Almost exactly five months after a serious motorcycle accident left him hospitalized in critical condition, Powhatan Judge Paul W. Cella says his life has almost returned to normal.

Opponents of the long-running and controversial King William Reservoir project stepped away from the environmental argument on Thursday to make a case against the reservoir on the grounds of need and cost.

Environmentalists charged Thursday that estimates used to rationalize the King William Reservoir are proving to be grossly exaggerated, and that the proposed $300 million project to provide drinking water on ...