Government
Loudoun County’s Department of Housing and Community Development will host the next two sessions of its fair housing course, “Complete Overview and Understanding of Virginia Fair Housing,” Tuesday, Jan. 13, and Wednesday, Feb. 11. The goal of the three-hour course is to provide participants with information about both the federal Fair Housing Act and the Virginia Fair…
By Valerie Cury In the first week of December, the Town of Purcellville’s Public Works Director, Jason Didawick, abruptly resigned. Didawick had served the town for 15 years and was widely regarded as a model employee. In 2024, he was named Employee of the Year by Town Manager Kwasi Fraser. During his tenure with the…
By Sophia Clifton Loudoun County officials are continuing a months-long review of how rural land is used in the western part of the county, with the next discussion scheduled for late January. The Board of Supervisors’ Transportation and Land Use Committee will meet in January to focus on updates to zoning rules that affect farms,…
By Valerie Cury On Dec. 18, the County Planning Commission held a public hearing for Happy Paws K9, LLC, a dog kennel that has been operating in a Leesburg residential neighborhood, zoned Agricultural Rural-1 (AR-1), without the required zoning approvals. The applicants, Marcel and Beatriz Uttembergue, who live on a three-acre property on Oatlands Chase…
On Dec. 17, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, (D-VA) and U.S. Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) introduced the Student Loan Tax Elimination Act, legislation to remove “origination fees” for federal student loans. “Student loan debt is holding Virginia families and the overall economy back,” said Kaine. “It should be…
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors recently approved several amendments to the Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County regarding certain tax requirements and exemptions related to the transient occupancy tax, surviving spouses of armed forces members killed in the line of duty andsolar equipment. During the Board’s Dec. 10, public hearing, the Board approved the following…
By Valerie Cury “This Christmas season, you, your friends, and your families should wish for the ultimate gift—love. After all, love travels further than Santa’s sleigh and America’s Ospreys,” said First Lady Melania Trump during a holiday visit to Marine Corps Base Quantico. Mrs. Trump arrived with Santa Claus aboard a V-22 Osprey—the Marine Corps’…
By Valerie Cury U.S. Representative Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) hosted the first in a series of District Dialogues on Thursday, Dec. 4, addressing data centers, power infrastructure, and increasing utility costs in Northern Virginia’s 10th Congressional District. The event, held at Stone Hill Middle School in Ashburn, allowed residents to share their perspectives directly with the…
The Justice Department announced on Dec. 8 that it filed legal action against the Loudoun County (Va.) School Board (Loudoun County) for its denial of equal protection based on religion. The suit alleges that Loudoun County applied Policy 8040, which requires students and faculty to accept and promote gender ideology, to two Christian, male students…
President Donald Trump said Tuesday, Dec. 2, that his administration will launch a major reconstruction of Washington Dulles International Airport, arguing the facility has fallen far short of its potential. “We are also going to rebuild Dulles Airport because it’s not a good airport,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at the White House. “It…