Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative asks all customers to voluntarily reduce power use today, Jan. 23, 2014, while frigid outdoor temperatures are causing customers to use more energy than normal to run their heating systems and water heaters.

Snow emergency in city of Manassas VA will begin at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21. This means that cars parked along designated snow emergency routes are subject to towing and fines. List of routes follows.

The City of Manassas would like residents and business to be aware of a new payment scam in which the the caller claims he/she is with the City of Manassas Power Company Disconnect Team. There is no "Manassas Power Company" nor is there a "Disconnect Team" in the city of Manassas.

Barbara Comstock, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates who was a senior aide to Virginia Congressman Frank Wolf, is now a candidate for the Republican nomination for the seat.

A NOVEC official has asked customers to put off some household chores requiring major appliances until temperatures rise and demand for electricity drops. Single digit outdoor are putting an extra load on the power system to run heating systems and water heaters, NOVEC says.

Warming Shelters will open in the City of Manassas in Grace United Methodist Church and Osbourn High School.

PWC Schools issued an advance notice of schools being closed tomorrow due to the frigid weather.