Ranking Richmond's River Spots: Where Are the Best Summer Destinations on the James?

Ranking Richmond's river spots: Where are the best summer destinations on the James?

The James River Park System is the lifeblood of RVA's outdoor summer social scene. So where are the best spots on the river for swimming, fishing, hiking and sunbathing?

James River adventure-turned-documentary finds TV distribution on VPM

Justin Black and his friends never set out to make an award-winning documentary when they dipped their paddles in the Cowpasture River for the first time in May 2021. They just wanted to float the entire freshwater stretch of the James River – 250 miles or so, from where the Jackson and Cowpasture rivers meet at Irongate to Richmond. Black, Dietrich Teschner and Will Gemma were friends from UVA. Andrew Moonstone and Stephen Kuester played music …