At least three inches of snow has fallen across the area today. Now, some drier air is working its way into the region and that could decrease the forecast snow totals.

Virginia’s Governor Terry McAuliffe this morning declared a state of emergency throughout the commonwealth and urged people not to drive unless they absolutely had to.


WOODBRIDGE, Va. — It’s been over a week and there are still few clues in the shooting death of 21-year-old Glenda Marisol Coca-Romero.

Romoero was shot and killed on the evening of Friday, Feb. 21, while working at the Platanillos Grocery store on U.S. 1 in Woodbridge. Another 42-year-old woman working alongside her was also shot causing life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital.


There are a few things that caught our attention when we read this morning’s briefing from the National Weather Service.

After seeing how high temperatures during the day today could rise up well above 40 degrees, it’s what will happen after  colder air from the north pushes into our area later tonight, just in time for a winter storm to move in.


You can beat traffic congestion on Interstate 95 this weekend by riding the Metro Direct bus from Woodbridge for free.

The HOV lanes will be closed this weekend from 11 p.m. tonight to 2 p.m. Sunday, and that can cause major traffic headaches through the region as the lack of the two HOV lanes can cause delays to stack up on the highway.


OCCOQUAN, Va. — The entrepreneurial Mayor of Occoquan picked has set a milestone by picking up his 1,000th passenger.

Earine Porta and his Occoquan Transportation Company has been shutting people between an Amtrak station in Lorton to the small town along the Occoquan River in Prince William County since April of last year. A longtime promoter of small business in the tiny town of just under 800 residents, Porta thought his private company would help spur tourism in the area.


DUMFRIES, Va. — The unsightly remnants of a billboard that once stood along U.S. 1 in Dumfries are gone.

PotomacLocal.com first told you about the billboard that was blown down in a storm last year. It had sat in disrepair along the major commuter thoroughfare for months drawing complaints from town residents.


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