FEBRUARY HEADLINES

Thursday, February 26

Supervisors Prepare For Budget Work Ahead
Wouldn't want to be them
L2D, LTM

LEESBURG Proposes $95.3M Budget, 19.75-Cent Tax Rate
Suggests raising residential rate - but less than keeping budget flat
L2D, LTM

Board Panel Backs Changes To Moorefield Station PlaN
Changes hopefully get this project going sooner
L2D

NO VA budget yet
Disagreements over Kaine proposals holding up budget deal
LX

Business Leaders Reach Out
Chamber and CEO Cabinet team up
LX

Assessments drop for 95 percent of Fairfax Co. homes
Things aren't much better next door
WTOP

Demographic shifts helped fuel Va. county policy
A look at PWC and immigration
Examiner

Wednesday, February 25

Death Penalty Bill Opposed
Fairfax Senator's unlikely stand on the Triggerman Rule
LX

Waiting for the Green

Tight Budget Delays Purchase of Red-Light Cameras
LX

Business community excited by Trump's plans
A little bit of the big time here in Loudoun
LTM

Rocket, satellite made by Loudoun company crashes
Ooopps
LTM

'America's Most Wanted' to air Ashburn girl's case
Six year old case gets another look
LTM, L2D

Monday, February 23

School Site Selection Process Lacks Secrecy, Staff Warns
Major process still a mess
L2D

Chamber, CEO Cabinet Team Up For 'Different Thinking'
Trying alternative strategies in these tough times
L2D

National Prostitution Ring Broken Up In Leesburg
As someone said on the blogs: "another national business driven out of Loudoun"
L2D, LTM, LX, Times of the Internet

Way of Life Is Vanishing By the Acre
Farmland in Loudoun disappearing quickly
LX

Reclassifying Route 28
Developments could change nature of Route 28.
Connection

Loudoun Aims to Make Most of Stimulus

County going through line by line
LX

Friday, February 20

Local Stimulus Impact: 'Wait And See'
Don't hold your breath Loudoun
L2D

 

Supervisors Begin Discussions On Lean CIP
No money, no improvements (see above!)
L2D

Hatrick Has a Perk That Refreshes: Travel
49 weekdays from July 2007 through June 2008 traveling the nation and the world
LX

Thursday, February 19

U.S. 50 widening in sight
Along Loudoun/Fairfax line
LTM

Plans to widen I-66 thrown in reverse
Why would you not widen this road Virginia?
WTOP

More Illegal Immigrants Turned In
U.S.-trained unit in Sheriff's Office
LX

Trump buys Sterling golf club
Closes Lowes Island
LTM

BAR To Consider Building Move For Downtown Project
Making room for a road
L2D

Retired Army Officer Hails 'New Era'
Anti-torture effort led him to White House
LX

Wednesday, February 18

A Tiny School Battles Powerful Odds
Middleburg struggles to stay open in tough budget cycle
LX

Board Upholds Appeal Of Leisure World Proffer
Developer won't be able to build tower
L2D

Board Won't Revisit Broadlands Hospital
No hospital for Loudoun
L2D, LX

Ashburn Resident Killed In Early Morning Crash
Accident on Broadlands Blvd. is leaves another in critical condition
L2D, LTM, LX

Greason May Run for Poisson's Seat
Sets up website and files papers
Living in LoCo

GOP Rift Over Howell Worsens
Smoking ban support irks caucus
LX

Tuesday, February 17

MOre hospital stuff
HCA seeks to expand Reston; Inova seeks to build a healthplex on 50
LTM 1, LTM 2, L2D 1, L2D 2, Living in LoCo 1, Living 2, DC Examiner

VA Budget shortfall reaches $3.7 Billion

That's not easily fixed
LX

Trump Buys Lowes Island Golf Club
Plans on making some big time changes
LX

Friday, February 13

FTC to Provide Input on Hospital

Board asked to reconsider vote
LX, L2D

Let the games begin?
Fairfax County hopes so
WTOP

Thursday, February 12

Case Closed: Judge To Rule On Leesburg Utility Rates
Remedy sought for high rates
L2D

Autism Coverage Bill Fails
Senate's move, House panel's inaction angers advocates
LX

