There will be approximately 325,000 striped bass stocked into Smith Mountain Lake this year. That number is closer to ...

Smith Mountain Lake Gives is an annual online giving day that supports nonprofits serving Bedford and Franklin counties.

New plans are underway to stock as many as 1,300 sterile grass carp into Smith Mountain Lake this spring. The goal is for the carp to devour the fast-spreading invasive ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. – The Smith Mountain Lake community got to hear more about why some of the lake water has been a blueish-green color. WSLS 10 News has been following the harmful algal bloom ...

SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The SMLA Water Quality Monitoring program finished up the final monitoring session for the year and overall results show “very good” water quality in Smith Mountain ...

Morning arrives gently on Smith Mountain Lake. Boats ease out from quiet coves, early rising paddleboarders glide quietly ...

SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE, Va. (WSET) — The Smith Mountain Lake Association (SMLA) is launching its 39th consecutive year of water quality monitoring at Smith Mountain Lake, in collaboration with Ferrum ...

BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. --- Fire officials are recommending a device that can detect electricity in the water after a freak accident on Smith Mountain Lake killed an 18-year-old man on the Fourth of July.

One person was taken to the hospital following a pursuit with law enforcement that ended in a crash, according to firefighters. Franklin Road crash cleared; roadway is back open: Roanoke County police ...

The public is being warned to avoid contact with water in certain areas of Smith Mountain Lake due to a harmful algal bloom. Samples collected from the Blackwater River arm of Smith Mountain Lake in ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The swimming advisory for the upper part of the Blackwater arm continues for the area near Union Hall. Health officials say the earliest it could be lifted is mid-August. New ...

SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE, Va. (WFXR) – A multi-boat fire was reported at Smith Mountain Lake at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, February. 16. Smith Mountain Lake Marine Fire Rescue was sent out to the fire at VISA ...