Though power outages were rampant across Northern Virginia following Sunday afternoon’s severe thunderstorms, the Mt. Vernon outage was confined to an area off U.S. 1, on Buckman and Russell roads.
The storms that knocked out power in the area rolled through between 4 and 6 p.m. Sunday, but it wasn’t until 11:47 a.m. Monday that crews had the electricity back on to the affected 588 customers in Mt. Vernon, said Dominion Virginia Power spokeswoman Le Ha Anderson.
UPDATE: As of midnight Sunday, 589 Dominion Power customers in Mt. Vernon were without electricity, according to the electricity provider.
The outages affected customers on and around Buckman and Russell roads, off U.S. 1 in south Fairfax County.
If you prefer snow to sweat then you might want to stay indoors today.
Temperatures are expected to soar above 100 degrees on Saturday, and the combination of heat and humidity will make it feel like 110 degrees, according to the weather service. (more…)
Temperatures on Friday could feel like they’re in the triple digits.
In addition to being a danger to those who are outside, it can also damage the roads you drive on.
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.–Police say a Dale City man used his car to ram another driver three times and then threatened him with a nail gun.
The case of road rage started on Smoketown Road in Woodbridge at 12:25 a.m. Wednesday, when the victim called police to report his car had been rammed by a belligerent driver, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
The county’s police department will hold a free seminar on the rising risk of binge drinking on college campuses on Wednesday July 28, at Northern Virginia Community College’s Annandale Campus.
The event will include a screening of the movie “HAZE,” a documentary chronicling the underage drinking problem on college campuses in the U.S.
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. – The chatter about selling Virginia’s state-owned liquor stores is getting louder.
A new plan from Gov. Robert F. McDonnell’s office would put liquor licenses up for sale on three separate tiers of limited private licensing, which would then be sold to the highest bidders, according to the Associated Press.
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. – A Fairfax man was charged Thursday with endangering the lives of aircraft operators.
A county police chopper was flying over Mantua Elementary School, near George Mason University, when the pilot spotted a group of people at the elementary school at 11:26 p.m.
MOUNT VERNON, Va. – Traffic congestion may force some of the 20,000 federal employees that are expected in the region next year because of BRAC to stay away. One local business group aims to convince them otherwise.
BRAC, the military’s acronym for base realignment and closure, authorized in 2005 by congress, will force the relocation of the tens of thousands of federal and military employees to Ft. Belvoir Army Base and Quantico Marine Corps Base.
