 Snowed In
Emergency personnel work around the clock to respond to large snowfall.
THE VIRGINIA Department of Transportation expected to remove 500,000 tons of snow from Northern Virginia roads this week, and that was before weather teams started calling for a second storm to hit the region this week.
Parts of Fairfax County received as much as 34 inches of snow during the initial storm that started Friday, Feb. 5. A few days later, local emergency responders were bracing for a second wave of winter weather, expected to bring as much as 10 to 20 inches of additional snow on Tuesday, Feb. 9. Read more... |
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Price of Justice
 Gerry Hyland calls for a review of polices outlining the cost of freedom.
EVERY NIGHT, the magistrate’s office in Fairfax County jail is buzzing with action. Wife-beaters mingle with pickpockets and drunk drivers — all waiting for some kind of disposition to the charges against them. Will they sleep in jail or go home for the night? The answer depends on how much cash they can provide — a phenomenon that Mount Vernon District Supervisor Gerry Hyland has asked county staff to investigate. Read more...
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One HOT Mess
Elected officials warn of "total meltdown" in I-95/395 corridor.
 IF INTERSTATE 95/395 commuters were finding it difficult to imagine what the base realignment and relocation process might mean for their daily commute, they don’t have to look much farther than the massive facility under construction at the highway’s west Seminary Road exit. Read more... |
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