Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Dec. 21 that the Commonwealth’s agencies will dramatically increase the use of renewable energy to power the state’s operations.

Weekly Saturday trash and recycling collection services at the Evergreen fire station will cease operation after the collection on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015, according to a news release from the Solid Waste Division of Prince William County's Department of Public Works.

The 2015 FIRST® LEGO® LEAGUE Trash Trek Challenge asks students to identify a problem with the way people make or handle trash, and then design a solution to the problem. Fifth graders created a system to put in place at Mountain View School that separates plastic from waste material that can be composted.

Virginia's State Corporation Commission will hold four public hearings over two days at Battlefield High School in Haymarket on Dominion Power's proposal to extend power lines in the area.

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is now making $470,000 available through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) to help increase adoption of forestry practices across Virginia.

Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Nov. 12 began a new program that will cut years off the time needed to test the response of innovative pavements to the daily impacts of heavy traffic.

Prince William County Police Department reminds residents that the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries manages hunting and fishing throughout the Commonwealth, including in Prince William County. Below are some things that are new for 2015-2016.

Monarch butterflies whose survival is under constant threat due to dwindling habitats and food supplies have some new friends in Virginia who are eagerly volunteering to shore up the butterflies’ habitats and food supplies, a VDOT press release said.