The Crime Prevention Unit of the Prince William County Police Department hosts a Community Watch training on Tues., May 28, 2024, at 6 p.m. Participants will learn how to work with the Police Department to keep their neighborhoods safer. The free training will be at the Potomac Community Library, 2201 Opitz Blvd., Woodbridge (22191). For […]
Courtesy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday $2 million in grant awards from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites in Virginia while advancing environmental justice. These investments through EPA’s Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant Programs and Revolving Loan Fund […]
by PWC Office of Communications Prince William County is launching a Permanent Supportive Housing initiative, or PSH, for adults with serious mental illness and co-occurring disorders. The initiative will provide housing assistance funds, direct support to find housing units and mental health case management to help individuals secure stable and safe housing. During their meeting […]
This morning, DPVA hosted a press call with elected officials and reproductive health leaders U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan of Virginia’s 4th Congressional District, Senator Ghazala Hashmi (D-Chesterfield), Delegate Cia Price (D-Newport News), Penny Blue of Franklin County, and Lara Bury of Springfield to respond to Governor Glenn Youngkin’s veto of the Right to Contraception Act […]
by John Reid “They say if you want to make God laugh, show Him your plan.” President and Co-Founder of Willing Warriors Shirley Dominick spoke these words before a celebratory audience, sharing the story of how a vision she and her husband had over a decade ago to help wounded and ill warriors began. Yesterday […]
by Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury Eligible incarcerated people in Virginia will be able to further reduce their sentences through an earned sentence credit program beginning this July. While expansions to the program stemmed from a 2020 law, it had a delayed start date in 2022 that was later blocked by Gov. Glenn Youngkin through […]
by Nathaniel Cline, Virginia Mercury After signing a new state spending plan on Monday, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin must appoint a director for the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion by July 1 or risk losing money for the office, whose title he renamed by replacing “equity” with “opportunity,” a move which Democrats criticized as […]
by John Reid On Friday night at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, the celebration of Virginia’s oldest chartered town began. A large gathering of citizens, political figures, and even a few celebrities made their way to Triangle as the 275th anniversary gala took place. Hosted by Fox 5’s Guy Lambert, the occasion was […]
by Virginia Mercury The University of Mary Washington invoked several FOIA exemptions to shield communications records showing how the university interacted with Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office and the Virginia State Police before breaking up a pro-Palestine encampment on campus, according to the FXBG Advance. The university withheld eight emails under an exemption for information “relative to […]
by Nathaniel Cline, Virginia Mercury Following the strong reaction to the Israel-Hamas war across the country, some Virginia colleges and universities are still responding to last week’s series of on-campus demonstrations that resulted in dozens of students’ arrests and lingering questions about upcoming graduation ceremonies. Some of the most notable Virginia protests that led to arrests […]
