
Augusta County: I-81 Southbound closed for crash investigation
Southbound Interstate 81 is scheduled to be closed from about 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thursday for Virginia State Police to investigate a recent crash in southern Augusta County.

Southbound Interstate 81 is scheduled to be closed from about 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thursday for Virginia State Police to investigate a recent crash in southern Augusta County.

Overnight closures of Interstate 81 northbound and southbound in Rockingham County are scheduled for up to two weeks beginning Monday, April 6.

Eighty-four Virginia localities, including Augusta County, are eligible to apply for two programs that protect hemp producers’ crops in the 2020 growing season.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced $18.3 million in grants to support projects including the BARC Connects Rockbridge and Bath Counties project.

All Interstate 81 southbound lanes have reopened at a multivehicle crash site near mile marker 240 in Rockingham County.

The Route 778 bridge in Augusta County reopened on Thursday with a weight limit posting of three tons. The Route 778 bridge (Knightly Mill Road) crosses the Middle River between Route 777 (Kentmere Lane) and Route 608 (Battlefield Road).

Route 624 (Morgan Ford Road) in Warren County is scheduled to reopen on Tuesday, Dec. 3.

Celebrate the season with 11 local family-owned and operated businesses in North Rockbridge County on a Holiday Open House Trail on Saturday, Dec. 7.

The Commonwealth Transportation Board has awarded an $11.3 million contract to Fielder’s Choice Enterprises Inc. of Charlottesville to replace the Route 211 westbound bridge over the South Fork Shenandoah River in Page County.

Route 758 (Woodstock Tower Road) in Shenandoah County reopened Monday.
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