SUFFOLK (AP) -- A southeastern Virginia wildfire that burned in the Great Dismal Swamp for more than three months has been extinguished. Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge officials surveyed ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Two kayakers were rescued from Lake Drummond in the Great Dismal Swamp Friday afternoon, a Chesapeake fire official said. (Photo – Chesapeake Fire Department) The Chesapeake ...

SUFFOLK, Va. — The National Park Service say a National Heritage Area represents much more than the land it covers; it tells the story of a region and the people who lived in it. The proposed Great ...

The Great Dismal Swamp, as the name given to it by mosquito-swatting British colonists implies, isn’t always hospitable to humans. Although it’s now part of a popular national wildlife refuge and ...

CHESAPEAKE When Hurricane Irene was bearing down on Hampton Roads in summer 2011, there was a silver lining: rain. Everyone hoped a good deluge would finally douse the stubborn, smoldering fire in the ...

Train cars full of coal went off the tracks in the Great Dismal Swamp this week. The 36 Norfolk Southern train cars derailed at 4:20 a.m. Tuesday “in the boundaries of the Great Dismal Swamp National ...

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In the 1800s, southern newspapers ran ads seeking runaway slaves suspected of taking refuge in a vast wetland called the Great Dismal Swamp. For decades, scholars have sought proof that the reports ...

In the 1800s, southern newspapers ran ads seeking runaway slaves suspected of taking refuge in a vast wetland called the Great Dismal Swamp. See how archaeologists are using new discoveries to piece ...

NORFOLK, Va. — When Hurricane Irene was bearing down on Hampton Roads in the summer of 2011, there was a silver lining: rain. Everybody hoped a good deluge would finally douse the stubborn, smoldering ...