Shenandoah National Park reopens trails affected by Quaker Run Fire
Shenandoah National Park has reopened all trails in the Rapidan Camp area previously closed due to the Quaker Run Fire.
Shenandoah National Park has reopened all trails in the Rapidan Camp area previously closed due to the Quaker Run Fire.
The Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team recently completed a deployment in support of the more than 200 first responders responsible for battling the Quaker Run Fire.
A Midlothian man was sentenced today to five years in prison for possessing a fentanyl and heroin mixture in addition to unlawfully possessing a firearm.
The National Weather Service has issued a weather statement for Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and D.C. due to an elevated risk for the spread of wildfires.
The National Weather Service has put a wide area of the Shenandoah Valley and Central and Northern Virginia under a Fire Weather Watch in effect for Saturday.
Air quality in Virginia and West Virginia continues to be an issue today, according to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
Since the start of the fall fire season on Oct. 15, the Virginia Department of Forestry has responded to 113 wildfires that have burned more than 12,000 acres.
A truck fire on Interstate 64 on Afton Mountain is backing up traffic for drivers heading west toward the Valley.
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has issued a Code Red Air Quality Action Day for Fine Particulates for much of Virginia through midnight.
As the Quaker Run fire inched closer to the Syria community, local farmers and residents mobilized to help fire crews.
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