For information on SWVA Together with Veterans, email [email protected]. RURAL RETREAT, Va. — Metal met fire recently inside a picnic shelter at Rural Retreat Lake when a group dedicated to ...

ROCKWELL — Hanging in front of James “Jeep” Sabo’s house is a handmade sign that reads, “Jeep’s Forge School of Blacksmithing.” Behind his inconspicuous house is a small village of sheds and shops ...

The Spindletop museum will host blacksmithing demonstrations on Thursdays and Fridays from noon to 4 p.m., through Nov. 20.

Once a fixture in nearly every community, the blacksmith shop is now mostly a relic of the past, but for a few hobbyists and shops scattered across the state. But a small charter school in central ...