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A Historic El Niño Is Forming. Here’s What It Could Mean for Snow in the Shenandoah Valley
A Wetter Winter Is Coming. Snow, Ice, or Rain Is Still Anyone's Guess.
Sep 13
Fifteen Thousand Years Before the Valley Road: The Indigenous History of the Shenandoah Valley
Virginia students have been taught for generations that the Shenandoah Valley was essentially uninhabited when European settlers arrived, a convenient…
Sep 13
What's Actually in the Water: A Plain Guide to the Shenandoah's Summer Health
Every summer, thousands of people wade into the Shenandoah River without asking a basic question: is it actually safe to be in the water today.
Sep 11
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Brad Thomas
August 2026
The Bears Are Coming Down Off the Mountain, and Wildlife Officials Want You to Know Why
Virginia is home to an estimated 17,000 to 20,000 black bears, with the heaviest concentrations in the western and southwestern part of the state
Aug 20
The Bug That Won: What the Spotted Lanternfly Means for the Shenandoah Valley
It had spread too far and too fast to contain.
Aug 19
July 2026
Before Steph, There Was a Barn in Grottoes
Before he became one of the purest outside shooters the league has ever produced, Dell Curry was a kid in Grottoes, Virginia, walking to his coach’s…
Jul 31
Fifty Years of Trying: What Simple Living Looks Like at Shannon Farm
Shannon Farm Community sits in the Rockfish Valley near Afton, Virginia, roughly twenty-seven miles west of Charlottesville.
Jul 31
The Street That Almost Wasn’t Saved
Beverley St is now one of the best-preserved Victorian main streets in America. In 1965, the city knocked down 32 historic buildings a block away, and…
Published on The Stauntonian
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Jul 29
The Valley That Built America: Settlers, Culture, and the Revolutionary War
Free from tobacco and Tidewater aristocracy, the early settlers of the Shenandoah Valley forged a backcountry culture uniquely their own.
Jul 27
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Brad Thomas
A Perfect Weekend Trip in Staunton
Everything worth seeing on foot is within a mile of everything else.
Jul 25
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Brad Thomas
A Guide to a Night Out in the Friendly City of Harrisonburg
Harrisonburg has two distinct nightlife personalities running simultaneously, and they don’t always overlap.
Jul 25
Winchester's Other History: Beyond the Civil War and the Apple Blossom Festival
Winchester's Civil War history or the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival are draws to an interesting area that deserves more attention.
Jul 25
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