Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

Published January 12, 2016 at 2:05PM | Updated January 13, 2016 at 10:55AM

A decision could come this week to allow toxic water at Possum Point Power Station near Dumfries to be treated and released into Potomac River.

Virginia’s Water Control Board will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Richmond to review a permit to allow plant owner Dominion Virginia Power to treat and release from coal ash ponds into the river, and Quantico Creek.

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Animal shelter gives kitten to terminally ill child

By Uriah Kiser

Published January 11, 2016 at 5:35PM | Updated January 11, 2016 at 11:14PM

Ryan Mott got his pick of the litter.

The eight-year-old was wheeled into the Stafford County Animal Shelter at 9:30 a.m. Saturday and picked out his very own kitten.

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OmniRide short on cash; doomsday scenario unveiled

By Uriah Kiser

Published January 8, 2016 at 12:48PM | Updated January 10, 2016 at 1:05PM

There’s a lot of hope in the newly approved budget put forward Thursday night by the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission.

Hope that Prince William County will magically find $6 million to help make up some of an annual $9.2 million budget shortfall, every year over the next five years. Hope the Virginia General Assembly will enact a gas tax “floor” to help the agency recoup and additional $3.5 million it lost when gas prices dropped.

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New elementary school would come at cost of park, trails

By Uriah Kiser

Published January 7, 2016 at 11:30PM

Amber is doing better after cancer surgery.

The brown and white 8-year-old boxer-lab-mix had two cysts removed from her stomach late last year. Her owner, Stephanie Dobranski, brings Amber to their favorite place: Chinn Park.

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Sherwood murder trial continued until June 20

By Uriah Kiser

Published January 5, 2016 at 3:33PM | Updated January 5, 2016 at 6:14PM

The murder case against John Sherwood has been continued until June 20.

Sherwood is accused of killing his 21-year-old wife Erica Renae Sherwood in a violent incident at home in Dale City on New Year’s Day 2015. A witness told a court last year Sherwood was trying to escape from her husband and took refuge at her friends house where she would be killed.

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PRTC lost $1.5 million when HOT lanes opened on I-95

By Uriah Kiser

Published January 4, 2016 at 6:00PM | Updated January 5, 2016 at 1:28PM

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New toll lanes on Interstates 95 and 395 brought more options to commuters when they opened one year ago.

Single drivers can now pay a toll and ride the lanes, whereas before all vehicles had to have at least three occupants during peak times. Today, the toll lanes are monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and all drivers must have an electronic E-ZPass to use them. A vehicle with three or more occupants still rides free.

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Brew Republic will be Stonebridge’s brewery in Woodbridge

By Uriah Kiser

Published December 30, 2015 at 3:53PM

What do you get when you mix a “recovering politician” with alcohol?

Woodbridge residents will find out this spring when Brew Republic Bierwerks opens in Potomac Town Center in Stonebridge.

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Stewart ‘disgusted’ with coal ash plan moving ahead

By Uriah Kiser

Published December 22, 2015 at 10:33AM

Corey Stewart

A deadline for public comments on a plan to treat and release toxic water into the Potomac River has come and gone.

The Prince William County Board of Supervisors asked for a 60-day extension of a public comment period ending December 14 for the Possum Point Power Station near Dumfries and Quantico where water from coal ash ponds have been seeping into tributaries for years.

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How many homes would be lost to a Godwin Drive extension to I-66? This $2.5 million study will tell us in 18 months

By Uriah Kiser

Published December 17, 2015 at 5:00AM | Updated December 17, 2015 at 7:21AM

Godwin Drive extension

Should Godwin Drive be linked with Interstate 66? That’s the question a new $2.5 million study will examine.

Transportation planners from Prince William County and Manassas City will study the “Flat Branch” corridor between where Godwin Drive intersects with Sudley Road just outside Manassas, near Novant Prince William Medical Center.

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