
Lynchburg District Traffic Alert: Sept. 4-8
Highway work in the Lynchburg District requiring road/lane/structure closures is scheduled, weather permitting.

Highway work in the Lynchburg District requiring road/lane/structure closures is scheduled, weather permitting.

AccuWeather reports that emergency managers in the United States have another tropical threat to monitor by the name of Irma.

As flood waters recede, families along the Gulf Coast need to watch for post-traumatic stress among children and adolescents.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency that will allow Virginia to expedite aid to the impacted Gulf Coast areas.

AccuWeather predicts Hurricane Harvey, which has wreaked havoc in Texas, to be the most costly natural disaster in United States history.

Gov. McAuliffe ordered emergency response resources to Texas to assist all those impacted by the storm damage and unprecedented flooding.

When the State Fair of Virginia opens on September 29, the state’s top industry—agriculture and forestry—will be on full display.

In late July, Torc Robotics’ Lexus RX hybrid completed an autonomous drive of more than 4,300 miles from Virginia to Seattle and then back to Richmond.

Twenty members of the Virginia Department of Forestry are leaving today to assist with the hurricane recovery efforts in Texas.

AccuWeather reports Harvey’s downpours will continue over Texas and Louisiana and slowly drift northward through the end of the week.
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