
VDOT continues snow removal in the Shenandoah Valley
Road conditions are steadily improving late Monday morning in most portions of the Shenandoah Valley and Alleghany Highlands.

Road conditions are steadily improving late Monday morning in most portions of the Shenandoah Valley and Alleghany Highlands.

The Sunday snowstorm brought 3 to 6 inches in some areas of the Shenandoah Valley, and additional winter weather in the form of snow showers and sleet is forecast overnight and into Monday.

Crews in the VDOT Culpeper District made significant progress treating roads during the day Sunday. Some additional light snowfall or mixed winter precipitation is possible through Monday morning creating the potential for slick driving conditions.

Snow is falling steadily across central and western Virginia, and VDOT is recommending delaying non-essential travel since the steady snow will make travel hazardous through the morning hours.

VDOT crews have been conducting pretreatment operations and stand ready to clear roads as a winter storm that could dump several inches of snow on the Commonwealth makes its way here.

VDOT crews are preparing today for the winter storm that is forecast to affect much of the Commonwealth starting Sunday into early next week.

In spring, when 17-year-old John R. Lewis High School student Kadija Ismail, of Springfield, learned she’d been accepted into the Virginia Tech Pathways for Future Engineers program, she wasn’t sure she fit the bill as a future engineer.

Road conditions in the Shenandoah Valley and Alleghany Highlands are steadily improving as of mid-day Thursday.

A Canadian truck driver has been charged with one felony count of hit-and-run and reckless driving after an incident on Afton Mountain Wednesday.

Snow and sleet from a widespread winter storm are affecting travel in the Shenandoah Valley and Alleghany Highlands.