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FROM Prince William County Police Department Reports
11/24/24 / Breaking News / Health & Safety / Manassas / People & Places / Police & Fire Beat /
Victim shot multiple times, police said.
Spring fires damaged 29 homes and 28 structures, with DOF suppression efforts credited with protecting an additional 750 homes and 400 structures. Wildfire activity peaked on March 20, when especially low relative humidity combined with gusty winds to spark 88 wildfires in less than 24 hours. DOF responded to 411 wildfires that burned nearly 20,000 acres, the most burned during a spring fire season in the last 30 years. For comparison, during the 2023 spring fire season, 330 wildfires burned 2,174 acres.
On Monday, May 20, 2024, the Manassas City Police Department conducted Operation Old Town Slow Down.
This initiative was done as the result of numerous pedestrian resident complaints abouttraffic violations.
FROM Prince William County Police Department Reports
05/21/24 / Health & Safety / People & Places / Police & Fire Beat / Woodbridge /
Prince William Police Department issues updates and incident reports.
FROM the Office of Gov. Glenn Youngkin
05/21/24 / Breaking News / Business / Money & Taxes / People & Places / Real Estate /
West Point Veneer LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coldwater Veneer Incorporated that supplies quality veneer products worldwide, plans to invest $2.5 million to reactivate its former manufacturing facility in the Town of West Point to meet growing demand in the global wood veneer market, according to Governor Glenn Youngkin.
According to a news release from Virginia Farm Bureau, the property located in Caroline County north of Richmond had strong economic impact, hosting more than 536,000 visitors at 182 diverse events last year, bringing in substantial revenue, supporting many jobs and paying more than $1 million in taxes.
FROM Va. Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) encourages equine owners to contact their veterinarian 05/20/24 /
As the mortality rate for horses with West Nile Virus is 30 percent and up to 90 percent for Eastern Equine Encephalitis. the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) encourages equine owners to contact their veterinarian to schedule vaccinations for these diseases.
FROM Va. Dept. of Transportation (VDOT)
05/20/24 / State Government / Transportation / Woodbridge /
VDOT says northbound I-95 general purpose lanes will be closed off and on tonight, Monday, May 20, starting at 9 p.m. around mile marker 155, until 5 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, May 21, for Powell's Creek bridge work
FROM Prince William County Department of Fire & Rescue
05/20/24 / Breaking News / Health & Safety / People & Places / Police & Fire Beat /
Family of seven displaced after a fire in a Port Hope Point townhouse kitchen. No one was home at the time of the fire, according to Matt Smolsky, Deputy Fire Chief for Prince William County.