BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - Work is ongoing to ensure the continuing stability of the Bluestone Dam. Upgrades to the dam began in 1998 and are divided into five phases, according to project manager Josh ...

Right side stilling basin is complete after five and a half years, the work shifts to the left side of the river.

HINTON, WV (WVNS) — After six long years, the right-side gates of Bluestone Dam will be opened on Monday, March 2, 2026. Since work began on the right-side of Bluestone Dam in 2020, those gates have ...

In late September, Hurricane Helene ripped through the Southeastern United States causing widespread damage and numerous fatalities along its path. The water level of many rivers and streams along the ...

A photo taken from the top of Bluestone Dam looking toward the city of Hinton, W.Va. (Army Corps of Engineer | Courtesy photo) With the arrival of water from North Carolina and Virginia resulting from ...

Bluestone Dam, the 75-year-old Summers County flood control project, might well have saved Charleston and other downriver communities from catastrophic flooding from the epic rainfall recently ...

The 95th Civil Affairs Brigade (Special Operations) (Airborne) Crisis Action Team 513 visited Bluestone Dam on March 26th in Hinton, WV. The purpose of this tour was to increase the already diverse ...

The Bluestone Dam in Hinton is undergoing rehabilitation by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to make it stronger and more durable. Originally built by the Dravo Corp. In the 1940s and beginning ...

Visitors check out the high water levels at the Bluestone Dam on Monday. The lake crested at 1493 ft. on Monday and is receding. The current record is 1506 feet set in 1960. Debris is piled up at the ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to reduce water levels behind Bluestone Dam while the structure undergoes years of repairs to keep it from failing. “I will not allow ...

HINTON, W.Va. — Bluestone Lake in Summers County is running at a near record level. The lake is 80 feet above summer pool and at its crest on Sunday the lake had only once before been higher and only ...