Dividing line: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline will change the lay of our land
Take a short drive through Nelson County and you’d need all your fingers and toes to count the number of deep blue signs with lambasting white block letters that tout […]
Mountaintop removal: Groups argue its definition
In an April 27 telepresser, a number of environmental groups discussed Dominion’s alleged plans to decapitate 38 miles of ridgelines in Virginia and West Virginia to make way for the […]
Enjoy Wintergreen’s Classy Amenities and Spectacular Mountain Views
It can chill, it can challenge, it can soothe and inspire. It’s a spot to relax, and explore, and a place to have fun and just let loose. Twice named […]
Nelson County: Country Cool
Between the James River to the southeast and the Blue Ridge Mountains to the north and west lies beautiful Nelson County. Do you love the great outdoors? Nelson’s Wintergreen Resort […]
Synchronicity Foundation recalls compassionate response to terrorism
A journey to India for meditation and enlightenment in late November 2008 turned into a terrorist bloodbath that left 164 people dead throughout multiple locations in Mumbai. Among them were […]
Night lights: Munitions company shines in Rockfish Valley
David Connolly used to gaze out the windows of his Afton Mountain home and see twinkling lights and the occasional headlight in the valley below. That was before Zenith Quest […]
‘Death by 1,000 cuts:’ A win for Nelson pipeline opponents
Companies surveying for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline must provide property owners sufficient written notice before setting foot on their properties, a Nelson County judge ruled May 9. Though this doesn’t […]
Brewery buyout: Big beer company acquires Devils Backbone
Local craft brewery Devils Backbone announced on social media it was being sold to Anheuser-Busch InBev at 10:35am on April 12. By noon, the court of public opinion had tried […]
Good night, John-Boy: ‘Waltons’ creator Earl Hamner dies at 92
Schuyler native Earl Hamner Jr., who put Nelson County on the national map with his 1970s Emmy-winning series, “The Waltons,” died from cancer March 24 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los […]
Randy Taylor prosecutor Anthony Martin resigns
Anthony Martin, the Nelson County commonwealth’s attorney who got a murder conviction without a body in the case of missing teen Alexis Murphy, resigned from his position January 26 after being […]