Virginia Department of Corrections Director Harold Clarke has announced this year’s plans to monitor sex offenders under probation and parole supervision throughout the Commonwealth on Halloween night.

The date by which an absentee ballot must be requested for the Nov. 4 election was incorrect in the page 1 story in the Oct. 24 edition of the Manassas Observer. It should be Oct. 28 - NOT Nov. 28. The newspaper regrets the error.

irginia Department of Transportation will host a community information meeting regarding the reconstruction of the I-66 and US 15 interchange (Exit 40) in Prince William County Wednesday, Oct. 29 at Battlefield High School, 15000 Graduation Drive in Haymarket.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that starting today, Monday, October 27, the Virginia Department of Health will actively monitor the health of all travelers arriving from the countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, which are battling an unprecedented Ebola outbreak. This effort will build on extensive outreach and monitoring already underway by the state health department and the local health districts.

Governor Terry McAuliffe is on an extended trade mission to southeast Asia until Oct. 29. Meanwhile his office is busy announcing that four companies so far this week are planning expansions which will create 313 new jobs and invest $90.6 million in business operations. The companies are already doing business in Botetourt, Carroll and Charlotte counties and the city of Virginia Beach.

On-going construction of the I-95/I-395 Express Lanes has prompted Virginia Megaprojects to continue fully funding a free Saturday bus service between eastern Prince William County and the Franconia-Springfield Metro Station until the new lanes officially open.

Members of The General Assembly’s Business Development Caucus (BDC) met at the Capitol on Monday to review 70+ recommendations from 165 Virginia businesses for the 2015 legislative session. By the end of the day they had narrowed their focus to 17.

“While a new law allowing hunting in Virginia on Sundays went into effect July 1st, that law applies only to private lands,” said Gary Heiser, manager of Virginia’s 24 State Forests. “Hunting on Sunday is still prohibited on public lands, including the State Forests.”