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Today, Stafford County officials are expected to provide the details of a regional partnership that would work to put large commercial building sites on the market.

During its Community and Economic Development Committee Meeting at noon, members will hear about a plan to create a Regional Industrial Facilities Authority (RIFA). According to county documents, the participating RIFA jurisdictions are Stafford and King George counties and Fredericksburg.


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The Service Authority, which provides drinking water to Prince William County and Manassas, has begun flushing their pipes.

Simultaneously, the water service temporarily changes the primary disinfectant in their water treatment process from chloramines to free chlorine. The temporary change facilitates an effective flushing program for the distribution system and is a best practice for the drinking water industry.


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Join Breast Cancer Collective for the 2026 Walk to Bust Cancer on Sunday, October 18, at Fort Hunt Park in Alexandria.
Walk alongside survivors, caregivers, friends, families, and neighbors for an uplifting community event supporting access to breast cancer screening and care across the DMV.
Walk to Bust Cancer brings our community together to turn hope into action and help expand access to timely breast health care. Register to walk, gather your team, and join us at Fort Hunt Park.


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After unleashing a profanity-laden tirade threatening elementary-aged children on a school bus, a Stafford man faces a disorderly conduct charge.

On the afternoon of Friday, April 1, authorities said a 34-year-old man got onto a school bus on Tanglewood Lane in the Shadow Woods neighborhood in North Stafford.


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Road work will close a negihborhood street near Haymarket.

Robin Drive (Route 2005) between the southern Bluebird Lane intersection and the northern Bluebird Lane intersection will be closed to through traffic, weather permitting, from 9 a.m. Monday, April 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 7 to replace a culvert pipe, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.