SUFFOLK (AP) -- A southeastern Virginia wildfire that burned in the Great Dismal Swamp for more than three months has been extinguished. Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge officials surveyed ...

SUFFOLK, Va. — The National Park Service say a National Heritage Area represents much more than the land it covers; it tells the story of a region and the people who lived in it. The proposed Great ...

Civil War history is part of the preservation story at several National Wildlife Refuges, including the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Suffolk.

The Great Dismal Swamp, as the name given to it by mosquito-swatting British colonists implies, isn’t always hospitable to humans. Although it’s now part of a popular national wildlife refuge and ...

Train cars full of coal went off the tracks in the Great Dismal Swamp this week. The 36 Norfolk Southern train cars derailed at 4:20 a.m. Tuesday “in the boundaries of the Great Dismal Swamp National ...

SUFFOLK More than a foot of rain hasn't stopped the fire from burning at Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. The Daily Press reports that despite 15 inches of rain and more on the way, the ...