Author: PLN News

M.C. Dean plans to invest $412.5 million to expand its manufacturing campus in Caroline County, adding two new plants and a projected 1,950 jobs, Virginia Business reports.

The expansion includes a 442,000-square-foot building on the main campus and a 1.5 million-square-foot building on the 600-acre north campus. Total square footage is expected to exceed 3.6 million square feet on 1,300 acres by 2030. The company also plans a Power Systems Training Center at Caroline High School starting in 2027.

An April 2026 memo says the resources, assistance, and meaningful follow-up for 20 Arlington County Fire Department personnel who responded to the January 2025 midair collision near Ronald Reagan National Airport were wholly inadequate, WTOP reports.

Responders spent hours in freezing conditions handling remains from the American Airlines Flight 5342 and Army Black Hawk collision. The memo describes depression, family strain, sleep problems, alcohol use, and eroded trust in leadership among those involved. Many exhausted their workers’ compensation therapy sessions and faced out-of-pocket costs for continued care.

Virginia has early and late antlerless-only firearms seasons in 24 jurisdictions, allowing hunts from as early as Labor Day weekend to as late as the end of April, Cardinal News reports.

Deer project leader Justin Folks of the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources said any female kill is a win for population management. Hunters cited warm September weather, a preference for large bucks, does with fawns, and feeling hunted out later in the season as reasons they skip the extra time. Public comment on upcoming regulations is open through Nov. 18.