We’re tracking the following power outages in the region
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Author: Potomac Local News
A tornado watch is in effect for our region until 11 p.m. Wednesday.
An area of strong storms is expected to to move thorugh our region this afternoon.
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Prince William County’s elected leaders deadlocked over the tax rate.
The majority Republican’s on the county’s top governing body shot down a motion to stick with a pre-approved five-year plan that would have raised the average home owner’s tax bill by $145, to $3,877.
The problems swamping the D.C. region’s transit system are deeper than the public has been led to believe but not insurmountable, according to a report prepared for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) by the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
The third of four suspects in a fall 2015 shooting in Manassas is under arrest.
Manassas City Police press release: (more…)
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Residents will have their chance to speak out on a proposed power line in Haymarket on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016.
A series two of public hearings about the 5-mile power line will start at 4:30 p.m., and again at 7 p.m. at Battlefield Senior High School will provide a chance for residents to speak out about the project. The plan calls for constructing 230-kilovolt power line from a substation near the intersection of Interstate 66 and Route 234, and connect it with a soon-to-be built substation near Haymarket.
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Ask anyone who works with me on a regular basis and they’ll be the first to tell you – I’m not a detail guy.
One of the most valuable lessons I learned from my first college business was that details matter (a painful lesson).
Police in Prince William County today named suspects in the year’s first homicide.
Here’s more in a press release: (more…)
A woman walked into the new Bar-J restaurant in Occoquan and quickly came right back outside.
“Do you have a takeout menu?” she asked, opting to get her lunch to go due to the scores of people inside.
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Washington Gas spokesman Jim Monroe spoke to us about the ongoing work in Marumsco Hills, and about a town hall meeting held to address concerns after the February 7 explosion at a home on Franklin Street.
Senator Jeremy McPike held the town hall meeting, and on Monday told Potomac Local some residents called Washington Gas to report the smell of natural gas before the explosion. The comments come on the heels of an investigation by the Prince William County Fire and Rescue Department, Washington Gas, and Virginia State Corporation Commission.