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Downtown destination: Manassas draws 383,000; Railway Festival, First Fridays remain popular

By Sarah Romero
Manassas Railway Festival

Historic Manassas, Inc. Director Kristen Kiefer highlighted some of its most successful 2023 events in her annual report to the city council.

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City task force focuses on reducing youth crime after 2 gun deaths in 2023

By Uriah Kiser

Fredericksburg leaders are focusing on reducing teen violence following the shooting deaths of two teenagers shot and killed in March and June 2023.

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Prince William

School board members hopeful for cooperation at induction ceremony

By Sarah Romero
Prince William County School Board Chairman At-large Dr. Babur Lateef swears in for a third term on December 14, 2023. [Photo: Sarah Romero]

New and returning Prince William County School Board Members took an oath of office at a ceremony held at the Kelly Leadership Center on Thursday, December 14, 2023.

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NFL star ‘Lucky’ Whitehead Jr. headlines Parks Foundation fundraiser; touts new pump track

By Sarah Romero
Rodney Darnell "Lucky" Whitehead Jr. at the Prince William County Parks Foundation fundraiser on Dec. 11, 2023 [Photo: Sarah Romero]

NFL star Rodney Darnell “Lucky” Whitehead Jr. headlined the Prince William County Parks Foundation fundraiser for a Bicycle Pump Track on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, at Cedar Run Brewery.

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ICE wants to use county’s new indoor shooting range after leaders booted it from its jail

By Uriah Kiser

Prince William County leaders may not want federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement in its jail, but apparently, they’re OK with them in the county’s recently acquired firearms training center.

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Schools

Stafford adding at least 26 trailers for elementary schools, early childhood center

By Uriah Kiser
Trailers at Park Ridge Elementary School in North Stafford

A growing student population prompted the Stafford County School Board to add 34 new trailers for the 2024-25 school year.

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Business

Wawa to open in Dumfries

By Sarah Romero

Dumfries residents are getting a Wawa gas station.

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Digital Gateway decision day: We talked with supporters and opponents of what would be the world’s largest data center project

By Uriah Kiser

Prince William Digital Gateway opponents gathered this morning, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in a prayer circle outside the Prince William County Government Center in one last-ditch effort to oppose what’s billed as the world’s most significant data center complex.

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Veterans docket helping vets with addiction, homelessness, PTSD

By Uriah Kiser

Six U.S. military veterans graduated from the Prince William County Circuit Court Veterans Docket.

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Decision day for PW Digital Gateway: Sprawling data center proposal explained; Up for a vote Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023

By Uriah Kiser
Manassas, battlefield, park, civil war
Manassas National Battlefield Park Visitor Center is located on Route 234 near Manassas, Virginia.

Years of debate, review, public comment, rallies, and compassionate pleas have come down to the two decisions facing the Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023.Years of debate, review, public comment, rallies, and compassionate pleas have come down to the two decisions facing the Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023.

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