Mint Springs Valley Park closed after test shows harmful algae bloom
An algae bloom has made it necessary for Mint Springs Valley Park in Albemarle County to close until further notice.
An algae bloom has made it necessary for Mint Springs Valley Park in Albemarle County to close until further notice.

I’ve always thought peoples’ yards say something about their owners. My eighth-acre plot in the city of Salisbury, MD, is shaggy and cluttered, a study in dishevelment, testament to fecund dishabille. Indulgent — but underlain by purpose, great and small.
The Mountain Valley Pipeline has requested an extension of its Certificate of Public Convenience of Necessity.
On June 27, the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act took effect. The law requires employers to provide accommodations for pregnancy-related medical conditions, everything from pregnancy to childbirth to postpartum recovery.
America’s founders did not want a military government ruled by force. Rather, they opted for a republic bound by the rule of law: the U.S. Constitution.
Beginning Wednesday, July 5, part of Route 752 in Rockingham County will be closed to through traffic for approximately three months.
Larger than normal crowds are expected to attend the Fourth of July Stars and Stripes Celebration at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront on Independence Day.
Life is full of strange, but true facts. One of them is that a court in Norfolk oversees litigation regarding the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
Remnants of a plane crash on the Blue Ridge Parkway from a 1983 crash were removed today by National Park Service contractors due in part to increased traffic due to social media and websites promoting the site.
Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance will hold its annual Independence Day Fireworks show on Saturday, July 1 at 9 p.m.
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