Snow banks help plants thrive in the mountains, providing water and nutrients for soil. But as climate change warms the ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Appalachian Power crews worked Thursday to tackle the harder-to-fix and smaller outages that have translated into a cold, dark week for thousands of customers in West ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Cold air damming, or "The Wedge," is a term meteorologists use when a high-pressure system is “wedged” up against the Appalachian Mountains. Let’s break down what a wedge does.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Appalachian Power Company and the West Virginia Department of Transportation are alerting citizens on how to prepare for the winter weather that will come on Sunday. Most of ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The snow was coming down hard in Chesapeake Friday night. It started with some light snow around 3:30, but by 11:00 p.m., our crews measured three inches of snow in the grass.

UPDATE 3/23/25 9:48 P.M. — The Brush Mountain Road fire is fully contained, according to the Forest Service. Crews will stay on-site Monday. The Appalachian Trail between Craig Creek Road and ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A 13-year-old boy is expected to make a full recovery after a mountain biking incident in Amherst County ended with an airlift Sunday evening. 8News heard from ...