Prince William County School Board powwows with legislative delegation on legislative priorities to include full funding for Standards of Quality, salary increases for teachers and funding to reduce class size.

“State police will have the majority of its uniformed workforce on patrol from Wednesday through Sunday of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend,” according to Colonel W. Steven Flaherty, Virginia State Police Superintendent.

In response to a heroin and prescription drug epidemic that claimed more lives in Virginia in 2014 than car crashes, Attorney General Mark R. Herring is premiering Heroin: The Hardest Hit, a powerful documentary about the danger of heroin and prescription drugs and their impact on Virginia families and communities.

Prince William County will be well represented at the state capitol during the holiday season this year thanks to Frank Chergosky, a member of the Woodbridge Senior Center who carved an ornament to hang on this year's holiday tree in the Executive Mansion in Richmond.

To reinforce the necessity and importance of buckling up on every ride, the Virginia State Police is partnering with local, state and federal law enforcement and traffic-safety advocates for the November 2015 National Click It or Ticket Mobilization.

Tonight, Nov. 16, from 6 to 8 p.m., the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) will hold the fifth of nine public meetings across the commonwealth on prioritizing transportation projects. Tonight's meeting is at Virginia Department of Transportation's District office, at 4975 Alliance Drive, Fairfax VA 22030.

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.