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VDOT HOT SPOTS IN THE FREDERICKSBURG DISTRICT Feb. 26 – March 4, 2017 Stafford County Route 17 (New) Tuesday, 8 a.m. ˗˗ 4 p.m. The single right northbound lane on Route 17 (Warrenton Road) ...Read more

Fox News Channel’s Alan Colmes has passed away at age 66 after a brief illness. Colmes leaves behind his wife, Jocelyn Crowley, who issued the following statement: Alan Colmes passed away ...Read more

(Stafford)- Work can now begin on the new 5.7 million dollar animal shelter in Stafford of Wyche Road. Stafford Supervisors held a groundbreaking. The new animal shelter is scheduled to open next ...Read more

(Richmond)- There are reports that House Speaker Bill Howell of Stafford will not run for re-election this November. Howell will retire after 29 years in the House, the last 14 as Speaker. Howell ...Read more

(Spotsylvania)- A business for the old GM Fredericksburg Powertrain facility on Tidewater Trail. Governor McAuliffe today announced that idX Corporation will invest $7.2 million and create 150 ...Read more

VDOT HOT SPOTS IN THE FREDERICKSBURG DISTRICT Feb. 5 – Feb. 11, 2017   Stafford County   Interstate 95 Northbound at Exit 133 (New) Wednesday, 9 a.m. ˗˗ 3 p.m. Motorists should be alert to ...Read more

(Fredericksburg)- EOD Warrior Foundation Polar Bear Plunge at City Dock in Fredericksburg this morning. City Fire Department tells us the water temp was 37.5 degrees ...Read more

(Spotsylvania)- No injuries in an early morning townhouse fire in Spotsylvania. Fire fighters were called to 9804 West Midland Way just after 5am. It took crews about an hour to bring everything ...Read more

(Fredericksburg)- The Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region will award more than $120,000 in scholarships to area high school seniors this spring. Seniors are encouraged to apply ...Read more

(Fredericksburg)- Margot Lee Shetterly, author of Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, is coming to ...Read more