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OmniRide, county seeks to maintain fare subsidy for underused west-end buses

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Published January 18, 2022 at 9:00AM | Updated June 28, 2022 at 8:49AM

Leaders hope to boost ridership on area commuter buses by keeping fares low.

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Published January 18, 2022 at 6:00AM

Photo: Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

The Smithsonian Institution announced Monday that many of its museums and the zoo will have new hours starting on Tuesday, January 18.

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Area public schools to keep masks mandates in place for now

By Potomac Local News

Published January 17, 2022 at 12:39PM

Prince William County Public Schools students [Photo: Prince William County Public Schools Facebook page]

Despite a new executive order from Gov. Glenn Youngkin making masks optional for parents and students, Prince William County schools will continue to require children and teachers to wear masks.

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Updated: Woman found shot to death in Manassas area home

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Published January 17, 2022 at 12:31PM | Updated January 17, 2022 at 10:57PM

Police found a 37-year-old Mary Anne Smoot suffering a gunshot wound in an apartment near a Costco warehouse near Manassas.

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Storm brings 3 inches snow, crashes, leaves behind blustery cold

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Published January 17, 2022 at 11:00AM

A driver plowed into a ditch at intersection of Rotue 234 and Talon Drive near Dumfries during winter storm on Sunday, January 16, 2022. No one was injured. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

A winter storm dumped nearly three inches of snow on the region before changing to ice and rain.

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By Potomac Local News

Published January 17, 2022 at 10:00AM

Glenn Youngkin is sworn in as Virginia's 74th Governor on January 15, 2022. [Photo: Twitter/@GovernorVA]

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Hammer-wielding dollar-store thief sent girl to hospital, police said

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Published January 14, 2022 at 3:45PM

A robber used a hammer to strike a 17-year-old girl, an employee of a dollar store near Manassas.

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Ahead of storm, power crews pack supplies, ask customers to pack their patience

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Published January 14, 2022 at 3:30PM

Brian Jeter, an overhead line trainee with Dominion Energy [Uriah Kiser/PLN]

Power crews in the Fredericksburg area are getting ready for another winter blast that could bring snow, ice, and rain to our area on Sunday and Monday.

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Jefferson Davis Highway signs removed in Fredericksburg

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Published January 14, 2022 at 9:00AM

Fredericksburg street crews removed a large Jefferson Davis Highway street sign that hung Mary Washington Boulevard at 11 p.m. Thursday, January 13. The street has been renamed Emancipation Highway. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

After nearly 100 years as Jefferson Davis Highway, the name is no more.

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Published January 14, 2022 at 6:00AM

The first of two light industrial buildings at Merritt Business Park at Quantico Corporate Center are complete. [Sumitted photo]

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