Friends of the Lower Appomattox River will host its 16th annual Paddle Battle later in September, where attendees of any age and experience level can paddle along the river.

Residents who flock in the summer to the Appomattox River for recreation might not need to worry about great white sharks, but impaired water quality, swift currents and deep holes can be just as ...

APPOMATTOX RIVER, Friday, June 27, 1862. We ran down to Jamestown day before yesterday evening, and returned to City Point at 4 P.M. yesterday.

The Appomattox River Trail, across multiple communities in the region, can be accessed at Roslyn Landing Park in Colonial Heights at 265 Charles Dimmock Parkway, however, ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Chesterfield County Police Department has launched a death investigation following the discovery of a male body in the Appomattox River Saturday morning ...

The next phase of the Appomattox River Trail is expected to begin in the next four to five years, bringing users one step closer to a completed 25-mile trail from Dinwiddie to Hopewell.

The Appomattox River in Virginia has long been a river I’ve wanted to explore. Its name conjured up associations with the Civil War, but otherwise I knew little about it.

Petersburg: Friends of the Lower Appomattox River acquires property. The property in Petersburg will enable connection of a missing half-mile link in the south bank route of FOLAR’s 25-mile Appomattox ...

Mike Goodwin called his rescue a miracle. The 75-year-old Vietnam veteran was in big trouble after he fell out of his boat while fishing in the Appomattox River last week.

PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — Three local residents are grateful to be alive after a harrowing water rescue along the Appomattox River on Sunday.. Amber Affelet and her fiancé, Matt Bucciarelli ...

PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — Work is underway to remove a dam on the Appomattox River that Virginia officials say will benefit native fish. The state Department of Game and Inland Fisheries said ...

A Petersburg woman drowned Sunday in the Appomattox River, according to Chesterfield County police. A witness told police that Theresa G. Minetree, 52, was wading before she went missing at about ...