Glen Lyn News

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.

In this tough economy people who've worked 20 even 30 years at the same job are suddenly finding themselves out of work.

The Giles County Sheriff's Office has spent the last two days arresting people who face drug-related charges.

The Southeast United States Seismic Network says a small earthquake occurred over the weekend along the West Virginia-Virginia border.

Last month, the Concerned Citizens of Giles County called for Supervisor Howard Spencer to resign.

Some financial wizards weren't as smart as they thought. Thanks to their overconfidence, American taxpayers are on the hook for billions.

Cumberland Park keeps swallowing the 200 tons of coal ash Appalachian Power's Glen Lyn power plant produces every day.

A man who was the subject of a lengthy manhunt after shooting a Virginia state trooper last spring, pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder.

January 8, 2009 Renewed concerns over a land fill project in Giles County The ash spill in Tennessee last month is sparking more concern over a fly ash project in Giles County.

January 8, 2009 Steven Branscome enters guilty plea in West Virginia The man suspected of shooting a Virginia State trooper and eluding police for more than a week in March entered into a plea agreement.

File November Cumberland Park is seen from the air in November. Riverview Campground is to the left of the site, and U.S. 460 runs above it.