Arrington Nelson County, Virginia As of 8:25 AM Friday morning about 180 people were shown without power after strong winds and even some hail moved across the area around daybreak. That’s down from a peak of about 210 earlier. Our BRL Facebook page (above) was busy with people commenting about the winds and hail. While […]
For the absolute latest updates from NWS click on the map image above. . St. Marys-Calvert-Augusta-Nelson-Albemarle-Spotsylvania- King George-Central Virginia Blue Ridge- Including the cities of Lexington Park, California, Chesapeake Beach, Huntingtown, Dunkirk, North Beach, Lusby, Prince Frederick, Staunton, Waynesboro, Stuarts Draft, Lovingston, Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Dahlgren, and Wintergreen 203 AM EST Fri Feb 7 2020 […]
Verbatim release from VSP: Virginia State Police Trooper T.M. Skehan is investigating a single-vehicle crash in Nelson County. The crash occurred Feb. 3, 2020 at 11:15 a.m. on Route 653, approximately 1.5 miles east of Route 29. A 1998 Chevrolet Silverado was traveling along Route 653 when it ran off the right side of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Devils Knob Wintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia December started off with a cold rain for most people across the Blue Ridge, but if you are in the higher elevations ice has been forming on exposed surfaces like trees and railings. Scott Folsom sent us this photo Sunday morning. He tells us it’s, “Devils Knob near […]
Photo courtesy of Wintergreen Fore & Rescue : A vacuum tanker truck rests upside down in the median along US 29 north of Lovingston near the Apple Shed. Crew are working to clear the scene late Sunday morning – November 17, 2019 US 29 North of Davis Creek Road Nelson County, Virginia By Tommy Stafford […]
Wintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia It wasn’t much, but the first few light flakes of the season fell Tuesday morning at Wintergreen Resort. Dima Holmes grabbed this shot for us on Devil’s Knob. At our BRL-Nature Foundation at Wintergreen WeatherNow station on Devil’s Knob, it was already in the upper 20s just before 10 AM […]
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 917 AM EDT Fri Nov 1 2019 DCZ001-MDZ004>006-011-013-014-016>018-503>508-VAZ036-037-052>057- 505-506-020500- /O.UPG.KLWX.FZ.A.0002.191102T0600Z-191102T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KLWX.FZ.W.0002.191102T0600Z-191102T1300Z/ District of Columbia-Frederick MD-Carroll-Northern Baltimore- Southern Baltimore-Prince Georges-Anne Arundel-Charles-St. Marys- Calvert-Northwest Montgomery-Central and Southeast Montgomery- Northwest Howard-Central and Southeast Howard-Northwest Harford- Southeast Harford-Nelson-Albemarle- Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park-Fairfax- Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-Stafford-Spotsylvania- King George-Western Loudoun-Eastern Loudoun- Including the […]
