As snow tapers off across northern Virginia and temperatures hover at or below freezing, the Virginia Department of Transportation asks drivers to be aware of potential icy conditions overnight and through Thursday.

Manassas Park City Schools are closed Thursday, March 22nd. Preschool, extended care, and MP3 will also be closed on Thursday. The Community Center is currently scheduled to open on time.

Roads remain slick and hazardous as snow bands move through northern Virginia today, Wednesday, March 21. Virginia Department of Transportation asks drivers to continue to avoid driving for safety during the height of today’s winter storm, according to VDOT's noon update received in the Observer office at 12:23 p.m.

Testing well water might not be something that well owners and users do regularly, but they should, according to the Virginia Cooperative Extension, or VCE. So VCE is offering Prince William residents who have wells a $55 opportunity to find out what is in their well water as part of the Prince William Drinking Water Clinic. Get kit March 26; turn in water sample March 28; get results and additional information on May 9.

Delegate Tim Hugo reported March 17 that Gov. Ralph Northam has signed the bill that calls for burying the Haymarket power lines.

March 18 - 24, 2018 is Virginia Agriculture Week and the ideal time to celebrate the success of Virginia’s leading private industry, agriculture. Agriculture has been the backbone of the state's economy for more than four centuries.

Colgan High School sophomore Lierin Simms was the grand prize winner n the 2018 Water Art Invitational, sponsored annually by the Prince William County Service Authority. Interpreting the theme "Water Makes Everything Happen," Simms' painting captured the importance of clean water to humans and how we impact the environment.

Virginia Department of Transportation says its crews are mobilizing for precipitation that is forecasted to fall starting tonight into Wednesday morning. VDOT asks drivers to keep monitoring forecasts and to plan ahead for an impacted Wednesday morning commute.