Environment Health & Safety Local Government Real Estate Nature and the Outdoors
What to do with fallen leaves: Consider local environment and community needs
FROM Stafford County News 11/13/24 / Environment / Health & Safety / Local Government / Real Estate / Nature and the Outdoors /
Determining where leaves can be left alone and where cleanup is necessary can help you strike a reasonable compromise between yard maintenance and land stewardship. Although the advice comes from a Stafford County news release, it is applicable here too,
Virginia’s moratorium on uranium mining will stand, appeals court rules
|
FROM the Virginia Attorney General's Office 02/18/17 / Business / Environment / Real Estate / State Government /
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond ruled on Feb. 17 in favor of the Commonwealth's 30-year moratorium on mining uranium in the Commonwealth. The majority of a three judge panel found that nothing in the federal Atomic Energy Act preempts the state's ability to regulate and restrict conventional uranium mining within its borders, according to a news release from the office of Attorney General Mark Herring.
|
Volunteers needed Feb. 25 for a muddy job on Powell’s Creek
|
FROM Prince William County Government 02/03/17 / Environment / Health & Safety / Local Government / Woodbridge / Nature and the Outdoors / Volunteering /
Prince William Public Works Department, Prince William Trails and Streams Coalition, and Prince William Soil & Water Conservation District are teaming up to clean up a portion of Powell's Creek near Riverwoods at Woodbridge Apartments Feb. 25, and they are inviting the public to help. The event starts at 9 a.m.
|
Adopt-A- Stream program in PWC to go on as usual, despite state budget cuts
|
02/03/17 / Breaking News / Environment / Health & Safety /
Despite Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) budget cuts to support the Adopt-A- Stream program statewide, the Prince William Soil & Water Conservation District is continuing the program at the local level, according to its February Watershed newsletter.
|
Annual recycling report from businesses / nonresidential properties in PWC due by Feb. 15
|
FROM Prince William County Solid Waste Division, Department of Public Works 02/01/17 / Business / Environment / Local Government /
Sec. 22-169 of the Prince William County Code requires all businesses and non-residential properties located in Prince William County to annually report their recycling activities to the Department of Public Works by February 15 for the previous calendar year, according to a news release.
|
Drivers in northern Va, should monitor forecasts and plan for snow showers Monday morning
|
FROM VDOT Reports 01/30/17 / Breaking News / Environment / Health & Safety / Transportation /
Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) officials are asking drivers in northern Virginia to monitor forecasts and plan for snow showers to impact this morning’s commute.
|
VNEC backs bill for nuclear power utilities in Virginia to recover certain costs
|
01/22/17 / Business / Environment / State Government /
Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium (VNEC) testified Jan. 19 in support of legislation under consideration in the Virginia House of Delegates that would explicitly allow investor-owned utilities to recover costs associated with relicensing and extending the life of nuclear facilities.
|
Fauquier County Public Schools cancel Jan. 14 activities due to weather
|
01/14/17 / Education / Environment / Warrenton /
All activities for Fauquier County Public Schools are canceled for Saturday, January 14, 2017, due to the forecast of sleet and freezing rain most of the day, according to a news release from Karen Parkinson, Coordinator of Information for Fauquier County Public Schools.
|
PWC Planning Commission sets Jan. 18 work session on Comprehensive Plan update
|
01/14/17 / Breaking News / Environment / Local Government / Real Estate / Woodbridge /
The Prince William County Planning Commission will be holding a work session on the Comprehensive Plan Update on January 18, 2017 at 7 PM in the Potomac Conference Room, 1 County Complex Ct., Woodbridge, VA.
|
Saving a life is as easy as wearing a seatbelt: Motorists reminded wearing seatbelts is mandatory
The Prince William County Police reminds motorists to ear your seatbelt every time because seatbelts save lives! That is the underlying message of this year’s “Click It or Ticket” seatbelt enforcement campaign, which runs through Dec. 1, 2024.
