Our region is under an enhanced risk of brush fires through Saturday afternoon.
Dry and windy conditions Thursday and Friday have set the stage for the enhanced fire danger. Gusty winds will persist throughout the day Saturday.
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At 4:02 a.m. today, police officers at the Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center located at 2300 Opitz Boulevard in Woodbridge were notified that a woman was being treated at the facility for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
The victim, a 26-year-old woman, reported to police that she and an acquaintance were driving in the Dumfries area when gunshots were fired.
One man is dead following a crash on Interstate 95 on Thursday.
At 1:20 p.m., Virginia State Police went to a crash on the northbound side of the highway at the 141 mile-marker in Stafford County.
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[Updated 3 p.m.] Human remains found in Stafford County 32 years ago belong to Timothy Mangum of Norfolk.
A man clearing underbrush from a field near the Mountian View and Joshua roads found Mangum’s skull near a fence on September 28, 1990, and called police.
Construction has finished significantly ahead of schedule to replace the Potomac Creek bridge on Route 1 in Stafford County.
The $7 million project replaced a bridge built in 1930 that was classified as structurally deficient. The new bridge has four travel lanes and a slightly wider bridge deck.
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There has never been a better time to start a new career, and Job Zone Online is here to help you get started.
Job Zone will hold two upcoming in-person job fairs — Thursday, February 24, in Springfield in Fairfax County, and at the University of Mary Washington-Dahlgren Campus in King George County on Thursday, March 24.
Chicas, a stay-at-home mom from Haymarket, claimed the fourth and final top prize in the Extreme Millions Scratcher game.
“I thought he was joking!” she told Lottery officials as she validated the winning ticket.
A portion of Interstate 95 north in Stafford County is closed due to multiple crashes.
State authorities closed the the highway near mile post 140, at the exit for Stafford Hosptial.
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