Taming Flood Control in Roanoke
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Only over the past year has the public begun to see physical progress on the Roanoke River flood reduction project, a fact that might frustrate  people who have wanted to see better flood control a lot sooner.
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By Sarah Watson, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.  Feb.
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By Shanna Flowers, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Dec. 12--On one of the coldest afternoons of the year, as cars whizzed along Orange Avenue near the Roanoke Civic Center, Bob Hale stood obscured by trees as he surveyed the final resting places of certain Roanokers.
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RICHMOND, Va. - A state of emergency was declared as Tropical Storm Gaston brought torrential rain through central Virginia, sending several feet of rushing water that picked up cars and trucks in the capital and sent them smashing into buildings...
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By Mark Taylor  mark.taylor@roanoke.com 981-3395  When FLW Outdoors announced earlier this year it was starting a saltwater striped bass tournament circuit, the company seemed to have a good plan.
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By Seth Freedland, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Jun.
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Fire crews scrambled on Monday to control scores of wildfires that flared up in drought-stricken Virginia and the Carolinas over the weekend.
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The entire Roanoke River will open to striped bass fishing from March 1 through April 30 under a new management approach by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.   Size and creel limits for striped bass will remain the same with a daily creel limit of two per person.
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By John Cramer, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Sep. 13--Roanoke should join a global organization seeking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the local level, two Roanoke City Council members announced Tuesday.
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By Cody Lowe, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Jun. 20--The insistent shush of the little stream was clear and bright, even though it was well out of sight and probably 100 vertical feet below the wooded path.
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By DIRK MEISSNER  VICTORIA (CP) - Pounding rains and rising river waters had some northwest B.C. residents piling sandbags to protect their homes against what the province said Monday would be inevitable flooding.
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By Tom Bailey Jr / baileyt@yourappealcom  Fighting beavers, rain and cold, a construction crew is extending Collierville's boardwalk all the way to the Wolf River.
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By Hugh Lessig, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 10--RICHMOND -- A Roanoke attorney has filed ethics complaints against two influential Hampton Roads senators, alleging they have a conflict of interest in the ongoing debate over eminent domain reform.   Sens. Thomas K.
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Federal officials proposed rules Tuesday to limit building in a flood-prone neighborhood after concluding that levees protecting the area from the Sacramento River could be overwhelmed in a major storm.
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By Mason Adams mason.adams@roanoke.com (540) 981-3149  The Franklin County Planning Commission voted 6-0 Tuesday to recommend approval to rezone land and grant permits for a 42-acre commercial development by a county businessman.
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By Mark Taylor, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Sep. 22--Saturday Conservation: The New River Watershed Roundtable is sponsoring a cleanup on the New River. The event starts at 9:30 a.m. at the Fosters Falls location of the New River Trail State Park.
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By Deirdre Fernandes, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 10--VIRGINIA BEACH -- The city is increasing its stock of historic homes, but concerns about how to best manage them are pitting long time grass-roots activists against each other.