Prince William County Police gave the all-clear following a thorough search of Glenkirk Elementary School building, but are continuing their investigation. All after-school student activities have been cancelled. Students may not re-enter or retrieve belongings from Glenkirk today, Jan. 11.

Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) announced Jan. 11 that a federal appropriation of $279,488 for calendar year 2016 will allow 5,000 low-income, senior Virginians to receive a monthly allotment of food from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

K9 teams from Federal, State and Local government agencies met to work their dogs on drug and bomb sniffing exercises. Training included working with two VRE trains and using two 34-passenger airplanes provided by Capital Aviation.

Novant Health’s Virginia operations joined UVA Culpeper Hospital Jan. 1 to form a regional health system. Each entity, Caton Merchant House, Cancer Center, Culpeper Medical Center, Haymarket Medical Center and Prince William Medical Center is now preceded by the name Novant Health UVA Health System.

Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (VA-10), who represents part of the Prince William County area, released the following statement Jan. 6, 2016, after the House of Representatives voted in favor of H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act.

Rep. Rob Wittman (VA-1), who represents part of Prince William County, released the following statement on Jan. 6, 2016, after voting in favor of the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act:

At this workshop which will take place Feb. 1, from 1-4 p.m., brothers and sisters, age 8–13, can talk about the challenges and joys of having a sibling who has a disability.

Volunteer to step into today’s classroom of technology and science by being a science fair judge. The experiments go beyond expectations; their titles alone tell you quickly that this is not the science fair you knew when you were in school.