
Expanding Local Authority to Preserve the Tree Canopy
HB 549 will allow local governments to establish tree canopy preservation goals to conserve existing trees.


HB 549 will allow local governments to establish tree canopy preservation goals to conserve existing trees.


Appalachian Trails hikers passing through the Ashby Gap are greeted with big skies, rolling hills and, at the trailhead, signs protesting a hotel resort planned on Paris Mountain.

Fox New Coverage 1-12-26
LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va – Some environmentalists are pushign back against potential plans for a resort and spa in Northern Virginia.

Clarke County Democrats on Saturday adopted a resolution opposing an upscale hotel complex proposed for western Loudoun County.

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.