Novant Health’s Virginia operations joined UVA Culpeper Hospital Jan. 1 to form a regional health system. Each entity, Caton Merchant House, Cancer Center, Culpeper Medical Center, Haymarket Medical Center and Prince William Medical Center is now preceded by the name Novant Health UVA Health System.

Virginia Department of Transportation has announced that the Old Carolina/Jefferson Street bridge in Haymarket over I-66 will reopen tomorrow, Dec. 23, nearly five months ahead of schedule.

Weekly Saturday trash and recycling collection services at the Evergreen fire station will cease operation after the collection on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015, according to a news release from the Solid Waste Division of Prince William County's Department of Public Works.

The 2015 FIRST® LEGO® LEAGUE Trash Trek Challenge asks students to identify a problem with the way people make or handle trash, and then design a solution to the problem. Fifth graders created a system to put in place at Mountain View School that separates plastic from waste material that can be composted.

Virginia's State Corporation Commission will hold four public hearings over two days at Battlefield High School in Haymarket on Dominion Power's proposal to extend power lines in the area.

The Fire Department has given the all clear to return to the building. The Fire Department ventilated the building to get rid of the smoke and odor. Lunch schedules will now resume.

The Haymarket area General Assembly delegation has sent a letter to the State Corporation Commission requesting that SCC members consider holding the public hearing on the power lines at a time when the members of the delegation are able to attend--preferably after the General Assembly adjourns.

Prince William County VA Police Department's crime report for Monday. Nov. 16, 2015.