COLONIAL HEIGHTS — The city of Colonial Heights closed the Appomattox River Trail on Sunday due to flooding. The trail should not be used during this time as the water levels will continue to change.

PETERSBURG, Va. -- An investigation is underway after a person's body was found in Petersburg Sunday night, Crime Insider sources told Jon Burkett. Petersburg Police confirmed officers were working a ...

Colonial Heights' Appomattox River Greenway Trail will see a half-mile extension this spring. The new asphalt path will run from Roslyn Landing to Jennick Drive. Construction bids will be accepted ...

PETERSBURG, Va. — Vandals struck again along the Appomattox River Trail on the Petersburg and Chesterfield County line, damaging a public art sculpture that was installed in 2023. The sturgeon ...

Did you know that local environmental advocacy non-profit Friends of the Lower Appomattox River (FOLAR) has monthly volunteer opportunities for community members who want to help make a difference?

Through a regional partnership many years in the making, the Capital Region Land Conservancy (CRLC) has transferred ownership of more than 42 acres of land and islands along the Appomattox River to ...

A 22-mile network of land and water trails touching six jurisdictions along the Appomattox River is half complete and now part of a larger vision: an urban trail stretching from Calais, Maine, to Key ...