For centuries, Ashby’s Gap has been a vital conduit for travel and trade between the Shenandoah Valley and the eastern piedmont. Archaeological evidence across the lower Valley suggests that early Paleoindian people inhabited the region more than 10,000 years ago.
Loudoun County ended 2025 under severe drought conditions, an all-too-common status that is sparking elevated concerns about groundwater supplies.
After spending their last term developing a new Zoning Ordinance, but largely insulating the county’s rural areas from change, supervisors spent this year working through the parts of the ordinance that relate to western Loudoun specifically, examining them piece by piece.
The Eastwind Blue Ridge project calls for 40 hotel rooms, an 88-seat restaurant and a standalone spa on 147 acres near Route 50 and Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway, on the southern slope of Paris Mountain. This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partner […]
BERRYVILLE — Seventeen local and regional organizations have joined forces to fight an upscale hotel complex proposed for 147 acres just within the Clarke, Loudoun and Fauquier county boundaries.
Seventeen local and regional organizations have joined forces as the Paris Mountain Alliance following the announcement of a proposed 150-acre hotel complex on the southeastern slope of Paris Mountain where Loudoun, Clarke, and Fauquier counties meet.
Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains is taking a number of steps to stop the proposed development of a “boutique hotel” and spa in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Paris, Va.