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Loudoun County election officials remind voters of important dates, deadlines and information for the upcoming special election scheduled for Tuesday, April 21. Early Voting Voter Registration Voting by Mail Voting on Election Day What’s on the BallotThe only item on the April 21, special election ballot is a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Virginia…
By Valerie Cury On Feb. 25 at John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary in Leesburg, parents, students, and community members gathered to discuss the proposed expansion of School Resource Officers into elementary schools. The program already places SROs in middle and high schools, and the discussion highlighted both the promise of increased school safety and concerns…
By Katie Northcott At a business meeting on Jan. 21, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors approved a comprehensive plan amendment. The CPAM passed as part of the consent agenda with a 6-0-0-3 vote with Vice Chair Michael Turner (D-Ashburn), Supervisor Kristen Umstattd (D-Leesburg), and Supervisor Koran Saines (D-Sterling) absent. According to the staff report,…
By Katie Northcott At a business meeting on Jan. 21, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors approved a comprehensive plan amendment. The CPAM passed as part of the consent agenda with a 6-0-0-3 vote with Vice Chair Michael Turner (D-Ashburn), Supervisor Kristen Umstattd (D-Leesburg), and Supervisor Koran Saines (D-Sterling) absent. According to the staff report,…
By Valerie Cury Purcellville Vice Mayor Ben Nett’s recall case has encountered another delay. A hearing originally scheduled for Feb. 26 to consider arguments seeking dismissal was postponed after special prosecutor Eric Olsen reported he had fallen and injured his knee, leaving him unable to walk. The hearing has been rescheduled for March 19, with…
By Sophia Clifton At the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors business meeting on Feb. 18, county leaders and their Richmond lobbyist delivered a detailed progress report on the 2026 General Assembly session and highlighted where important county priorities now sit as the legislature moves into budget negotiations. Jonathan Freeman, the county’s contracted lobbyist, opened his…
By Valerie Cury On Feb. 25 at John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary in Leesburg, parents, students, and community members gathered to discuss the proposed expansion of School Resource Officers into elementary schools. The program already places SROs in middle and high schools, and the discussion highlighted both the promise of increased school safety and concerns…
Loudoun County is temporarily closing the Arcola Recycling Center, 24244 Stone Springs Boulevard, effective Monday, Feb. 23. The last day the public will have access to the center is Sunday, Feb. 22. A temporary replacement site is scheduled to open by Sunday, March 1, at 24328 Marrwood Drive in Aldie. Like the county’s other recycling centers,…
Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman reiterated his support for a comprehensive proposal to expand School Resource Officers into Loudoun’s public elementary schools over the next four years, beginning with the FY27 county budget. SRO funding is expected to be part of the proposed budget that will be announced this week. Chapman’s remarks were made in…
A hearing on whether Purcellville’s vice mayor and town manager will be tried together or separately has been postponed until Feb. 19 after special prosecutor Eric Olsen filed a motion for joinder only two days before the originally scheduled Feb. 12 hearing. Olsen’s motion was submitted Feb. 10, falling short of the court’s one-week advance…