ShareWintergreen Fire and Rescue crews are preparing to repel 150 ft. down the Ravens Roost Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway after a 20-year-old climber from Alabama fell to his death. The cause of the fall is believed to have been equipment failure. To view Charlottesville’s Newsplex story on the Raven’s Roost accident click here. [...]
ShareFaber Nelson County, VA Update 8:00 PM EDT NCL has learned the young woman who lost her life in the auto accident is a freshman teen student at Nelson County High School. Out of respect for the family additional details from NCL will be released at a later time. NBC29 in Charlottesville has a brief [...]
ShareCrabtree Falls Near Montebello Nelson County, Virginia Updated 7:50 AM EST Nelson County Sheriff, David Brooks tells NCL the person that died from the fall at Crabtree Falls on Monday was Elias Lehman from Dayton, Virginia. Previous Update @ 8:00 PM 11.22.10 Sheriff Brooks says the 21 year old male that died was from Dayton, [...]
ShareShipman Nelson County, Virginia A mother was killed late Thursday night and her 9-10 month old infant remains in the hospital after a tragic crash just west of Shipman. Another passenger remains in critical condition. Nelson County Sheriff, David Brooks, tells NCL that Mary Beth Sprouse, in her early 20′s, of Shipman was killed when [...]
Share Nelson County, Virginia For most folks the Saturday snow was absolutely beautiful and breathtaking. Up in the higher elevations between 5-8 inches of a heavy wet snow fell by late Saturday. The higher the elevation, the higher the snow amounts. Down below in the the Rockfish Valley some locations saw nothing more than a [...]
SharePiney River Nelson County, Virginia An Amherst County man lost his life early Thursday morning in a sequence of events that initially started out because of the recent heavy rains and wind in the Nelson area. According Virginia State Trooper, AT Covey, Al Fleming, was driving his Ford pickup east on Route 56 in Piney [...]
ShareGreenfield/Afton Nelson County, Virginia VDOT crews were seen Thursday surveying around the intersection of Routes 151 and 635 (Greenfield Road). The survey work is most likely preceding modifications to the intersection to put in a left turn lane in hopes of making the intersection safer. Two years ago this coming August, the intersection was the [...]
