ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) — Appalachian Power said they will conduct a required test of its electricity-generating units at the Leesville Dam in southwestern Virginia. This will begin at approximately 2 p.m ...

PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — The Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office responded to a caller reporting a possible drowning near the Leesville Lake Dam on Sunday afternoon. According to officials, ...

Bedford County residents near Smith Mountain Lake and Leesville Lake should check if they’re due for a septic tank pump-out.

LEESVILLE LAKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Right before the unofficial start of summer and boating season, Appalachian Power is investing in new equipment to keep waterways clean in our hometowns. As part of ...

GRETNA, Va. (WDBJ) - A body was recovered from a lake Sunday, July 20, according to the Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office. At 2:38 p.m., the Pittsylvania County 911 Center received a call from the ...

A five-year review appears to yield mostly positive feedback regarding Appalachian Power Co.’s maintenance of lake levels and downstream flows from its two-reservoir Smith Mountain hydroelectric ...

As bulldozers carved a path for the basin that would become Leesville Lake, Danny Tuck and his family headed for higher ground. And they took their house with them. Tuck’s family had spent generations ...