Prince William

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The risk of winter weather has increased for Prince William County ahead of Sunday’s winter storm.

The county, as well as Manassas and Manassas Park, is now under a winter storm warning and could see up to 3 inches of snow and sleet Sunday morning before the precipitation falling from the skies changes to freezing rain Sunday afternoon. Then, it’s expected up to a quarter inch of ice will accumulate on surfaces, bringing with it treacherous driving conditions and the possibility of power outages.

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LAKE RIDGE, Va. — Christmas lights on Mayflower Drive were overshadowed by the flashing lights of fire engines Saturday night.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Clean-up efforts are underway this morning after a fire engulfed an apartment inside a high-rise building in Woodbridge.

Disaster recovery crews were mopping up after fire broke out in an apartment on the 4th floor about 5 p.m. Friday afternoon. Crews were able to extinguish the fire, but heavy damage caused by water forced many to be displaced from their homes according to a fire department source.

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — An area landfill is turning more trash into energy.

A 4.8-megawatt facility that turns methane gas emitted by the landfill into electricity officially came online Wednesday at the Prince William County Sanitary Landfill on Va. 234. The new facility joins a 1.9 megawatt gas-to-energy facility in operation at the landfill since 1998.

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Residents like their open space, according to a new study by Prince William County.

Officials this past summer launched a survey that is part of a larger ongoing study on how to preserve the rural areas in the county, identify ways to preserve land, and to gauge if methods and regulations already in place are working to preserve enough of it.

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DUMFRIES, Va. — There will be several ways to ring in the holiday season in Dumfries this year.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Delegate Richard Anderson (R-Prince William) wants to get young people interested in state government and will hold a meeting to discuss his “future delegate” program.

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DUMFIRES, Va. — Seven people were displaced from their home Saturday night in Dumfries.

NOKESVILLE, Va. – Train traffic along a Norfolk-Southern owned and operated rail line was shut down this afternoon after several brush fires broke out.

Trains that use the line in Nokesville, near Manassas, were halted so fire crews could douse the blazes, according to initial reports. Several hay bales in the area of Va. 28 and Nokesville Road had caught fire. There’s no word yet on how the blaze began.