Saturday’s snowstorm had a hard north edge. The wintry pattern may not end as sharply, but looks to loosen next week.

The Water Quality Monitoring Program was created in 1986 as way to collaborative effort with SMLA and Ferrum College.

The Smith Mountain Lake Association has released its final report on water quality monitoring for 2025, showing healthy water ...

SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The Smith Mountain Lake Association (SMLA) studied area stream health for more than 20 years, with the latest results revealing the impact the drought has had in the ...

SALEM, Va. (WFXR) — One of the largest striped bass fishing tournament circuits is bringing its championship event to Smith Mountain Lake. The Striped Bass Challenge (SBC) will hold its championship ...

US Election 2026 Redistricting FILE - The state and U.S. flags fly over the Virginia State Capitol as the 2024 session of the Virginia General Assembly gets underway ...

Storm Team4 forecasted the possibility of a solid 6 to 10+ inches of snow and then some sleet. While we all knew sleet was coming, it arrived about six hours early. The extra sleet will limit snow ...

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Recent drought conditions around Smith Mountain Lake have hurt the health of streams that are tributaries into the lake, local volunteer researchers found. People are also reading… Narrows man faces ...

Smith Mountain Lake Boating Association (SMLBA), which had long facilitated one of the longest running poker runs at Smith Mountain Lake—most notably the poker run formally known as the Tom ...