Due to a fire, the Prince William County Balls Ford Road Yard Waste Composting Facility, located at 13000 Balls Ford Road, Manassas, will be closed until further notice.

Governor Ralph Northam announced April 4 that Framatome, a designer and supplier of nuclear steam supply system and nuclear equipment, services, and fuel for high levels of safety and performance, will relocate its North American corporate headquarters from Charlotte, NC, to the City of Lynchburg.

Manassas National Battlefield Park (MNBP) will conduct a scheduled burn between April 3-13. According to the MNBP Superintendent, the planned fire will be adjacent to the eastern edge of the Brawner Farm area and will cover up to 45 acres of open fields and scrub.

City of Manassas and Prince William County will be participating in the regional test of the Wireless Emergency Alert System, April 5, between 10 and 11 a.m. This will be the United States' first live regional test using geo-target capabilities, reaching up to 5.2M

Alyson A. Satterwhite, Gainesville District School Board Member for the past six years, announced March 27, "Today it is a great honor to announce that I will be running for Chairman of the Prince William County School Board in the upcoming special election this November." 

OmniRide bus operator Mohamed Elatrebi has won first place in the 2018 Virginia State Bus Roadeo in Lynchburg and will now test his skills at an international competition later this spring.

All PACE East students and staff will move April 2 into the Independence Nontraditional School, which is located at the corner of Joplin and Aden Roads in Manassas. These will be followed later by students and staff from the New Directions and New Dominion Alternative Education Centers.

All Prince William County Schools will be closed Thursday, March 22, due to weather-related conditions and predicted refreezing. Code Red for employees.