PETERSBURG – Repair work is set to begin Tuesday on a sinkhole that has kept the tour road through the Petersburg National Battlefield shuttered to cars since the beginning of September. It is the ...

PETERSBURG, Va. — The Petersburg National Battlefield remains closed nearly two weeks after a storm damaged much of the historic site. Bad weather on June 16 toppled about 200 trees in the 7,000-acre ...

Petersburg National Battlefield has scheduled road work to begin in August. This work will address serious sinkholes, preserve pavement, and restripe roads and parking lots. The Eastern Front Tour ...

PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — With National Parks Week right around the corner, the Petersburg National Battlefield will host a Junior Ranger Day next Saturday. The interactive activities available for all ...

PETERSBURG, Va. -- Weeks after storms toppled nearly 200 trees across 7,000 acres, most of Petersburg National Battlefield is open again to the public. The main road leading through the park and all ...

PETERSBURG — Petersburg National Battlefield, a climactic site in the collapse of the Confederacy in the Civil War, has been cleared for a huge expansion under a new law that would authorize it to ...

Petersburg’s battlefield tour drew almost 8,000 more visitors and about a half-million dollars more in spending than Richmond’s in 2022, according to a new report from the National Park Service. In ...

Calling all adolescent and teen girls in the Tri-Cities and surrounding counties! Petersburg non-profit Pretty Purposed is hosting a Back-to-School Pop Up Event on Tuesday, August 13 from 3-7 p.m. at ...

PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — A national campaign is underway to permanently protect one of the Civil War’s most pivotal battlefields — the site of the Union army’s final charge that helped end the war.

While more than two dozen cities and towns across the United States lay claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day, Petersburg holds a compelling and often overlooked place in the holiday's origin ...