Welcome to the new Publisher’s Post, a feature new for 2024 that will allow me to connect directly with you, our members.

I’ll use this space to write directly to you, giving you insight into the stories of the day, the new stories our team is working on, local events pulled from our robust local events calendar, and information about how you can help us in our mission to cover our communities.


We’re about to enter our 14th year of publishing local news for communities between Manassas and Fredericksburg.

As an entrepreneurial journalist who built Potomac Local from the ground up into one of our region’s most trusted news and community information sources, I’ve never stopped thinking about how to help small businesses grow their businesses and improve our communities.


I spent the first week of the New Year laying to rest my grandmother, who lived to be 87 years old. Joyce McNeal, of Bluefield, W.Va., passed just before Christmas, leaving behind a small family, including two grandsons who fondly remember summers in the West Virginia mountains and small-town hospitality. 

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From our local news family to yours, I wish you a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year. 

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Thanks to our advertising partners like you, our members and readers alike will look forward to Potomac Local News bringing them one of our most popular features — the weekday weather update.

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If you work at a school or a non-profit organization, you can now post your events to our Community Calendar for free.

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Join Hire Ground, Inc. for its Winter Conference 2023 at Osbourn High School in Manassas on December 22, 2023, and thank them for helping to support and bring you local news!

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A new report on the state of local news in the U.S. shows the number of local news outlets continued to contract at a steeper rate in 2023.

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