From VDOT:
An expanded Route 17 in Stafford County is now open with three through travel lanes in each direction between Interstate 95 and Stafford Lakes Parkway.
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With just five officers in his department, Quantico Police Chief John Clair will watch how the Prince William County Police Department conducts its first tests with body-worn cameras.
A total of 30 Prince William police officers in the Prince William this week will be issued body-worn cameras as part of a pilot program to test the technology in the field. The cameras are quickly becoming the standard in local law enforcement across the U.S. as citizens routinely seek more transparency from local police departments.
From Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton Volunteer Fire Department
Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton Volunteer Firefighters were called to an apartment fire at 1831 Sugar Hill Drive Lane in Lake Ridge. OWL crews arrived on scene within minutes with fire showing from the front of the building.
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From Virginia State Police:
At 9:07 a.m., Monday (Aug. 15), Virginia State Police responded to a four-vehicle crash in Prince William County. The fatal, chain-reaction crash occurred in the westbound lanes of I-66 at the 41 mile marker.
The Virginia State Corporation could go either way, telling Dominion Virginia Power that a proposed power transmission line along Interstate 66 to serve a new data center in Haymarket could run above ground, or that it could allow the utility to build hybrid option where part of the power line is buried.
The hybrid option is popular with residents who don’t want to see a 230-kilovolt transmission line when they look out their windows and are concerned about what a towering power line could do for property values. Last year at a series of public meetings, Dominion officials said an above-ground line provides more reliable service and costs less to maintain.
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Manassas Park City Voter Registrar Patricia Brendel hasn’t seen anything like this in her 18 years on the job.
No one is running to fill two of three open city council seats which that are up this General Election on November 8.
Parents brought their daughters and sons for the Baby Contest at the Prince William County Fair.
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The Prince William County Fair will open at 3 p.m. Sunday, August 14, 2016, due to excessive heat in the region.
The fair had been scheduled to open at noon, but hot temperatures forced fair officials to postpone Sunday’s opening.
From VDOT:
The Virginia Department of Transportation will be closing Bristow Road (Route 619) to through traffic between Route 28 and Lucasville Road Saturday, August 13 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Monday, August 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for railroad crossing repairs.
Today we learn about dairy goats at the Prince William County Fair.