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SUNK: FAMPO’s $6.5M Bid for New Rappahannock Bridge Gets the Boot

By Uriah Kiser
Interstate 95 over the Rappahannock River. [VDOT]

The Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s request for approximately $6.5 million in federal BUILD grant funding to complete the full National Environmental Policy Act process for a new Rappahannock River Crossing bridge and parkway was not selected in the latest round of awards.

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Stafford Board Kills Only Transportation Impact Fee Program in Virginia

By Uriah Kiser

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Stafford Eyes Business Tax After Hitting Homeowners Hard

By Uriah Kiser
Stafford County Administrator Bill Ashton presents the proposed FY2027 budget to the Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 17, 2026, at the Government Center.

A Business, Professional and Occupational License (BPOL) tax is a levy on a business’s gross receipts — its total revenue before expenses.

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TWO-WAY OR THE HIGHWAY: I-95 Express Lanes Eyed for Permanent Dual Direction All the Way to Spotsy

By Uriah Kiser

The Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Committee received an update Monday on a feasibility study examining the conversion of the existing reversible I-95 Express Lanes into permanent bi-directional lanes from the Springfield Interchange south to Spotsylvania Parkway.

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Business

Fredericksburg Veteran’s App Aims to Cut Food Waste

By Mike Salmon
Kevin Barr, who has roots in Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania. [Submitted photo]

Believe it or not, the struggle to minimize food waste can begin with an app. Kevin Barr of Fredericksburg has just the app—and the energy—to do something about it when he launches “Health Barr” on August 30, just before Food Waste Prevention Week, September 28–October 4.

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Stafford

Unmarked Graves?: County Calls Specialist’s Absence from Data Center Hearing ‘Standard Practice’

By Uriah Kiser
Stafford County Administrator Bill Ashton presents the proposed FY2027 budget to the Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 17, 2026, at the Government Center.

Stafford County officials today described the absence of the county’s Cultural Resource Specialist from a July 7 Board of Supervisors hearing on the Potomac Creek Campus data center applications as consistent with standard practice.

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Fredericksburg

Bailey Resigns from City School Board Two Weeks After Opposing Audit Agreement Vote

By Uriah Kiser

Jarvis E. Bailey’s resignation from the Fredericksburg City School Board comes roughly two weeks after the board split 4-2 on July 6 over whether to ratify a special engagement agreement that former chair Matt Rowe had signed with RFC consultants in October 2025, allowing an audit of board spending to move forward.

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Tensions Rise as Stafford School Board Reconciles Budget After Supervisors’ Late Funding Reduction

By Uriah Kiser

Tensions Rise as Stafford School Board Reconciles Budget After Supervisors’ Late Funding Reduction

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Fredericksburg Police Add AI-Powered License Plate Readers and Real-Time Translation to Boost Crime-Solving and Field Communication

By Uriah Kiser

Stolen cars, missing people, and violent suspects moving through the city now face a sharper digital net.

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Stafford

Stafford Shifts River Crossing Alignment to Spare Subdivisions in Comprehensive Plan Update

By Potomac Local News
Interstate 95 over the Rappahannock River. [VDOT]

Stafford County is advancing revisions to its Comprehensive Plan that include a new alignment for a proposed outer connector and river crossing. This comes as regional transportation planners continue debating the project’s role in addressing long-term growth in the Fredericksburg area.

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