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PLN continues to accept local news intern applications

By Potomac Local News
Whittacre / Jefferson

We’ve welcomed our newest group of newsroom interns, and I want to take a moment to introduce you to the young men and women who are working with us here at Potomac Local News.

I’ve worked with multiple interns from our area colleges and secondary schools since 2018. Each of them stepped up and became an essential part of our team while learning how to navigate the digital local news landscape, from posting content to our website and writing original news stories, all while building relationships with business owners and elected officials across all of the communities we serve.

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Woodbridge delegate’s bill aims to ban 0.02% of license plates on the road

By Potomac Local News
Delegate Candi Mundon King

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Business

Data center developers turn their eyes to Stafford; 4 server farms proposed

By Uriah Kiser
QTS data center in Manassas [Photo: Google Maps]

Data center developers are turning their attention to Stafford County.

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Opinion: Supervisors have had community in constant uproar; All controversial votes are against the poeple

By Letters to the Editor
Former Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chair At-large Ann Wheeler. [File photo]

Chairwoman Ann Wheeler and the Prince William County Board of County Supervisors have made a lot of news over the past three years and not the good kind.

Vote after vote, whether it’s controversial land use cases, increasing our taxes every year, meals tax, public corruption investigations, lack of disclosing data center stock, having illegal board meetings, the list goes on and on.

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2023 VRE Operations Board Leaders Take the Helm

By Bekah Whittacre
Fairfax County Supervisor Walkinshaw

Members of the 2023 Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Operations Board Executive Committee were installed Friday in a brief ceremony during which outgoing Chair Margaret Franklin of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors passed the gavel to James Walkinshaw of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. Walkinshaw was the VRE board’s vice chair in 2022.

“I’m excited and honored to serve as chair this year,” said Walkinshaw. “VRE is fortunate to have an Operations Board dedicated to the system’s success, talented staff committed to our mission, and loyal riders who recognize the value of the safe, convenient, and reliable service we offer. 2023 will be a pivotal year as riders continue returning to the system and we undertake the critical task of updating our long-term vision through our System Plan 2050 process.”

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OmniRide announces updated bus schedules starting Jan. 30

By Deshaun Jefferson

Schedules for Express, Metro Express, and Local routes will change on that date. OmniRide Connect micro transit pilot program is now operating in Manassas Park. It replaces the OmniRide Local Manassas Park route. Some routes operate from the new Balls Ford Road Commuter Lot in Manassas.

The new schedules are available here https://omniride.com/service/schedules/ .

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Sur 13 gang members charged Manassas-area mob assault

By Potomac Local News
E. Mancha

On January 21, 2023, detectives with the Prince William police Special Investigations Bureau concluded the investigation into the burglary at a home in the 8100 block of Community Drive near Manassas.

While investigating the incident, detectives received information leading to the identification of four men involved in the incident that occured in October 2022.

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13 cars involved in crash that closed I-95 in Spotsylvania

By Potomac Local News
Photo: Virginia State Police

At 2:44 p.m. today, January 25, 2023, Virginia State Police responded to a multi-vehicle crash northbound on I-95 at the 116-mile marker at the Caroline County and Spotsylvania County lines.

Three separate crashes involving a total of 13 vehicles were involved. Only one person was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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