Nearly 200 miles of the Blue Ridge Park that rolls through Virginia will reopen at 8 a.m. ET on Friday following a week spent clearing debris left behind by the remnants of Hurricane Helene.

On Saturday, November 2, Richmond National Battlefield Park will commemorate the anniversary of the 5th United States Colored Troops (USCT) voting in the 1864 presidential election at Fort Harrison.

U.S. Coast Guard officials say that agency is not responsible for hazardous wastes found at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina that need to be cleaned up.

The National Park Service at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is able to keep the Newfound Gap Road open 24 hours a day thanks to assistance from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Government and Sevier County (The Cities of Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville and the Sevier County Government).