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Schools

Va. Senator: ‘Northam knows the bill is not a mask mandate’

By Uriah Kiser
Stafford County School Board Chairman Holly Hazard (Hartwood District) listens to parents speak on July 27, 2021. [Photo: Uriah Kiser]

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Prince William

No plans follow Loudoun in limiting access to School Board meetings

By Uriah Kiser
The Prince William County School Board.

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Schools

‘You’re fired’: Stafford orders forced masking for first 30 days of school

By Uriah Kiser
Stafford County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Scott Kizner pulls down his mask during a School Board meeting to speak with elected officials. [Photo by Uriah Kiser/PLN]

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Originals

Educators told “teachers can’t just be non-racist. They must be anti-racist”

By Uriah Kiser
Tyrone Howard, the professor of education and associate dean for equity and inclusion at UCLA, addresses Manassas teachers on a video call. [Image: Manassas City Public Schools Twitter account]

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Schools

Manassas students must be masked when they return to school

By Uriah Kiser
Manassas School Board Chair Suzanne Seaberg.

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Prince William

Schools forced-facemask policy has loophole for children who cannot wear covering

By Uriah Kiser
Parents urge Stafford County Public Schools to allow parents to choose whether or not their child wears a mask in school. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

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Hospital staff, volunteers in our area to be forced to get coronavirus jab

By Uriah Kiser
Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg

Mary Washington Hospital is the first healthcare provider in our region to force its employees and volunteers to get a coronavirus vaccine.

Employees, medical staff, and volunteers at the Fredericksburg and Stafford campuses must be vaccinated by October 31, the hospital announced, saying the vaccines are safe and effective at preventing the spread of the coronavirus.

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Obituaries

Steven Walker Carter, 75

By Uriah Kiser

Steven Walker Carter, 75, of Bruington, Virginia, formerly of Woodbridge and Triangle, Virginia, passed away on March 1. 2020 after triple by-pass heart surgery in Doctor’s Hospital, in Richmond, Virginia.

At the age of 13, Steve, son of Charlotte and Buck Carter, became the 13th known case in the world to survive Cryptococcus Meningitis after spending many months in National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.

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