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There has been a clear shift in the climate of Loudoun County School Board meetings this year. It was apparent the new four-year term would see major changes when minutes after the six newly elected School Board members were sworn in Jan. 3, they appointed Eric Hornberger (Ashburn) as their chairman and Jill Turgeon (Blue Ridge) as their vice chairman, placing two from the new super majority at the board's helm.

A bill introduced by Del. Joe May (R-33) could give Northern Virginia drivers another option when it comes to emissions testing.

The International Coin Collectors Association will stop in Leesburg next week as part of its world tour.

Improperly discarded smoking materials are being blamed for another house fire in the county.

Thanks to grants, donations and the hard work of dozens of volunteers, Sycolin Creek Elementary School will soon be home to a playground designed for children living with special needs.

A Middleburg man died in a single vehicle crash last night on Rt. 15 just south of Leesburg. 

Today, most workers and students are at home enjoying a federal holiday, Presidents Day. However, new legislation proposed by U.S. Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-VA-10) and U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) would shift the focus of the day back to George Washington.

An Arlington man died Saturday night after a two-vehicle crash involving a deer on Rt. 9.

The Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy is gearing up for another round of bluebird monitoring this spring. At 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, Janet Locklear will get everyone off on the right foot with some important orientation information.

Leesburg residents will have two choices when they head to the polls April 17.

With crossover-the last opportunity for bills to pass the House of Delegates or the Senate and pass to the other chamber-occurring Tuesday, many of Virginia's bills have captured the national media stage, while others, like those dealing with transportation funding, have been subject to familiar debate on the chamber floors. Here we take a look at the status of some of the bills introduced this year, which have survived their first chamber, and how members of Loudoun's delegation voted.

RICHMOND--Just as when Bill Bolling began his first term as a state senator in 1996, the Senate now is split 20-20 between Democrats and Republicans.

The Town of Leesburg will hold two public input sessions on the long planned and long debated downtown improvements projects.

The Leesburg Planning Commission took action on two separate special exception applications Thursday night.

A federal judge has granted the motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by the Southern Walk at Broadlands HOA against telecommunications provider OpenBand, and has denied a motion by the community to file another amended complaint.

While the world took a moment to mourn the death of signer Whitney Houston this weekend, her passing directly touched one area nonprofit organization.

It has been more than 15 years since the Broadlands-Route 659 Transportation Improvement Fund was created by the Board of Supervisors to be used to pay for road improvements in the Rt. 659 corridor. And it has been almost 10 years since developers in the area first sat down with the county staff to discuss the possibility of creating a "road club," where proffers and cash contributions could be pooled and used to widen Belmont Ridge Road between the Dulles Greenway and Truro Parish Drive.

By its late-night vote Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors ended six years of litigation with the Purcellville Town Council.

Aperture, a band comprised of Loudoun County students, will participate in the Battle of the Bands Saturday, Feb. 19, at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC.

The Leesburg Town Council passed a series of amendments to the Zoning Ordinance, as well as a Town Code change that will push back the due date for town personal property taxes.

The Loudoun County School Board reopened its previously adopted FY13 operating budget during its regular meeting late Tuesday night, a move that was not on the meeting agenda and caught staff--and a handful of board members--flat-footed.

Former Virginia governor, and Senate hopeful, Tim Kaine stopped by the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce this morning to chat with local business leaders on the issues of key importance to them.

The Leesburg Town Council Tuesday night approved an application that will bring several commercial uses, including another drive-through bank, near the intersection of Greenway Drive and South King Street.

In an attempt to meet the needs of the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office and its promise to remain fiscally prudent in all government dealings, the Board of Supervisors authorized county staff and the sheriff's office to move forward with the much-debated Western Loudoun Sheriff's Substation, but with a smaller design and using more than $2.5 million less than originally budgeted.