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News

Travelers on Interstate 95 northbound should anticipate delays with double lane closures scheduled overnight in Stafford County as construction progresses on the I-95 Northbound Rappahannock River Crossing project.

All three travel lanes on I-95 northbound between exit 133 (Route 17) and exit 136 (Centreport Parkway) will be shifted slightly to the left, toward the median, to provide more space along the right shoulder for crews to work behind concrete barriers.


Breaking News

Stafford County wants to name its portion of Route 1 after a fallen hero.

Jessica J. Cheney gave her life in the service of Virginians. At 23, only two years after becoming Virginia State Police Trooper, a car collided with Cheney at a work zone on Route 1 at the Stafford Courthouse on January 17, 1998


Politics

Residents will gather in Fairfax tonight to support their right to fly the U.S. Flag at their homes.

A rally will begin a 5 p.m. outside the Fairfax County Government Center in response to county deliberations over whether or not to restrict the flagpole heights at single-family homes to 25 feet. At businesses, the limit would have been 60 feet.


Politics

The Republican Party of Virginia’s attempts to plan a party-run, statewide nominating contest during a global pandemic have been so choppy it’s still unclear if the May 8 drive-up convention at Liberty University will happen as planned.


Originals

A mass vaccination clinic kicks off at 8 a.m. at an old Gander Mountain store next to Potomac Mills mall in Woodbridge.

The health district aims to distribute 1,000 doses of the new Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine per day, for the first time, over the three-day event. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is the third coronavirus vaccine to be approved for use requires patients receive just one dose, unlike vaccinations from Pfizer and Moderna that need two.