Governor Terry McAuliffe says Ithaca will be filmed in Virginia this summer, with actress Meg Ryan directing and playing a role in the movie along with Sam Shepard and Ryan’s son, Jack Quaid. Tom Hanks and his production company Playtone will be executive producers on the film set during WW II and based on William Saroyan’s 1942 book The Human Comedy.

State Senator Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax City), Delegate Jackson Miller (R-Manassas) and Delegate David Ramadan (R-Loudoun) have announced the formation of the "Redskins Pride Caucus," described in a press release as "a bipartisan group of Virginia state legislators representing professional football fans in the Commonwealth."

The area’s tourism marketing agency received two VIRGO awards at the Virginia Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus quarterly meeting April 10-11 for significantly contributing to Virginia’s economy through tourism promotion and development.

Occoquan was recently ranked # 2 among the top 14 "Small Cities" in Virginia by CitiesJournal.com, according to Mayor Earnie Porta's recent e-newsletter.

Manassas Campus of Northern Virginia Community College has developed a new initiative to help unemployed and underemployed adults quickly gain the training necessary to obtain well-paying jobs in the information technology (IT) field.

Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative warns all consumers to be alert to anyone who calls them, claims to represent NOVEC, and directs them to pay bills with a specific prepaid debit card. The Co-op says the caller is a scammer.

People who want to earn a nationally recognized designation in tourism ambassadorship should register now to take the class being offered in Manassas on March 12 at the Manassas Museum, in downtown Manassas.

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 23,398,517 visitors to national parks in Virginia spent $926.3 million and supported 13,256 jobs in the state in 2012.