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On Wednesday, August 5, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced the launch of COVIDWISE, ‘an innovative exposure notification app that will alert users if they have been in close contact with an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19,’ according to a press release from the governor’s office.
The app will make Virginia the first in the nation to utilize Bluetooth Low Energy technology developed by Apple and Google.
Here’s a look at this week’s construction hot spots in the Fredericksburg/Stafford County region, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation:
I-95 Northbound
Cases of drugs, fraud, a hit and run, larceny, and threats occurred in Stafford County all on Thursday, August 6, according to a Sheriff’s Office Incident Report.
The details of the events are as follows:
Governor Ralph Northam announced today, August 7, that there will be a temporary statewide moratorium on eviction proceedings. This decision comes after the 4-month federal eviction moratorium and unemployment benefits expired.
The details of the decision are as follows:
Two young bald eagles have returned to the wild after being nursed back to health from an injury that police say must have occurred from them falling out of a tree during a storm.
More in a press release from the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office:
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Three Mountain View High School students assisted a principal after she was involved in an auto collision yesterday.
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Stafford County will launch an a phone app that will provide discounts at wineries, breweries, and restaurants, and other tourist destinations in the county.
The new app will be funded with a $10,000 grant the county received from the Virginia Tourism Corporation’s WanderLove Recovery Grant Program. The funds were made available to multiple jurisdictions, to organizations responsible for marketing areas to potential visitors to increase tourism in a region.
Ridership on the region’s commuter bus system has rebounded since the economic shutdown brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
OmniRide buses are currently operating at 85% capacity of what the transit system had been operating before the pandemic. This number reflects ridership for runs on Monday through Thursday while running a reduced schedule on Fridays.
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Police in Manassas adopted “8 Can’t Wait” reform guidelines meant to serve as principles in communities across the U.S.
On Monday, July 27, city police chief Douglas Keen addressed City Council before it adopted a resolution “to acknowledge that the City of Manassas, Virginia supports the 21st century policing principles and participation in the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies accreditation process so that the City of Manassas Police Department remains a model agency for modern policing in the Commonwealth of Virginia.”