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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — If it’s a good place to work you’re looking for, Prince William County ranks with the best of them.

The county was listed number 16 in a survey of best counties to work in by NerdWallet, boasting an unemployment rate of 4.9%, median household income of year-round workers of $57,476, and population growth of 5.8%.


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Are There Some Inexpensive Ways To Winterize Your Home?

With temperatures falling that means that autumn and winter are just around the corner. The cost to keep a warm home will soon begin to rise. Winterizing should be high on the to do list to avoid freeze-related home damages and keep your heating budget manageable. Here are a few tested tips that can help control those energy bills and financial leaks before they start.


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Robert L. Riffe, 84 of Locust Grove, Va. died peacefully at his home on September 26 of heart failure. Bob is survived by his wife Jean of 62 years. He is survived by his sons Robert (Pam), Richmond; Brian (Pam), Fairfax Station; Timothy (Robin), Lake of the Woods; and Steven, Jeannette, PA; 12 grandchildren– Rene’, Matthew, Karen, Daniel, Erin, Richard, Michelle, Christopher, Steven, Sean, Samuel, and Cole; and 3 great grandchildren—Lennox, Gabriel, and Norah. He was preceded in death by his brothers Phillip and Noel “Babe” and is survived by his sister Betty Lou Daniel of Lester, WV.

Robert was the son of Haskell O. Riffe and Beatrice (Richmond) Riffe of Lester, WV (near Beckley). Bob attended Beckley College on a basketball scholarship. After marriage in 1951, Bob served in the US Army and was stationed in Germany. Upon return to the United States, Bob worked first as an Electronics Technician at Melpar and later at the Night Vision Laboratories, Department of the Army at Ft. Belvoir, VA, retiring in 1993.


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