Nearly 8,000 fish were killed following a sodium hydroxide spill at Shearer's Foods in Bristol, Virginia, according to an estimate in a Virginia Department of Environmental Quality report. An estimated 7,915 fish were killed, according to the DEQ. The DEQ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) -- The Virginia Department of Health has extended advisories for thePamunkey and North Anna Branches of Lake Anna in Orange, Louisa and Spotsylvania counties due to an algae bloom.VDH says exposure to the algae, called cyanobacteria, ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) -- The Department of Environmental Quality has reached a partial settlement with Crop Production Services for the fish kill in Tinker Creek their Cloverdale facility caused last year.The consent order issued by the DEQ describes the ci...

LYNCHBURG, Va., (WSET)--- Environmental officials are now worried that the release of that emergency valve has killed hundreds of fish in College Lake.The city of Lynchburg released the sluice early Saturday morning to relieve pressure from the College Lak

HAMPTON, Va. (WSET) -- The Virginia Department of Health has issued a swim advisory for Fort Monroe in Hampton after dozens of dead fish washed up on the beach Tuesday.The Health Department said fish were also washing up on Buckroe...