After battling widespread, severe damage from Wednesday’s 20-hour period of freezing rain and ice accumulation, Blue Ridge ...

Despite heavy rain and extensive damage to the electric system from this week’s ice storm, Blue Ridge Energy line technicians and assisting crews are making tremendous progress: power outages are down ...

The Watauga and Ashe County school districts also adjusted their schedules Friday due to icy conditions throughout the region ...

SARAH. MORE THAN 5000 HOUSEHOLDS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER TONIGHT AS BLUE RIDGE ENERGY CREWS CONTINUE REPAIRING LINES AROUND THE CLOCK. THEY SAY IT’S WORSE THIS WINTER DUE TO LASTING IMPACTS FROM ...

The Burke County North Carolina Department of Transportation also had their plows on trucks and are ready to work 12-hour ...

Caldwell County is under a winter weather advisory and the county is under a State of Emergency. Caldwell County Board of Commissioners Chairman Randy Church declared a State of Emergency for Caldwell ...

By Serra Sowers Click here for updates on this story ALLEGHANY COUNTY, N.C. (WXII) -- Ice storms from earlier this week have left ...

Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced in his State of the State address last week a collaboration between four higher education institutions to make the state a major supplier of energy for emerging ...

A SPOKESPERSON FOR BLUE RIDGE ENERGY TELLS US MORE THAN 800 AREAS ON THE GRID WERE DAMAGED FROM ICE ACCUMULATION. A NUMBER OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED TO TREES GET WEIGHED DOWN WITH ICE, WHICH THEN ...

Predictions for Blue Ridge Energy’s service area include a chance of light icing, with two to four inches of snow in the mountains and up to two inches in the foothills, beginning tonight. Wind gusts ...