The Prince William Committee of 100 will host a Feb. 23 debate on the issue of "Can PWC protect itself from an EMP event? Is there a plan, state or local? Who is responsible for recovery from outages?"

Trash and recycling services held on Saturdays from 7 a.m. to noon will continue at the Evergreen Volunteer Fire Station.

Almost everyone recognizes the motto of the Boy Scouts of America as, “Be Prepared,” but most people are unaware of its slogan, “Do a Good Turn Daily.” The Scouts of Troop 581 in Gainesville paid forward enough good turns during the Blizzard of 2016 to have fulfilled its slogan for months.

Per the Code of the City of Manassas Park, Sec. 20-12, tenants or homeowners of any property abutting a curbed or paved sidewalk are responsible for clearing their sidewalk within the first eight (8) hours of daylight following a snow/ice storm. Clearing sidewalks shows consideration for your neighbors and your community, a news release stated.

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.

Due to snow accumulation and pile-up, Manassas Park City officials ask that residents hold their trash until next week, at which time it will be picked up by Patriot Disposal.

Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) reports that interstates and primaries in northern Virginia are mostly in passable condition, and crews are making significant progress on secondary roads and subdivision streets.

"The dry snow is a blessing," Larry Shaffer, NOVEC vice president of Electric Systems Operations was quoted as saying in a press release. "Wind is blowing snow off trees and branches, keeping most of them intact and off power lines. If we were getting wet snow and ice, we'd be dealing with a lot more outages."