Sentara Healthcare will triple its financial support for Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) with a commitment of $130 million over the next five years. For the period 2018 through 2023, annual funding given by Sentara to EVMS will increase from a previous amount of $9 million per year to $26 million per year.

“After 46 years working together, the relationship between Sentara and EVMS has never been stronger,” said Sentara Board of Directors Chair, Henry U. ‘Sandy’ Harris. “Together, we are demonstrating the missions of both institutions and keeping the focus on patient care and innovation during this time of change in the health care landscape.”


WOODBRIDGE — For commuters in Woodbridge heading to the Pentagon and beyond, there’s carpooling, rail and single-occupancy vehicles going up congested Interstate 95.

But to Woodbridge District Supervisor Frank Principi there’s another choice, and that’s the high-speed ferry up the Potomac River.


Families slowly transition their teenagers into driving, but most likely don’t think about transitioning heir older adult loved ones our of driving.  As a result, the decision to give up the car keys is often the result of a crisis – a crash or another unfortunate incident.   The Home Instead Senior Care® network hopes […]


LAKE RIDGE — Police are looking for the man they say raped a woman outside a Lake Ridge apartment complex off Springwoods Drive early Wednesday. 

The victim walked into the enclosed stairwell at what would otherwise be a garden-style condominium complex in the 12200 block of Stevenson Court at 6:05 a.m. to find a man with a gun. He tried to sexually assault her and eventually forced her outside where police say she was raped. 


PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Police officers came to the aid of the defenseless today.

Potomac Local was there when they pulled a kitten from the inside of a 120-degree car parked in the hot sunlight outside the Coverstone Apartments complex in the 10900 block of Coverstone Drive near Manassas.


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WOODBRIDGE — Transit agencies in the region have been plagued this week by weather and communications issues.

OmniRide has been unable to make or receive phone calls or emails. This has hampered the bus company’s ability to communicate with customers and schedule off-route pick-ups for their OmniRide Local bus service, formerly OmniLink.


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