Due to a fire, the Prince William County Balls Ford Road Yard Waste Composting Facility, located at 13000 Balls Ford Road, Manassas, will be closed until further notice.

FEMA says it will conduct the 2018 National Level Exercise for the whole community, inviting government agencies, private sector and non-profit organizations, and individuals to participate in the biennial exercise April 30 – May 11.

Public-safety telecommunicators are the first people you speak to on your worst day. These professionals are dedicated, knowledgeable, empathetic and patient. Although hidden from public view, they have chosen this career for the opportunity to make a difference every day. April 8-14 is National Public Safety Telecommunications Week.

It'll take two days in April to plant a pollinator garden, get a bee hotel built, and install honeybee hives on nearly half an acre at the Prince William County Landfill Complex. Volunteers are needed to help with the work on April 14 and April 21 from 8 a.m. to noon on both days.

City of Manassas and Prince William County will be participating in the regional test of the Wireless Emergency Alert System, April 5, between 10 and 11 a.m. This will be the United States' first live regional test using geo-target capabilities, reaching up to 5.2M

School Board of the City of Manassas will hold a Budget Work Session, Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. Please note the location: Central Office, 8700 Centreville Road, Suite 400, Manassas, VA.

Alyson A. Satterwhite, Gainesville District School Board Member for the past six years, announced March 27, "Today it is a great honor to announce that I will be running for Chairman of the Prince William County School Board in the upcoming special election this November." 

Prince William Area Continuum of Care, an organization of churches, non-profits, charities and governments, recently launched the Coordinated Entry System to help Prince William area residents who experience a housing crisis. Information and referral specialists are ready to take calls at 703-792-3366 seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.