Government

COVID-19 Testing Events Jan. 18 and 21

January 16, 2022

Loudoun County has scheduled COVID-19 testing events Tuesday, Jan. 18 and Friday, Jan. 21, atPhilip A. Bolen Memorial Park, 42405 Claudia Drive, Leesburg (Enter the park on Crosstrail Boulevard from Sycolin Road.) Testing is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. but may begin early to mitigate traffic impacts. The testing events are free and open to all.…

Loudoun Clerk of the Circuit Court awarded preservation grants

January 12, 2022

The Loudoun County Clerk of the Circuit Court has been awarded two grants totaling $45,575 from the Library of Virginia as part of the Virginia Circuit Court Records Preservation program.  One grant will be used to complete conservation of the land tax books for 1872, 1874 and 1878, will books from 1806-1809, 1825-1827 and 1829-1830,…

Workforce Resource Center offers Interview Skills Week Jan 18-21

January 12, 2022

The Loudoun Workforce Resource Center will host a series of workshops the week of Jan. 18-21, for Loudoun County job seekers seeking to hone their interviewing skills. “Interviewing is an important step in the candidate selection process, so we have curated a week of workshops on this topic,” said Loudoun County Workforce Team Leader Shelly Rodriguez.…

Loudoun’s Constitutional Officers sponsor blood drive January 18

January 12, 2022

In recognition of Constitutional Officers Week and January as National Blood Donor Month, Loudoun County’s constitutional officers have partnered with Inova Blood Donor Services to sponsor a blood drive on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 9:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., outside the Loudoun County Government Center, 1 Harrison St. SE in Leesburg. The Inova Loudoun Bloodmobile…

BOS sets 2022 meeting schedule; elects Saines Vice Chairman

January 9, 2022

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has set its meeting schedule for 2022 and has reelected Sterling District Supervisor Koran T. Saines as vice chairman. In the absence of Chair Phyllis J. Randall, Saines will perform the duties of the chair. Under the rules of order adopted Jan. 4, 2022, during the Board’s first meeting…

Think Spring – county auction features landscaping tools and more

January 9, 2022

It may be winter now, but it’s never too early to start thinking about spring landscape tasks. The current Loudoun County government online auction of surplus property features bargains on equipment that can help make those chores easier, including a Kubota tractor, Kubota zero-turn mowers, a Ryan aerator and more. Other items include lifeguard chairs,…

Purcellville supports renaming Harry Byrd Hwy

January 6, 2022

The Town of Purcellville received a letter from Loudoun County requesting input on the renaming of the portion of Harry Byrd Highway – Rt. 7– that lies within the Town.   Harry Flood Byrd Sr., who lived from 1887 to 1966, was an American newspaper publisher, and leader of the Democratic Party in Virginia for…

“Whatever you want, I’ll make it happen”

January 6, 2022

Hot mic reveals the inner workings of Purcellville politics By Valerie Cury It is a cardinal rule of politics: Always assume the mic is on. An influential Town of Purcellville staff member and a well-known local developer must have missed that memo.  In the hour and 27 minutes that followed a lengthy fall 2021 Planning…

Loudoun increases financial incentives for conservation easement program

January 5, 2022

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has approved changes to the county’s Conservation Easement Assistance Program  aimed at increasing the number of landowners who qualify for financial assistance under this grant program. The changes have been implemented, and the CEAP is ready to accept new applications.  The Conservation Easement Assistance Program helps offset the costs of…

COVID-19 testing events twice weekly in January

January 2, 2022

Loudoun County is expanding its weekly COVID-19 testing events to twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays and moving the start time one hour earlier to 9 a.m., beginning Tuesday, Jan. 4. The additional testing events will give residents more options for free testing as the county continues to experience a high level of community…