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Legal guidance given. No decision came. One year later, Sabioordered the Grievance Panel’s final and binding decision implemented. By Valerie Cury After more than a year of political turmoil, lawsuits, criminal charges, competing legal claims, Purcellville Interim Town Manager Anthony Sabio has issued an administrative directive ordering the Town to implement the Grievance Panel’s final…
Washington Dulles International Airport, one of Loudoun County’s largest economic assets, is set to undergo the largest expansion in its history under a newly announced partnership between the Trump administration, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and United Airlines. President Donald Trump and U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled the plan on July 29, announcing a…
After nearly six years of determined effort, White’s Ferry moved significantly closer to returning to service Friday, July 24, as Montgomery County and Potomac Crossing, LLC announced an agreement that clears one of the final major hurdles to restoring the historic Potomac River crossing. At a ceremony overlooking the dormant ferry landing in Dickerson, Maryland,…
By Valerie Cury One day after the Virginia State Corporation Commission declined to suspend its final order approving Dominion Energy’s Golden to Mars transmission project, U.S. Rep. Suhas Subramanyam announced what he believes could be a significant new alternative—routing the transmission line primarily along Route 606 instead of through neighborhoods or across school property. The…
Randall’s Town Hall drew hundreds By Valerie Cury Long before the doors opened Monday evening on July 6, the lobby outside Loudoun County Chair Phyllis Randall’s (D-At Large) data center town hall had filled with mostly data center employees and industry supporters waiting to enter. Many wore matching blue shirts bearing the words “I Support…
By Valerie Cury “We have a responsibility as organizations … to keep survivors safe in their communities, as opposed to saying to survivors, in order for you to be safe, you have to leave your community.” For Samantha Clarke, CEO of LAWS Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services, that philosophy is reshaping how Loudoun County…
By Valerie Cury Congressional scrutiny of Loudoun County Public Schools intensified after the House Committee on Education and Workforce sent Superintendent Dr. Aaron Spence a sweeping letter on June 30 demanding answers to dozens of questions spanning student safety, Title IX compliance, mandatory child-abuse reporting, overdose notifications, superintendent travel, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion spending, and…
By Valerie Cury The Board of Supervisors voted 6-3 at its June 2 business meeting to approve the Valley Commerce Center rezoning application, clearing the way for nearly 1 million square feet of industrial development on land currently zoned for 39 homes. The decision concludes more than a decade of annexation and rezoning efforts that…
By Valerie Cury Solar panels and farming are not usually thought of as compatible uses of land, but Virginia officials say a new state law could help bring the two together. Gov. Abigail Spanberger visited the Piedmont Environmental Council’s Community Farm at Roundabout Meadows on June 17 to ceremonially sign legislation that establishes Virginia’s first…
By Sophia Clifton At a business meeting on June 16, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors tabled a proposal to raise future supervisors’ pay after a divided discussion over whether the job has become effectively full time and whether the public had enough notice to weigh in. The board voted 9-0 to delay action until…