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As the town continues to recover from the impacts of Helene, the state has awarded Damascus two $55,000 grants. This grant ...
DAMASCUS, Va. — Usually this time of year, about 40 thru-hikers a day on the Appalachian Trail stop inside Mount Rogers Outfitters in Damascus, Virginia.
DAMASCUS, Va. (WJHL)—Business owners who lost their facilities in Damascus, Virginia, are continuing to rebuild. Ralph Wilson owns four businesses in the town. His popular “Damascus Diner ...
DAMASCUS, Va. (WJHL) — Damascus is usually a quiet town, and well known for Trail Days and the Creeper Trail. Monday, however, the town was full of the sound of chainsaws and heavy machinery as ...
DAMASCUS, Va. – A 17-mile bike ride through the mountains of Southwest Virginia might seem daunting, but it’s a breeze when it’s all downhill.
With approximately 800 residents, the small town of Damascus in Washington County reflects the changed economy in Southwest Virginia. Between 1980 and 1990, Damascus’ population declined 31 percent.
PETERSBURG, Va. -- Following a successful relief effort in Western North Carolina last week, a group of small businesses and volunteers in the Tri-Cities is mobilizing again, this time to assist ...
DAMASCUS, Va. (WCYB) — A Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) will be opening in Washington County, Virginia on Monday, according to the FEMA news desk.
It will be Vance's second trip to Damascus since the hurricane swept across the southeast on Sept. 27, destroying parts of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida ...
DAMASCUS, Virginia (AP) — It was an invitation even teenagers who had hoped to be watching college football or playing video games couldn't resist: a mountain bike ride — all downhill.
DAMASCUS, Va. (WJHL) — Damascus is usually a quiet town, and well known for Trail Days and the Creeper Trail. Monday, however, the town was full of the sound of chainsaws and heavy machinery as ...