Author: Uriah Kiser

Stafford County is ready to get back to work.

The county’s government today is telling residents and business owners it will follow Gov. Ralph Northam’s guidance when it comes to reopening the county’s economy, sending back-to-work the owners and employees of places like restaurants, barbershops, spas, bowling alleys, and other amusement businesses. Churches will also be allowed to reopen under the phase of the governor’s plan.

Five kayakers were assisted to shore by fire and rescue crews.

Those kayakers abandoned their boats near the in the Rappahannock River, near the Interstate 95 bridge near Fredericksburg, about 3;56 p.m. Saturday. Stafford County Fire and Rescue crews were called to the scene to help them, but no one was injured, states fire chief Joseph Cardello.

If your business is still open to the public, the Fredericksburg City government has just posted a list of the six things business owners in its city should be doing in the wake of the coronavirus spread.

The list comes amid Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s mandatory stay-at-home order for state residents, which restricts residents from leaving the state, and only making trips to essential business like grocery, hardware, automotive stores, and restaurants.