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Teenage girl missing from Sterling
11/20/2008
A 17-year-old girl who was last seen in the Sterling area is missing and considered endangered. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Alliance urges CTB to act on 'All American Road'
11/21/2008
On Nov. 20, McLean-based Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance petitioned the Commonwealth Transportation Board to designate U.S. 15 as an "All American Road", while observing that the best way to preserve the corridor's rich history is to preserve right-of-way for an alternative to the east. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Notre Dame defends decision to leave Catholicism
11/20/2008
Following the recent announcement that Notre Dame Academy, in Middleburg, will separate from the Catholic Diocese July 1, 2009, the school's board of trustees met with parents, faculty and students Nov. 19 to present its side of the story. | 2 comments - ›› more ...
New runway opens at Washington Dulles International Airport
11/20/2008
Washington Dulles International Airport celebrated Thursday Nov. 20 the opening of the new Runway 1L/19R, the first runway to open in the Washington Metro Area in the past 46 years. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Broadlands residents: Board doesn't speak for us
11/19/2008
An attempt in court to prevent the Broadlands Homeowners Association board members from lobbying publicly for the approval of the Broadlands Regional Medical Center came up short Nov. 19 when only one side showed up. | 1 comment - ›› more ...
Grading-scale change debated
11/19/2008
Loudoun County's grading scale was up for debate Nov. 12 with representatives from Fairgrade, Loudoun County Public Schools and the college admissions community. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Inauguration Day made a school holiday
11/19/2008
Starting this school year, presidential Inauguration Day on Jan. 20 will be celebrated as a holiday in Loudoun County Public Schools. | 2 comments - ›› more ...
Notre Dame Academy's Catholic heritage in jeopardy
11/18/2008
For more than 40 years, Notre Dame Academy in Middleburg has served as a private, independent Catholic high school for students in Loudoun County and the surrounding region. | 2 comments - ›› more ...
Supervisors seek privacy
11/19/2008
With a wish list in hand, the county Board of Supervisors outlined its requests Nov. 18 to Loudoun's delegation for the 2009 General Assembly session. Topping the list was protection against requests to disclose their personal e-mails. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
On the front lines of health care in Iraq
11/19/2008
Trauma is nothing new to Gretchen Burks, back on duty at the Inova Loudoun Hospital intensive care unit after serving 120 days at the theater hospital at Balad Air Force Base in Iraq. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Loudoun Briefs: proposal to nix newspaper ads withdrawn
11/19/2008
Chairman Scott York (I-At large) removed his proposal to post public-announcement advertisements online rather than in newspapers. His action followed discussions opposed to the proposal. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Politics: Late absentee votes won't count
11/19/2008
A federal judge ruled Nov. 17 that absentee ballots received after Nov. 4 by boards of election will not be counted. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Settlement puts new high school back on track
11/18/2008
Woodgrove High School may have finished its run in the headlines and be headed for actual construction on the Fields Farm north of Purcellville. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Customs agents seize illegal imports at Dulles Airport
11/18/2008
Several international travelers got a lesson in what you can and can't bring into the United States last week. | 1 comment - ›› more ...
Bevel out on bond
11/18/2008
Nearly three weeks after sentencing the Rev. James Luther Bevel to 15 years in prison for incest, Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge Burke McCahill set a $30,000 bond in the case so the former civil rights leader can spend the appeal process and likely the rest of his life outside of prison. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Police and fire briefs
11/18/2008
The following news happened in Loudoun's public safety fields throughout the week. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Groups work to keep pantries full
11/18/2008
The past few months have proven as difficult as local food pantries feared. So far, an increase in donations has kept pace with demand, but charities worry that the coming winter will be even harder. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Report: 40 percent of homes sold in region in past year did so at a loss
11/17/2008
Like most home buyers, when Lanor and Diane Smith purchased their five-bedroom South Riding colonial in 2006 for $867,143, they never imagined its value could sink so far, so fast. But that was before they put it back on the market earlier this year. | 1 comment - ›› more ...
This Week
Bevel out on bond
11/18/2008
Nearly three weeks after sentencing the Rev. James Luther Bevel to 15 years in prison for incest, Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge Burke McCahill set a $30,000 bond in the case so the former civil rights leader can spend the appeal process and likely the rest of his life outside of prison. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Police and fire briefs
11/18/2008
The following news happened in Loudoun's public safety fields throughout the week. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Teenage girl missing from Sterling
11/20/2008
A 17-year-old girl who was last seen in the Sterling area is missing and considered endangered. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Customs agents seize illegal imports at Dulles Airport
11/18/2008
Several international travelers got a lesson in what you can and can't bring into the United States last week. | 1 comment - ›› more ...
Bevel out on bond
11/18/2008
Nearly three weeks after sentencing the Rev. James Luther Bevel to 15 years in prison for incest, Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge Burke McCahill set a $30,000 bond in the case so the former civil rights leader can spend the appeal process and likely the rest of his life outside of prison. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Police and fire briefs
11/18/2008
The following news happened in Loudoun's public safety fields throughout the week. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Notre Dame defends decision to leave Catholicism
11/20/2008
Following the recent announcement that Notre Dame Academy, in Middleburg, will separate from the Catholic Diocese July 1, 2009, the school's board of trustees met with parents, faculty and students Nov. 19 to present its side of the story. | 2 comments - ›› more ...
Challenge Day students strive to 'Be the Change'
11/18/2008
Students at Eagle Ridge Middle School in Ashburn have come together to create Be the Change, an after-school club that encourages students to treat everyone as equals and not judge one another. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Grading-scale change debated
11/19/2008
Loudoun County's grading scale was up for debate Nov. 12 with representatives from Fairgrade, Loudoun County Public Schools and the college admissions community. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Inauguration Day made a school holiday
11/19/2008
Starting this school year, presidential Inauguration Day on Jan. 20 will be celebrated as a holiday in Loudoun County Public Schools. | 2 comments - ›› more ...
Settlement puts new high school back on track
11/18/2008
Woodgrove High School may have finished its run in the headlines and be headed for actual construction on the Fields Farm north of Purcellville. | 0 comments - ›› more ...