Courtesy of the James River Batteau Company As the sun dips softly behind the Blue Ridge Mountains, the James River unfurls like a ribbon of gold, cradling the reflection of a passing batteau.

National organization cites unchecked development and a lack of regional water-supply planning as causes for concern.

Polk County government declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, when the more than 2,000-acre Black Cove Fire started in Green River Gorge ... east of the Blue Ridge Mountains were under ...

A weekend getaway or a day trip from nearby Washington, D.C, Baltimore, MD, Richmond, VA, or Harrisburg, PA to Winchester, VA, are all within a […] ...

That’s James River State Park in Gladstone, Virginia – 1,500 acres of pure, unadulterated natural splendor that somehow ...

Roan Mountain State Park exists as a perfect pocket of Appalachian splendor, where the Doe River winds through valleys ...

A decade before Lewis and Clark, André Michaux wanted to explore the American continent. Spying for France gave him that chance Shaun Assael In December 1792, a 46-year-old French botanist named ...

James Martin and Susan Martin to Mark Huntington and Christina Huntington, 32.56 acres in Map Book 14 ... BR Development Group LLC to BR Mountain Club Holdings LLC, lot 4A in Blue Ridge Mountain Club ...

The Blue Ridge ... 40 and Blue Ridge Road interchange project in Black Mountain. North Carolina Department of Transportation Division 13 Project Team Lead Brendan Merithew said the Blue Ridge Road ...

A hidden gem tucked away in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains offers exactly that experience. Abingdon, Virginia – known as the 'England of the Blue Ridge Mountains' – is possibly America's most ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Hundreds of people have been asked to leave their homes in North Carolina and South Carolina as a half-dozen large fires are burning in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Smoke from those ...