The High Occupancy Vehicle lanes between Dumfries and Edsall Road will close this weekend.
Officials with the Virginia Department of Transportation have ordered the closure so inspectors can get a close-up look of the condition of the lanes.
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All charges against a George Mason University student accused of abducting a female student are dropped, Stafford’s schools get a big budget boost, and Prince William schools want to know what you think about their cafeteria food.
Surviving in post-earthquake Japan is about getting used to nerve-racking aftershocks, trying to block out the devastation left behind from the disaster and feeling skittish about reports of radiation leakage, says one Japanese resident.
Rick Cogley is from Pittsburg and moved to Japan and now runs a computer firm. His sister, Karen, lives in Dale City and says she is thankful Rick has survived the strongest earthquake on record in Japan. But living in the earthquake and tsunami – ravaged country has its challenges.
A fire broke out at 55 Wild Turkey Drive in the Windsor Forest neighborhood at 3:52 p.m.
Units from the Rockhill Fire Station arrived and found a fire in the basement of the single-family home, and then pulled their lines into the house and doused the blaze within five minutes, said Stafford Fire and Rescue Department spokesman Mark Doyle.
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I love to watch wild animals on television and see them at the zoo.
Those who live near the North Anna Nuclear Power Station will get free iodine pills, a jewelry store raises money from troops and George Mason remains the talk of the town at March Madness.
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Lake Ridge, Va. –– A tornado warning was issued this morning at Lake Ridge Elementary School, but it was only a drill.
Deputies in Stafford County were faced with those questions over the weekend.
No ordinary mailbox smashing caper, this person in this case walked up to at least three mailboxes in front of homes along Choptank Road in the Vista Woods neighborhood and pulled the posts from the ground, sometime late Saturday into early Sunday.
Students in schools, office workers at businesses and in government and those at home are asked to participate in the drill so they will know what to do in the event a twister strikes.
The National Weather Service will send out a test tornado warning triggering a tone alert on NOAA Weather Radio. The warning will also prompt a warning message on radio and TV.
Stafford County, Va. –– Fire and rescue crews on Monday evening were called to a brush fire at Willowmere Park on Mountain View Road.