Route US 250 Afton Mountain Near The Augusta, Nelson, Albemarle County Lines Virginia From VDOT & VSP: Slope repairs complete, State Police will continue to enforce truck ban on Rt. 6 CULPEPER DISTRICT U.S. 250 (Rockfish Gap Turnpike) reopened to traffic this afternoon, almost eight weeks after it was closed due to a rock slide […]
Reeds Gap Near Wintergreen Augusta/Nelson County Line Once again another 18 wheeler has gotten stuck near the Reeds Gap intersection at the Blue Ridge Parkway. We go work just before noon Friday. We’re told there’s a small area where a car can get by, no official word on traffic or delays so far. It’s hung […]
Near Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport Updated info from VSP as of 1:12 PM EDT 4.14.21 Virginia State Police Trooper J.M. Cappo is investigating a plane crash that occurred at 7:08 p.m. on April 12 in Augusta County. A Piper PA-28-140 was conducting touch-and-go landings at the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport in Weyers Cave. As the […]
Verbatim press release from Virginia State Police At 1:19 p.m. on Sunday (March 14), Virginia State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash in the 2500 block of Hermitage Rd. A 2010 Honda Civic was traveling east on Hermitage Rd. when it ran off the right side of the road, overcorrected and crossed into the westbound […]
RELEASE VIA VDOT – LYNCHBURG “Economic development within Nelson and Augusta counties has led to increased truck traffic on Beech Grove/Reeds Gap Road (state route 664), a very mountainous route connecting these locations. As a result, tractor trailers are regularly becoming stuck due to the road curvature and steepness and impeding traffic, including emergency response. […]
Lovingston / Lyndhurdst Nelson & Augusta Counties – Virginia Below is the verbatim press release from Virginia State Police: “Four residents from Augusta and Nelson counties face a multitude of illegal gun and drug charges following multi-agency criminal investigations. The joint investigative operation was conducted by the Skyline Drug and Gang Task Force and the […]
Waynesboro Augusta County, Virginia Since 2010, Blue Ridge Bucha’s Co-Founders Kate and Ethan Zuckerman and their team have been handcrafting organic kombucha in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. From the early days of slinging six-packs out of the back of a beat-up old Honda Civic, to opening a full production facility and taproom in […]
Crimora Augusta County, Virginia Release from Virginia State Police – Richmond At 2:21 a.m. Saturday (Sept. 5), Virginia State Police responded to a single-vehicle crash in Augusta County. A vehicle traveling in the 2000 block of Eastside Highway in Crimora ran off the road and crashed. There is one confirmed fatality. The crash remains under […]
Verbatim release via VSP Richmond: Virginia State Police Trooper J.M. Cappo is investigating a single-vehicle crash in Augusta County. The crash occurred shortly before 1:30 p.m. on March 31, 2020 in the 300 block of Crimora Mine Road. A 1995 Toyota Tercel was traveling west on Crimora Mine Road when it ran off the right […]
Augusta County, Virginia Verbatim release via VSP: “The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Appomattox Field Office is investigating a fatal fire in Augusta County. The fire occurred at approximately 10:20 a.m. Wednesday (Oct. 16) at a campground in the 1100 block of Eastside Highway. The fire destroyed a 2008 Newmar recreational vehicle (RV) […]
