Final day of the Innovation Challenge @ Dahlgren today for high school teams.. Caroline Middle School is also competing since they were the Middle School winners last month.
WATCH: High School STEM teams competing at Dahlgren this weekend
Twenty teams representing 16 area schools have been programming and testing robots to compete this weekend in the third annual High School Innovation Challenge @ Dahlgren.
Rain to end later this morning
After today’s rain, dry until mid-week
PHOTOS: Packed house for final performance of High School Musical Jr. @ Freedom Middle School
Make sure you go see and support local school theater this spring. At Freedom, they collected supplies for Spotsylvania Schools Treasure House.
Above normal temps, below normal snowfall
With Meteorological Winter (Dec-Feb) complete, here is a rundown for all 8 National Weather Service climate sites
State Police continue to investigate the disappearance and homicide of Alicia Showalter Reynolds
She was last seen along Route 29 in Culpeper on March 2, 1996
PHOTOS: Late winter on the Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail
Off of Indiantown Road in King George
WATCH: Congress approves short-term funding to avoid shutdown
Virginia Senator Mark Warner says he’s tired of short term solutions. Warner says this is no way to fund the government
LISTEN: Fredericksburg Regional Spelling Bee preview
The Fredericksburg Regional Spelling Bee is this Saturday (the 2nd) at James Monroe HIgh School beginning at 10. 15 will compete. The winner goes to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
LISTEN: Town Talk/Fredericksburg Area Association of Realtors
FAAR President Randy Walther (Nest Realty), Dawn Josemans (Caldwell Banker Property Management), and FAAR Public Policy Director Kim McClellan with an overview of the market–constrained supply, high prices, volatile interest rates.
LISTEN: Worried about doing your taxes? Rappahannock United Way Prosper Tax Services may help
You may be eligible if your household income was $80,000 or less in 2023. We talk to Janel Donohue of Rappahannock United Way.
WATCH: A look at local Black History
The Central Rappahannock Regional Library hosted a virtual event: African American Women in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania and Stafford history.
Spotsy Supervisors advertise a tax rate of 78.17
The current rate is 77.17. This is the advertised rate–not the final rate. Supervisors can adopt a lower rate, not a higher one.
LISTEN: Town Talk/UMW Admissions
Dean of Admissions Melissa Yakabouski with tips on the college search, paying for college, changes in FAFSA and writing an application.
Open House next month on continuing study of a new I-95 bridge crossing
Meeting planned for March 20th at the VDOT offices on Deacon Road in Stafford
LISTEN: Innovation Challenge @ Dahlgren
Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division K-12 STEM Coordinator Tyler Truslow talks about what high school students (and Caroline Middle School) can expect on Friday and Saturday.
State Police: “Alarming uptick” in pedestrian deaths statewide
There have been two pedestrian deaths in Prince William so far this year.
LISTEN: Town Talk/Spotsylvania Social Services
Deputy Director Melonie Barrow (left) and Director Amy Swift (right) discuss an increase in child fatalities tied to unsafe sleeping arrangements AND drug overdose cases for children under 6.
Area road work this week
All work is scheduled weather permitting. Real-time information on work zones and lane closures is available on 511Virginia
PHOTOS: SAWs-Virginia continues to build ramps for the disabled around the region
SAWs was in Dahlgren on Saturday