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At least eight people were dead and more than 30 people reported missing after severe floods hit the US state of Tennessee, authorities said.Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis told The Tennessean newspaper that the flooding is the worst he ...

The Colorado River is both a scenic wonder and a source of water for over 40 million people. At 2,330 km, the Colorado River is the US's fifth-longest river.

It’s been over four years since we’ve heard Drifters Mile on the KSMU airwaves. Turns out, a lot can change with a band in four years. I sat down with

Just more than halfway through 2021, Firefly Fiber Broadband representatives recently updated Nelson County officials on high-speed internet expansion throughout the county. Melissa Gay, communications manager for Central Virginia Electric Cooperative based in Nelson County, presented a report to the county’s board of supervisors and broadband authority on July 13. Firefly, a subsidiary of CVEC, is working to make broadband coverage available to all county residents and businesses. CVEC ha...

MASSIES MILL — Hundreds of American flags dotted the front lawn of Grace Episcopal Church on Tuesday, a solemn reminder in Nelson County of a grisly milestone the nation reached just one day prior. As the COVID-19 death toll topped 500,000 lives and counting Monday, members of the Massies Mill-based church spent Tuesday planting 500 flags, each one representing 1,000 people, in the shape of a cross to honor those lives lost. Against the backdrop of the setting sun, roughly a dozen resident...

Volunteer firefighter’s family of five displaced after house fire in Lovingston It took crews nearly 12 hours to clear the scene Published:  Updated:  Tags:  LOVINGSTON, Va. – A firefighter’s family is displaced after their home caught fire in Lovingston Saturday evening. At about 5:55 p.m., fire crews from Lovingston, Piney River and Faber Fire responded to a fire in a three-story home in the 100 block of Ponton Lane. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the house and all occ...

Protesters march to a 2019 rally opposing the Berlaimont Estates development, proposed north of Edwards. This week the hearing officer who presided over a Jan. 7 objections hearing cited eight areas where additional information must be included in the draft decision to approve a road through USFS land to the Berlaimont site. Daily file photo The U.S. Forest Service hearing officer who presided over a Jan. 7 hearing objections meeting has upheld the Berlaimont Estates access road approval. But T...

A family-owned business has been working 50 years as of this year to serve its farming community.

A federal cleanup effort has stretched into the new year as officials continue their assessment and necessary removal of hazardous materials at the U.S. Titanium Superfund Site in Piney River.