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By Valerie Cury At the Feb. 13 Purcellville Town Council meeting, three Council Members expressed disapproval of how Planning & Community Development/Zoning Administrator Director Summer Wilkes was treated at the Feb. 6 Planning Commission meeting. Council Member Kevin Wright criticized the behavior he witnessed, describing it as a mix of arrogance and ignorance. The controversy…
By Sophia Clifton After an intense discussion during the Board of Supervisors Business meeting on Feb. 19, Loudoun County Supervisors voted 5-4 to narrowly pass a motion approving the application for proposed data center Greenlin Park. The new application for the Greenlin Park data center project—located south of Leesburg along the Dulles Greenway, on the…
The Loudoun Workforce Resource Center will host a Loudoun Job Fair on Tuesday, March 18, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., at the Dulles South Recreation and Community Center, 24950 Riding Center Drive in South Riding. The job fair will primarily focus on the public sector, featuring more than 15 state and local government employers…
U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and U.S. Representative Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10) have introduced legislation to designate the General George C. Marshall House in Leesburg, known as Dodona Manor, as an affiliated area under the National Park Service. Warner and Kaine advocated for years alongside then-U.S. Representative Jennifer Wexton for an official designation, which would…
County Administrator Tim Hemstreet has presented a proposed budget for the Loudoun County government to the Board of Supervisors for Fiscal Year 2026, which begins July 1. The proposed budget totals $ 4.7 billion and includes a county operating budget of $1.1 billion and a Loudoun County Public Schools operating budget of $2.0 billion. The…
For the first time, the Loudoun County government has been included in Forbes magazine’s prestigious ranking of America’s Best Large Employers. Loudoun is recognized for its outstanding commitment to fostering environments where employees can thrive based on various factors, which include atmosphere, salary, diversity, working conditions and workplace environment. “I want to congratulate staff in all…
The Loudoun County School Board adopted the FY26 Operating Budget during a Special School Board Meeting and Public Hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at the Loudoun County Public Schools Administrative Offices in Ashburn. The Board heard from community members and asked thoughtful questions as they addressed the $1.96B Superintendent’s Estimate of Needs presented on Jan. 14. “I’m proud that…
The Loudoun County Department of Housing and Community Development invites residents to provide comments on a Substantial Amendment to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan for the county’s Community Development Block Grant. The public comment period is open through March 12. Residents are also encouraged to attend or view the Board of Supervisors…
Loudoun County Commissioner of the Revenue Robert S. Wertz Jr. encourages eligible property owners who are aged 65 years or older, or are totally and permanently disabled, to learn about Loudoun’s property tax relief programs. Applicants that meet qualifying criteria of the program, including income and net worth limits, may be relieved of up to 100% of…
On Jan. 28, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Todd Young (R-IN), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, a comprehensive law Kaine, Young, Reed and Marshall successfully passed in 2022 to help prevent…