Posts Tagged Shenandoah National Park

Despite threats of budget cuts, Shenandoah National Park will celebrate spring

Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on March 24, 2025

Shenandoah National Park welcomes spring, although some parts of the Blue Ridge Parkway are closed for repairs. (Credit: National Park Service)

The National Park System is bracing for $150 million in budget cuts this year, but for now the parks are open and working to ensure a safe visit for spring and summer visitors.

Sandy Hausman has an update on activities at Shenandoah.

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Inviting new visitors to Shenandoah National Park

Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on August 31, 2023

Shenandoah National Park gets plenty of visitors each year – up to 1.8 million, but it’s not a very diverse crowd. That concerns the nonprofit that helps support the park. Sandy Hausman tells why and explains what the trust is doing to build popularity with different ethnic groups.

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Book explores memories of Appalachians forced to leave their land to build National Parks, dams and roads

Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on July 25, 2022

Hankin family: The home of Harriet Hankins in the area of the proposed town at Norris Dam, 1933. (Credit: Lewis Hine Photographs for the Tennessee Valley Authority, Records of the Tennessee Valley Authority, Record Group 142, National Archives, Atlanta)

Imagine being told the government needed your land and you had a few weeks or months to move. This happened to thousands of people, to make room for national parks, and hydroelectric dams. Roxy Todd spoke with the editor of a new book, called “Lost in Transition,” about those who were forced to leave home.

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New book sheds light on Shenandoah Park murders

Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on April 21, 2022

Julie Williams and Lollie Winans were expert backpackers, killed in Shenandoah National Park 26 years ago. (Credit: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)

In May of 1996, two young women were murdered in Shenandoah National Park. The crime scene was just half a mile from the popular Skyland Lodge, and the park was crowded with holiday hikers, but to this day the deaths of Lollie Winans and Julie Williams remain a mystery.

A new book on the case points to one possible culprit and suggests our national parks are no safer today than they were 26 years ago. Sandy Hausman reports.

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UVA’s Innocence Project Calls on FBI to Take Another Look at 25-Year-Old Cold Case

Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on July 20, 2021

Julie Williams and Lollie Winans (Credit: FBI)

It’s been 25 years since two women were found dead at their Shenandoah National Park campsite. Now, the FBI has put up posters, hoping to generate new leads, but the Innocence Project in Charlottesville has another idea. Sandy Hausman reports.

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So… When Will Those Fall Colors Peak?

Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on October 23, 2019

Early in October, a maple leaf shows fall color, on a tree that has already changed for the season. (Credit: Mike Tripp)

Some of the heaviest traffic on Skyline Drive through Shenandoah National Park happens around this time of year, when the leaves begin to turn. But the colors are a little later this fall. Mike Tripp from partner station WMRA took a short hike to find out why.