Bus riders could soon pay more on OmniRide and OmniLink buses, and an OmniRide route faces elimination.
The agency that operates the buses, the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission, will hold two public hearing this week on its “austere” $68.2 million fiscal year 2016 budget. The transit agency states there are “major funding uncertainties” in the coming years, especially in 2017, such as 10% decline in state funding and flat federal funds.
Thursday’s snowfall broke records, and classes in Prince William County Public Schools were canceled yesterday and today.
Now, with spring on the doorstep and summer not far behind, many parents wonder how if their children will need to make up school days missed due to inclement weather.
Thursday’s snow was record breaking at all three Washington, D.C. area airports.
At total of 9.5 inches of snow fell at Washington Dulles International Airport, breaking the daily snowfall total at that airport set in 2001.
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Poor weather conditions led to the closure of a portion of Dale Boulevard, between Gideon Drive and Birchdale Avenue on Thursday afternoon.
Prince William police warned drivers who were on the on the roads or thinking of venturing out into the winter mess to think twice.
Volunteer fire chiefs weighed in a on plan to use $4 million from the county’s fire levy to pay the salaries of some career firefighters.
The majority of the volunteer chiefs who spoke to the Executive Committee of the Prince William County Fire Rescue Association. It’s the organization that binds and governs the county’s volunteer and career fire services, headed by the County Fire Chief Kevin McGee,
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Here’s a weather forecast from the National Weather Service for projected accumulation in the next few hours.
Prince William leaders set an advertised tax rate Tuesday night.
It’s lower than the 4% increase agreed upon last year in the county’s five-year budget plan, but it’s higher than an earlier 1.3% rate increase that would have meant multiple cuts in county services, and pay freezes for county employees.
On Sunday morning in Dale City, several law enforcement vehicles were seen outside a Giant Food supermarket location in Center Plaza on Dale Boulevard.
Several uniformed officers were inside the store. One uniformed officer stated that they had been in the area since 3:30 a.m. working on a “bust”.
