Effective Tuesday, July 6, Sentara will resume standard visitation policies for all Sentara hospitals and outpatient facilities, with some exceptions for COVID-19 positive patients and patients under investigation (PUI) for COVID-19. All visitors, including those who are under the age of 12, are allowed to visit at this time.

Today and tomorrow, July 6th and 7th, due to the forecasted high temperature of 97 degrees with heat index values anticipated to be as high as 105 degrees, members of the public who need shelter from the heat can visit a Prince William County library.

It is too hot to work. The Prince William County Finance Office in Manassas had to be closed at 2 p.m. yesterday, Monday, June 21, because the air conditioning system is broken, according to a statement issued by county officials. The closure continues today, June 22.

The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, DWR (formerly the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, DGIF) is coordinating testing on a selection of deceased birds after the Northern Region area of Virginia began receiving an increase in the number of calls starting May 18 about sick/injured young birds, specifically Grackles and Blue Jays.

A revised proposal has been submitted by the applicant. In-person attendance at Occoquan Town Hall is limited and first come, first served; however, the public may register in advance to participate remotely via Zoom.

Virginia Department of Corrections says it has been making its annual preparations to keep staff and inmates safe during the extreme temperatures that can occur during Virginia’s summer months, according to a news release.

Prince William County Construction Inspectors will return to conducting in-person field inspections on Monday, June 7, 2021. The Department of Development Services Inspections Office said this concludes the self-certification inspection program put in place during COVID-19.

On May 24, George Liffert of Woodbridge became the new superintendent of Prince William Forest Park, the national park in Triangle where he started his career as a park ranger with the National Park Service (NPS).