No excuse absentee voting begins Friday for the November General Election.
Early voting is taking place in all localities across the state, including Prince William and Stafford counties, cities of Manassas, Fredericksburg, and Manassas Park. (click on your respective locality to get full information on early voting locations).
Drivers should plan ahead for travel on Interstate 95 with planned daytime and overnight lane closures in the Fredericksburg area for Improve 95 program construction.
I-95 northbound and southbound will be reduced to one travel lane beginning at 10 p.m. each evening this week at various locations between exit 130 (Route 3) in the City of Fredericksburg and exit 136 (Centreport Parkway) in Stafford County.
(The Center Square) – Virginia’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has remained below average when compared to other states, but its health recovery has been slightly above average.
According to a new report from the financial website WalletHub released Wednesday, the commonwealth’s overall recovery was ranked 22.
A motorcyclist was killed in a crash on Dale Boulevard on Saturday, September 11.
Prince William police tell us:
The Virginia Department of Transportation says these work zones could slow your commute this week.
Here they are:
One man was flown to a hospital Friday after he was shot near a Costco warehouse near Manassas.
Prince William County police reported the incident at 2;33 p.m. Friday, after the victim was found in the 10600 block of Blendia Lane, just off Ashton Avenue suffering multiple gunshot wounds.
An 80-year-old Gainesville man succumbed to his injuries after he was struck while riding an electric bike on a busy Prince William County street.
Prince William police tell us:
The DMV will resume walk-in service three days a week starting October 5.
Offices across the state have been seeing customers on an appointment-only basis since May 2020. The DMV continues to stress the success of operating by appointment only, stating it has conducted more transactions in person, online, and over the phone, than it did before the start of the pandemic.
Drivers who use the two-lane Butler Road in Falmouth should prepare for delays this week, as road crews replace a drain pipe.
The Virginia Department of Transportation tells us:
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Virginia health officials are warning residents who were at Dulles Airport, or in places near the international hub, they may have come in contact with measles after refugees from Afghanistan folded the state.
A Virginia Department of Health Press release states:
