Ken Plum: No movement on transportation

Ken Plum

Column by Ken Plum www.kenplum.com   Ask any of the residents of Northern Virginia to name the top two or three major challenges facing the region and virtually all will include traffic congestion. Yet with this well defined need and the election of a new governor who ran with a “transportation plan,” the legislature adjourned…

Get out of the road!

Chris Graham

Authorities ask residents to move cars if possible Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The Virginia Department of Transportation and the cities of Staunton and Waynesboro are asking local residents to park vehicles in driveways or otherwise off local- and state-maintained streets and roads to allow snow-plow drivers to do their thing. VDOT is responsible for…

McDonnell: We’re reopening the rest stops

Chris Graham

   Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that all of Virginia’s 19 shuttered rest stops and welcome centers will begin reopening starting in mid-February. All facilities will be reopened by April 15th. In a vote this afternoon, the Commonwealth Transportation Board reversed its previous decision from June of last year…

An inch or two of snow

Chris Graham

Winter Weather Advisory in effect for overnight Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the Greater Augusta area for tonight and early Friday. Snow is expected to begin between 7-9 p.m. Thursday night and continue through 2-4 a.m. early Friday morning. Accumulations of 1 to 2…

Winter Storm News Blog

Chris Graham

The latest on how the winter storm is impacting the Valley Staff Report Submit weather-related news and cancellations: [email protected] The Latest News – Tonight’s UVa.-UNCW game postponed (Saturday, 12:30 p.m.) – Road information on 511Virginia.org (Saturday, 9:15 a.m.) – JMU-Radford basketball game postponed (Friday, 10:10 p.m.) – Coachmen concert scheduled for tonight postponed (Friday, 5:40…

Live Blog | Snow Day in the Valley

Chris Graham

  Send Snow Day in the Valley photos and weather-related cancellations to [email protected].   Update: 3 p.m. The Waynesboro Christmas Parade scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight has been canceled. No makeup date has been announced. A city official cited the worsening weather conditions and safety concerns as key to the decision.