The Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) has launched a new agency website, which includes new and updated content as a resource about forestry in Virginia for landowners, land managers, and forest industry professionals.

PWC Extension Service's popular series "Saturday in the Garden" series will start back up on Saturday, June 5, at 9 a.m. at the Teaching Garden, at St. Benedictine Monastery, Bristow. The June 5 topic is "Turf Weeds."

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) reports it has detected Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) (Lycorma delicatula) in Prince William County, Virginia, according to Michael Wallace, public information officer. The isolated SLF detection included egg masses and nymphs at one site within the county. SLF has also been found in the city of Winchester and the counties of Clarke, Frederick and Warren, which are all included in Virginia’s SLF quarantine. At this time, Prince William County has not been included in the SLF quarantine.

Prince William County Public Schools will receive the U.S. Department of Education’s 2021 Green Ribbon School District Sustainability Award--one of only five U.S.school districts to earn the award in 2021.

Prince William County Service Authority Board of Directors has hired Calvin D. Farr, Jr., P.E., as the water and wastewater utility’s new General Manager, effective May 17, 2021.

"Accumulating snow or ice could result in trees falling on power lines and causing power outages," said Dan Swingle, vice president of NOVEC system operations. "Our crews, utility trucks, and our 24-hour operations center are ready to respond..."

The long awaited observation platform is now “open for business” at Innovation Pond at the end of Discovery Boulevard (in Bristow/Manassas), according to a news release from Prince William Conservation Alliance.

The Route 29 Small Area Plan, which was scheduled to be presented to the Planning Commission on Dec. 16, 2020, has been postponed to Feb. 17, 2021, according to a news release from the Planning Office. No reason was stated for the postponement.