Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Car plows into Virginia 'Trail Days' parade-goers

2013-05-18 18:59:00

A traditional weekend of merriment in a small Virginia mountain town was disrupted Saturday when a man lost control of his car and drove into a crowd of parade participants. Several people had to be taken to hospitals by ground and air ambulance, but...

Mark Sanford sworn into Congress, calls himself 'humbled'

2013-05-15 16:11:00

WASHINGTON -- Mark Sanford, after a detour to the governor's office and, infamously, to Argentina, is back in Washington as a member of Congress.� The former three-term congressman and two-term governor was sworn in Wednesday as the representative for...

Former Gov. Mark Sanford wins South Carolina House seat

2013-05-07 18:36:00

WASHINGTON — Two years after Mark Sanford left the South Carolina governor’s office tarred by an adultery scandal, he has completed an unlikely political comeback to win a special congressional election. Sanford defeated Democratic neophyte...

Sanford victory shows adultery, lies can't trump party loyalty

2013-05-08 11:14:00

It would be too easy to make fun of the good Christian voters of South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District who saw fit to return their disgraced former Gov. Mark Sanford to the office he once held. I won’t do it. Well, maybe just a...

Mark Sanford and the end of the GOP culture wars

2013-05-08 12:05:00

In April 1861, South Carolina fired the first shots of the Civil War. Almost exactly 152 years later, it may have fired the final shots of the Republican Party’s culture war. South Carolinians on Tuesday elected former Gov. Mark Sanford to the...

South Carolina sends Mark Sanford back to House

2013-05-08 03:30:00

WASHINGTON — Two years after Mark Sanford left the South Carolina governor's office tarred by an adultery scandal, he has completed an unlikely political comeback to win a special congressional election, holding the seat for Republicans. Sanford...

South Carolina election a dead heat, Democratic robopoll shows

2013-05-06 03:00:00

The high-profile House race between former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch is going down to the wire as a dead heat, according to a Democratic poll released Sunday night. The survey, by Public Policy Polling,...

In South Carolina, an ex-governor's quest continues

2013-05-04 22:14:00

CHARLESTON, S.C. — At a harborside reception overlooking Ft. Sumter, where the Civil War began, Mark Sanford batted away a TV reporter's question about the latest insult to his comeback campaign: an unwanted endorsement from pornographer Larry...

Appalachian Trail still dogs ex-governor in South Carolina race

2013-04-30 06:25:00

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, debating for the first and only time in his comeback campaign for Congress, professed not to hear when his opponent brought up the Appalachian Trail. But there’s little doubt that voters...

National GOP campaign arm withdraws Sanford's financial support

2013-04-17 12:42:00

WASHINGTON -- Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s comeback try encountered severe turbulence Wednesday when the National Republican Congressional Committee withdrew its financial support less than three weeks before a special election for...

Ex-Gov. Mark Sanford tops GOP congressional primary in S.C.

2013-03-19 19:39:00

WASHINGTON — Former Gov. Mark Sanford took a big step on the road to political redemption Tuesday, topping a large field of Republican candidates in the special election for a South Carolina congressional seat. A onetime rising star in the GOP,...

Whole Foods' John Mackey: Business is 'fundamentally heroic'

2013-01-25 11:14:00

Business, says Whole Foods co-Chief Executive John Mackey, has “a horrible reputation.” But instead of being “selfish and greedy and exploitative,” as it’s often portrayed, business is actually “the greatest force for...

Luke Badley, 23, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., supported by his mother Tina Badley of Berkeley Springs, and hiker Natalie Schlosser, 19, of Winchester, Va., arrives at Pen Mar County Park via the Appalachian Trail Saturday, reaching the halfway mark in his trek from Georgia to Maine.

2013-05-18 18:30:00

The Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club members took WDBJ7 on a hike Thursday to talk about sequestration

2013-02-28 12:52:00

Stewart Knob Overlook along the Appalachian Trail

2013-02-28 12:52:00