Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

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

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.

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Let’s open a video window to the county courthouse

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 23, 2021 at 1:56PM

Potomac Local News President Publisher Uriah Kiser

I remember the first time I covered a meeting of the Prince William County Planning Commission.

The body, appointed by members of the Board of County Supervisors, meets regularly and is tasked with making recommendations to the Supervisors on land-use matters. Putting simply, if a large development like a neighborhood of homes or a large shopping mall is built, plans for the new development have most likely passed through the Planning Commission.

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Weary Prince William residents fear another powerline fight looms

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 22, 2021 at 3:03PM | Updated June 29, 2022 at 9:31AM

Dominion Energy, the state’s largest utility, has no idea yet how much electricity a new data center to be built near Haymarket will need.

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Town hall to focus on future of OmniRide

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 21, 2021 at 6:12PM | Updated June 29, 2022 at 9:31AM

Samuel Johnson, of My City cleaning services, polishes one of six new OmniRide commuter buses.

Commuters will get an earful on the future of OmniRide, the transportation agency that provides bus service in Prince William and Stafford counties and the cities of Manassas Park.