This year, the Prince William County Police Department turns 50 years old, and it is remembering its history in a series of social media posts.

There have been four department chiefs since its founding, with current chief Barry Barnard being the fourth to lead the department. He was promoted to the rank of chief in 2016.


A familiar face in Prince William County is running to lead the Virginia Republican Party.

Anderson’s statement | Today, former Virginia state delegate and retired 30-year Air Force Colonel Richard L. (Rich) Anderson announced that he is a candidate for election as chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia (RPV). This year, Virginia Republicans will elect a state party chairman for a four-year term at the 2020 RPV Quadrennial State Convention on May 1-2 in Lynchburg.


It’ll be the evening of January 21 when the Prince William Board of County Supervisors takes up the discussion of gun rights for the third time in the past two months.

At its first meeting of the New Year on Tuesday, the Board voted unanimously to wait on a proposed resolution that urges legislators in Richmond to pass a red flag law allowing judges to temporarily restrict the gun rights of those they deem a threat to themselves or others.


Elected officials in Prince William County were sworn into office — officially — at the Hylton Performing Arts Center.

The ceremony was held at the Manassas area preforming arts center at 6:30 p.m. It included members of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors and its sheriff.


Press release | Out of concern for the health and well-being of our patients, Novant Health UVA Health System is asking the community to keep visitors age 12 and under out of all acute care facilities, unless seeking treatment, due to widespread outbreak of the flu virus throughout the area. Restrictions are effective beginning at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 8, and last until further notice.

Restrictions apply to the following Novant Health UVA Health System hospitals:


Press release | Businesses in Prince William County must complete and file an annual recycling report with the Department of Public Works by February 15.

Section 22-169 of the Prince William County Code requires all businesses and other non-residential properties that produce trash within the county to report on its activities by February 15 of each year for the previous calendar year. Home-based businesses and businesses located within the incorporated towns of Dumfries, Haymarket, Occoquan, or Quantico are exempt from filing this report.


A new Prince William Board County Supervisors will meet for the first time at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, and it will begin where the last Board left off — gun rights.

The newly elected Board members that took office January 1 have put forth a new resolution urging state legislators to pass so-called red flag laws that limit residents’ ability to get firearms and provide more money to law enforcement which is on the front lines dealing with those who have a mental illness.


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