Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

Smoker to blame for house fire that caused $400K in damage

Published June 29, 2021 at 6:09PM | Updated June 30, 2021 at 5:51PM

Photo: Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department

A smoker is to blame for a house fire that damaged three townhomes Monday afternoon.

We were the first to tell you yesterday the blaze broke out at 12:45 p.m. at a home in the 400 block of Potomac Hills Drive. No one was injured, but 10 people were displaced.

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Manassas Mayor: ‘When I was elected…the city saw positive change’

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 29, 2021 at 5:56PM | Updated June 30, 2021 at 5:51PM

Manassas Mayor Michelle Davis-Younger [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN}

Michelle Davis Younger delivered a “state of the city” address to the Manassas City Council.

The speech delivered Monday night focused largely on herself, her election to the City Council last fall, and what she’s been up to since then. “When I was elected in November 2020, the city saw a positive…and, yes, it was a positive and tremendous change,” said Davis Younger.

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McAuliffe fact-check retraction leaves state buzzing

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 29, 2021 at 4:22PM | Updated June 30, 2021 at 5:51PM

Virginia public radio station WCVE in Richmond retracted a column posted to its website today — a fact check piece about former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

The piece, which was also shared by statewide news aggregator Va News from the Virginia Public Access Project, called out McAuliffe for falsely claiming his Republican opponent, Glenn Youngkin, praised him during a panel discussion the Youngkin hosted in 2018, on which McAuliffe was a panelist.

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Gun brandished in road-rage incident near Colgan High School

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 29, 2021 at 2:22PM | Updated June 30, 2021 at 5:51PM

Police in Prince William County is investigating a road rage incident that led to a firearm being brandished near a local high school.

The 24-year-old female victim was driving near Colgan High School on Monday afternoon, at the intersection of Route 234 and Hoadly Road near Dale City. A sedan began following her and driving aggressively around her. At one point, while the victim was stopped, the driver of the blue sedan pulled up and brandished a gun, police said.

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2-alarm fire injures 1, displaces 10 in Stafford County

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 28, 2021 at 2:47PM | Updated June 29, 2021 at 4:34PM

Photo: Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department

A total of 10 people are displaced, and one person injured after a fire ripped through a Stafford County townhome community today.

Crews were called to the 400 block of Potomac Hills Drive in the northern section of the county just before 1 p.m. They found flames shooting the roof of a two-story townhome.

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Plane nose gear collapses after landing at Manassas airport

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 27, 2021 at 11:16PM | Updated July 2, 2021 at 10:01AM

A pilot had a hairy landing on Sunday night in Manassas.

At 9:45 p.m., aircraft controllers at the Manassas Regional Airport notified airport officials about a plane that had not checked in. The pilot of the plane, which had been bound airport, then made an emergency landing on runway 16L with its landing gear locked in place, said airport spokesman Richard Allabaugh.

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Manassas schools are racist, newly proposed equity policy asserts

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 25, 2021 at 6:09PM | Updated June 29, 2021 at 4:34PM

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The Manassas City School Board today was supposed to talk about implicit bias.

“It’s an important topic because it is something that everybody has. It doesn’t matter who you are, what race you are, your status… and it affects how you react to things,” said Manassas School Board Chairman Sanford Williams.

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Manassas airport eases space requirements for flight schools

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 25, 2021 at 1:13PM | Updated June 29, 2021 at 4:35PM

Manassas Airport officials this month voted to make some key changes at Virginia’s largest municipal airfield.

First, the airport is working to shorten the list of pilots’ names on a list to rent hangar space at the airport. A total of 160 people are waiting for a covered space to store their planes at the airport as of June 16. On average, it’s a two to three-year wait, said Richard Allabaugh, airport spokesman.

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Woodbridge vaccination site to close as emergency mask order to sunset

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 25, 2021 at 12:44PM | Updated July 2, 2021 at 10:01AM

The massive vaccination clinic in Woodbridge will close today, leaving many in Prince William County needed to travel to the Manassas area to get their coronavirus shot.

A vaccine clinic at the former Gander Mountain store, located at 14041 Worth Avenue, will close its doors for the last at 5:30 p.m. today. Since then, the clinic opened in March and, since then, the rate of those getting the coronavirus vaccine has fallen.

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No, the Woodbridge District Supervisor isn’t selling shoes on her Facebook page

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 24, 2021 at 11:11AM | Updated July 2, 2021 at 10:01AM

Woodbridge District Supervisor Margaret Franklin

A recent post on the Facebook page of Woodbridge District Supervisor Margaret Franklin had some wondering if she had entered a new line of work.

The sponsored post was showed a pair of shoes for sale. Summer slide sandals for $60, to be specific.