Shenandoah Valley Soaring glider club

In the Nellysford community rich with breweries and cideries sits a lone red hangar surrounded by rolling mountainsides only minutes off of Virginia 151. This airfield is home to Shenandoah Valley Soaring Inc., one of about five glider clubs that operate in Virginia and offer rides in the two-person, engine-less aircraft.

Supreme Court showdown set over pipeline crossing of Appalachian Trail at Wintergreen

Supreme Court showdown set over pipeline crossing of Appalachian Trail at Wintergreen

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of a decision by a Richmond-based federal appeals court last year regarding the building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline under the Appalachian Trail. This part of the ACP project would use land owned by the Wintergreen Property Owners Association. Read more in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

ACP attempting to "circumvent legislative due process?"

ACP attempting to "circumvent legislative due process?"

A potential “end run” coming from the those wanting to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline at the mountain entrance of Wintergreen would “circumvent legislative due process regarding private companies using our national forests for their gain,” according to a July 23rd letter to property owners in the resort community from the board of directors of the Wintergreen Property Owners Association.