Glen Lyn News

After nearly 18 years, the fate of a national scenic designation for 20 miles of the river will be known next year.

Washington needs to hear from Southwest Virginians that they want to protect a beautiful stretch of the New River.

A 17-year effort to bring National Wild and Scenic River designation to a 19.3-mile stretch of the New River is nearing an end.

The following is a list of highway projects that may affect traffic this week. For statewide traffic information for major roadways, dial 511 or visit www.511Virginia.org . INTERSTATE 81 Paving: Weather permitting, lane closures may be in place for pavement repairs and paving on northbound and southbound I-81 in Botetourt County between mile ...

All customers of the Giles County Public Service Authority should boil their drinking water until further notice.

Roger Houck, interim director of the Giles County Public Service Authority, looks down at a temporary water pump at work Tuesday.

Giles County authorities announced a boil-water notice Monday afternoon because an equipment failure in the area's water treatment plant prompted crews to pump untreated water into the system.

Updated: 7:44 a.m. A tractor-trailer wreck on U.S. 460 westbound in Giles County is expected to keep the right lane closed for several more hours, officials said.

Here's the complete news release from Congressman Rick Boucher's office: I am pleased to return to Giles County today to announce two significant provisions of federal funding totaling more than $6 million, which together will improve wastewater service for businesses and residents of Glen Lyn and Rich Creek.

Traveling U.S. 460 in our fair state is one of my favorite things to do. I've always maintained that our local stretch of 460 between Christiansburg and Elliston is one of the prettiest drives on the planet, especially in fall.

PHOTO BY ELLIOTT ROBINSON. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announces a program to evaluate old factories and power plants not completely subject to the 1970 federal Clean Air Act.

Crews dismantled the wreckage Tuesday from a subway train collision that killed nine people -- including a Virginia woman -- and injured scores of others in the nation's capital.

The state has reserved $20 million of federal stimulus money to build a new bridge over the New River in Narrows.

RICHMOND a ' Appalachian Powera TMs coal-fired power plant in Giles County and MeadWestvacoa TMs paper mill in Covington will participate in a state evaluation of pollution emissions from older facilities that were exempted from the federal Clean Air Act, Gov.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced today plans to check for air pollution around old power plants and factories.

GLEN LYN, Va. - Throughout his lifetime, Henry Reed enjoyed playing his fiddle tunes at barn dances in Giles County, Va., and surrounding areas, but on Friday night, through the day and long into the night on Saturday, the memories of Reed's legacy echoed through the mountains of his native stomping grounds for the 7th Annual Henry Reed Fiddlers' ...

GLEN LYN, Va. - As he sat in a lawn chair beneath the awning of his rustic travel trailer, two people approached documentary filmmaker, Chris Valluzzo.

Old time music fans flocked to the banks of the New River Saturday to participate and/or attend the 7th Annual Henry Reed Fiddlers' Convention held at Glen Lyn Community Park.

Giles County festival continues to honor the musical contributions of Henry Reed.

FOAOTMAD reports: The 7th Annual Henry Reed Memorial Fiddlers Convention will be held in Glen Lyn, VA, on 12-13 June.