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 […]
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 then Memphis KWAM 990 Radio host, Earle Farrell. Earle now has […]
Snow arrives from south to north tomorrow and it could come down at a good rate shortly after it starts. The problem is, ice is likely to be a bigger issue for us. Ice totals (sleet & freezing rain combined) of 0.25" or more are possible. Hope for more sleet than freezing rain. pic.twitter.com/oX9H3t0QNx […]
Wintergreen Nelson County, Virginia Story By Olivia Carter For nearly three decades Wintergreen Fire & Rescue Medic Ralph Bickley made the hour and 15 minute commute from Louisa to the station. Curtis Sheets, Chief of Wintergreen Fire & Rescue, said Bickley has answered at the very least 5,000 calls in Nelson County, but that number […]
Nelson County, Virginia It’s not overly glamorous, but it’s major important and you get to see some the most beautiful views anywhere in the country. Getting Blue Ridge Life in the hands of readers like you doesn’t magically happen. The printer has to deliver here to Nelson, then it gets broken out and delivered to […]
Reeds Gap Blue Ridge Parkway Near the Nelson / Augusta County Line By Tommy Stafford For years we’ve been telling you about the problem with semi trucks getting stuck on mountain crossings here in Nelson. Lately that number seems to be on the increase. Wintergreen Fire & Rescue Chief Curtis Sheets says it’s easily been […]
FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 225 PM EDT Sat Oct 17 2020 Washington-Frederick MD-Carroll-Augusta-Rockingham-Shenandoah- Frederick VA-Page-Warren-Clarke-Nelson-Albemarle-Greene-Madison- Rappahannock-Orange-Culpeper-Spotsylvania-Northern Fauquier- Southern Fauquier-Western Loudoun-Northern Virginia Blue Ridge- Central Virginia Blue Ridge-Morgan-Berkeley-Jefferson-Hardy- Including the cities of Hagerstown, Frederick, Ballenger Creek, Eldersburg, Westminster, Staunton, Waynesboro, Stuarts […]
Roseland Nelson County, Virginia I’ll admit it. I felt nothing. But our neighbors down the road sent me a text. “Did you just feel that, was that an earthquake?” Apparently it was. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit near Sparta, North Carolina around 8:07 AM. Our BRL Facebook page is lighting up with comments from all […]
Afton Nelson County, Virginia Severe thunderstorms that popped up around noon Wednesday caused some damage in the Northern part of Nelson County. Additional damage and some flooding was reported as well when the storms drifted eastely in adjoining Albemarle. Above the severe thunderstorm warning that caused some of the damage around noon Wednesday. A Severe […]
Photo Courtesy Of Wintergreen Fire & Rescue : Firefighter – EMT Robbie Bryant brushes debris from the road after an 18 wheeler missed the curve coming down mountain on Route 664 just below the Blue Ridge Parkway. Monday – July 20, 2020 Near Wintergreen Resort Entrance Beech Grove / Nelson County, VA Updated 8:38 […]