Stimulus Bill Could Kick-Start Road Projects
Obama, Kaine say so
LX

McAuliffe pitches green jobs to spur economy
Who isn't pitching green
LTM

PEC Appeal SCC Action To Supreme Court
TRAIL transmission lines have plummeting demand'
L2D

Wednesday, February 11

Opposition to power line plan mounts
Pubic meeting on 2-12
LTM

Supervisors Aim to Cut Services and Taxes
More on Bower's plan
LX, LTM

Rehab Hospital, Lifeguard Approved At Hearing
60 rehab beds on Rt. 50 approved quietly
L2D

Tuesday, February 10

Bowers Proposes $1.29 Tax Rate, $151M Spending Cut

Bowers' focused on 'long-term' view; County staff warned of layoffs
L2D, LTM

Budget meets schools request
Fully fund school's $747M request
LX

Va. House Approves Ban on Smoking
Compromise in the works
LX

Drivers steered clear of Greenway in 2008
Down 4.4%
LTM

Pr. William Business Owners Protest
Licensees Must Show Legal Status
Wash Post

Monday, February 9

Va. House, Senate Set For Clash On Budget
Competing plans show partisan split
LX

Is Another Hospital Hopeless in Loudoun?
Yes it is
LX

Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates Hit JJ-Day
Bill Clinton headlines event
LX

Cigarettes' Cost in Dollars and Lives
State, taxpayers bear financial burdens of smoking-related diseases
LX

Friday, February 6

Board To Study Rt. 28 Zoning Options
That passes the Board
L2D

A Bipartisan Blow to Smoking
Dems and GOP come together
LX

Leesburg's Town Trolley Goes Green With Bio-fuel
Going green
L2D

2nd Loudoun Executive Announces Retirement
Office of Solid Waste Management head stepping down
L2D

Thursday, February 5

Divided Board Denies Broadlands Hospital|
One more time: no comments
L2D, LTM, LX

Residents Group protest Board's decision
Not happy with their decision
LTM

Mims Eyed For AG Appointment
McDonnell sets late February to step down
LTM, L2D

Loudoun moves toward 10-point grading scale
Joins the rest of the world
LTM

Fairfax County lands Hilton
Another big lose for Loudoun County
LTM

Redskins deal approved
Second time around
LTM, L2D

Autism Bill Stalls In House
Still hope in the Senate
L2D

Eight companies with local ties announce 55,000 layoffs
Caterpillar leads the list at 20,000 jobs laid off
LTM

N.Va. Is Ready to Jump-Start Road Projects
With Stimulus, Region Looks to '07 Wish List
LX

Tuesday, February 3

Va. Is the First State With Widespread Reports of Flu
Stay healthy Northern Virginia
LX

Survey Shows Residents Support Ashburn Hospital
Today's the vote
Living in LoCo

Sycolin Road/Bypass Leesburg's Most Dangerous

Intersection with the most accidents
L2D

Lincoln School Heads To Vote
Village Finds Little Room For Compromise
L2D

Monday, February 2

Lincoln School Heads To Vote
Village finds little room for compromise
L2D

Battle Over High-Rise Building
Views headed for appeal
L2D, Living in LoCo

Virginia Senate passes Sen. Herring's bill
Attracting bioscience
LTM

Property Tax Assessments Fall 14.7% in Loudoun"
Sterling takes big hit
LX

Sick House, Suffering Family
Mold leads to big health problems, legal battle in Loudoun
LX

Friday, January 30

A Last Shot At Hospital Competition
No comments
Wash Post 1, Wash Post 2

Bowers To Leave Loudoun For NC Post
Longtime County Admin moving on
L2D, LTM, LX

Another Link Of Pacific Boulevard Underway
Road network filling in
L2D

Bar Dismisses Complaint Against Prosecutor
More on the State Bar dismissing complaint against Plowman
L2D, LX

 

Well-Connected Parents Take On School Boards
Web-Savvy activists push for educational change
LX

Majority favor grade scale change
Brining Loudoun on par with the rest of the world
L2D

Rohrbaugh Takes Reins As Chamber Chairman
Inova exec takes over chairmanship of LCCC
L2D