesday, moving east of the forecast area by Tuesday evening. This disturbance […]
Snowmaking Cranks Back Up At Wintergreen Resort from Tommy Stafford on Vimeo. Wintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia After many days of rainy and mild weather, temps finally cooperated and allowed the crews at Wintergreen Resort to turn the snowmaking machines back on! This video was shot on Sunday – January 5, 2020. We might even […]
Click play above to listen now. Schuyler, Virginia & Memphis, Tennessee In what’s become our annual tradition here at BRL, enjoy this special radio interview from the December 2011 Christmas season as Nelson native Earl Hamner, Jr. talks with BRL Publisher Tommy Stafford and Memphis KWAM 990 Radio host, Earle Farrell. Press the orange play […]
Montebello Nelson County, Virginia Back in the fall of 2005 just months after launching our charter magazine, Nelson County Life, we did a story on one of the most notable landmarks in Central Virginia not far off of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Montebello Country Store has been around for more than a century! Sadly, we […]
Verbatim Press Release from VSP: At 3:55 p.m. Friday (Dec. 20), Virginia State Police Trooper J.P. Campbell responded to a crash involving a horse-drawn buggy in Buckingham County. The crash occurred on Route 60 near High School Road. The buggy was traveling east on Route 60 when it was struck from the rear by an […]
