The Stafford County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution to install bipolarization filters on the air conditioning units on all of the county’s government buildings.

The new filters match what has already been installed inside the county’s public schools, and come in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.


Occoquan officials aim to put a cap on the amount of time you can park your car in one spot.

The Town Council is looking into a new timed parking program that would allow police to use an electronic handheld scanner to mark your tires’ position and then use the information to see whether the car had been moved in the past three hours.


Some Prince William County residents are part of the millions of people that need food to get through this holiday season.

On Saturday, November 21, Lake Ridge Rotary did its annual “Done-In-A-Day” food drive outside of a Safeway grocery store at Tackett’s Mill in Lake ridge, ACTS, and Lake Ridge Fellowship House be part of the solution.


Many who have chronic pain have postponed critical trips to their doctor to seek care.

Whether it’s for a sports injury, or injury from a fall, neck, back, or side aches, Dr. Kenneth May at the Sentara Therapy Center in Woodbridge treats it all.


KO Distilling, the Manassas-based producer known for its smooth-tasting bourbon, released its first bottle of bonded bourbon.

KO’s Distiller’s Reserve Bottled in Bond, a four-year-old, 100-proof bourbon whiskey kept in wooden barrels made from charred American White Oak. The whiskey itself is distilled from Virginia grown grains, including 70% corn, 20% wheat, and 10% malted barley.


The third time wasn’t the charm for Prince William police, as County Supervisors on Tuesday failed to bar language from the county’s upcoming strategic plan that would call for defunding the department.

In a 5-3 vote, most Democrats on the Board voted against an effort by Supervisor Peter Candland (R-Gainesville) to block efforts to “reallocate” or defund police.


Stafford County residents will get another reprieve on their Personal Property and Real Estate taxes.

At a joint meeting of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors and the county’s School Board today, Supervisors decided to waive late temporarily and interest for late tax payments. Residents can pay the taxes due on December 5, as late as Jan. 29, 2021, without facing a penalty.


Fredericksburg is looking to turn the city’s new Riverside Park into a “smart” park.

The city will enter a partnership with the Center for Innovative Technology to bring smart technology that would be a feature of the new park when it opens to the public next year.


A new report suggests Virginia could release inmates convicted of marijuana drug crimes and then give them preferential treatment should they want to get into a state-regulated marijuana business.

Gov. Ralph Northam released a 90-page report on the effects of completely legalizing marijuana in the state, something he says he aims to do when the General Assembly reconvenes on January 13, 2021.


A trash compactor caught fire at a Goodwill store in North Stafford.

At about 11:30 a.m. Sunday, November 29 the Stafford County Fire and Rescue was called to fire at Goodwill Industries located at 72 Doc Stone Drive. Callers reported a trash compactor was on fire at this location.


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