By Alex Morton
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – On the fourth try, the Senate joined the House on Wednesday in approving an $85 billion state budget for the next two years.
Author: Potomac Local News
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — A new indoor aquatics center will be built in North Stafford.
The planned two-story Stafford Sports Center will be a 196,000 square foot building built along Va. 610 between Parkway Boulevard and North Stafford High School. It’ll include a 10-lane swimming pool for competitive activities aimed at attracting high school teams, while another portion of the 23-acre site will include an outdoor field house with four fields and stadium seating, according to county documents.
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By URIAH KISER
DUMFRIES, Va. — The Dumfries Town Council sparred Tuesday night over putting Jesus Christ back into their meetings.
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By Charles Couch
Capital News Service
RICHMOND. Va. – Despite a long recession, Virginia ranks among the top five states with the best economic climates, according to a national lobbying organization.
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By TIM SWARTZ
Potomac Nationals
FREDERICK, Md. — Rob Wort got out of a bases loaded no-out jam in the ninth to earn the save in Potomac’s 5-3 win over the Frederick Keys. The P-Nats rode another stellar six-inning start from Kyle Winters who earned the win.
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DALE CITY, Va. — Smoking materials led to a blaze at a townhome in Dale City.
Fire and rescue crews were called to the 4600 block of Whitaker Place, off Savannah Drive and Minnieville Road at noon today for a fire in a two-story home.
By TIM SWARTZ
Potomac Nationals
FREDERICK, MD – Randolph Oduber hit a two-out two-run single in the tenth as Potomac beat Frederick 6-4 in extra innings. The single from Oduber gave the Nationals (4-6) their first lead of the day over the Keys (5-5).
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Jubair Ahmad, 24, a native of Pakistan and resident of Woodbridge, Va., was sentenced Friday to 144 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for providing material support to Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Neil H. MacBride, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Lisa Monaco, Assistant Attorney General for National Security; and James W. McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, made the announcement after sentencing by United States District Judge T. S. Ellis III.