The Manassas Regional Airport is in the Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA). This means that within five nautical miles of the airport, you will need a Certificate of Authorization (COA) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly a drone or model airplane in this airspace.

Beginning on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, the National Park Service will no longer be charging an entrance fee for visiting Manassas National Battlefield Park.

Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (VA-10) and Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) released a statement after the Omnibus Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016 was introduced with a provision requiring the federal government to meet its full $150 million obligation in resources to WMATA.

Travel smart with your mobile devices by following these cybersecurity tips from DHS’s national cybersecurity awareness campaign, Stop.Think.Connect.™:

With the clock ticking on the federal government’s fiscal calendar, Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (R-VA) Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) and Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA) are preparing legislation to protect federal employees from a government shutdown. The Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act would guarantee back pay for all furloughed workers in the event of a shutdown.

Prince William County's preschool program is due to get funds from the K-12 education reform bill that the U.S. Senate passed and sent to the president's desk for signature Dec. 9.

The Air National Guard has chosen Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE) for an Air Force Cyber Operations Squadron. Virginia’s bipartisan delegation has been advocating to locate the cyber facility at JBLE since December 2014.

The Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) has announced that Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky is the eighth Republican candidate to submit signatures for "pre-check" review by the RPV and for submission to the State Board of Elections.