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Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 4:39


Happy holidays.

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2019 0:29


Tuesday, May 21, 2019 by Loudoun Now

Friday, May 17, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2019 5:45


County supervisors look into supplementing VDOT's mowing; Leesburg's local laws could be changing.

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2019 6:55


Students and parents speak out in favor of continuing to send students to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology; the school system hires its first equity director.

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2019 8:32


A wrongful termination lawsuit against Sheriff Michael Chapman is again dismissed; the Dulles Greenway opens a new exit to get to a new Walmart.

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 6:34


Waterford residents are upset about Dominion cutting back trees in the village; a Stone Bridge High school student is arrested for making online threats to a school in Broward County, FL.

Monday, May 13, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 6:45


Visit Loudoun recognizes one of the best haunted houses and one of the first farm-to-table restaurants in the country; a man faces 20 years in federal prison after a woman is poisoned with a date rape drug.

Friday, May 10, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2019 6:18


County supervisors push on data center sprawl and housing prices in suburban Loudoun; it could soon be against school system rules to vape on the job.

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2019 8:04


Drug Court gets its first participant; the Riverside High School Marching Rams have notched two state championships in the four years since they formed.

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2019 8:18


Plans for a new Aldie fire house hit a stumbling block, but the county government presses ahead; Telos Corporation donates $25,000 to help vulnerable children and their families.

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2019 7:04


Sterling Volunteer Rescue is looking for new recruits; a man drowns working on a dam on Goose Creek.

Monday, May 6, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2019 7:57


Döner Bistro is on the move; Loudoun United FC plays their first (sort-of) home game.

Friday, May 3, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2019 9:22


County supervisors start work on the county's first-ever Urban Policy Area; the School Board debates whether to stop sending Loudoun students to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax.

Thursday, May 2, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2019 7:01


Sugarland Run Elementary goes from a focus school to a model school in five years; Loudoun County Public Library visits Awesome Con.

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 8:48


A new Civil War historic park opens near Middleburg; the Loudoun County Combined Fire/Rescue System finally gets Kirkpatrick Fire and Rescue Station.

Monday, April 29, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2019 8:12


Leesburg Town Council members see an eroding relationship with the county government as free government software goes away; two Loudoun 8th graders head to a national chemistry challenge.

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2019 9:29


Leesburg residents ask the town council to stop spraying the Town Branch with an herbicide called glyphosate; the Loudoun Education Foundation is once again raising money to help feed hungry students.

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2019 7:22


Supervisors get a ranking of the worst intersections without stoplights in Loudoun; the Loudoun Museum looks for ideas.

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019 7:55


Step Up Loudoun has a tie for first place; the Town of Purcellville is down to three breweries.

Monday, April 15, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2019 9:26


The Loudoun Chamber's Valor Awards recognize some of the heroes of the past year; Rockwool opponents travel to Denmark to meet the shareholders and CEO personally.

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2019 9:27


Loudoun County Fire-Rescue recognizes some of its standouts; a Loudoun Valley High School student wins the national speed skating championship.

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2019 7:05


Kincora and the Children's Science Center gather to celebrate their progress; Food for Fines is back.

Monday, April 8, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2019 8:22


County supervisors question some of the studies behind the latest draft of the new comprehensive plan; the school system's new Ad Hoc Committee on Equity holds its first meeting.

Friday, April 5, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2019 8:03


An anti-corruption nonprofit and a group of environmentalists win a legal battle to reopen the Potomac around Trump National golf club; a junior at Stone Bridge High School makes chess history.

Thursday, April 4, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2019 8:02


Loudoun's drug court opens once again; a Lovettsville woman's search for a kidney is over, thanks to her husband's fellow airmen.

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 10:16


The county's easternmost agricultural district is going away; Loudoun gets ready for the 2020 census.

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2019 7:59


The Planning Commission starts the countdown on the new comprehensive plan; three students from Foxcroft School win national awards for their art.

Monday, April 1, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019 6:49


A fatal crash on Evergreen Mills Road provides the lesson for a first-of-its-kind lifesaving technique in the region; an Air Force recruiter will not be prosecuted for bringing a gun into Tuscarora High School.

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 9:14


Leesburg nonprofit ECHO adapts to changing federal regulations that put 20 people with disabilities out of a job; the Arc of Loudoun celebrates three people for their work supporting people with disabilities.

Monday, March 25, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2019 9:03


The comprehensive plan finally gets to the Board of Supervisors—as election year politics take hold; supervisors approve a huge Metrorail-area development.

Friday, March 22, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2019 8:49


Local government staff and historians race to document all of Loudoun's historic burial grounds; Purcellville Town Manager David Mekarski's proposed budget defers tax increases but not budget increases.

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2019 8:16


For the second time, a former senior officer under Sheriff Michael Chapman is now trying to unseat him; a man from West Virginia is arrested in charged in the death of a Bluemont man on the side of Rt. 7 in Clarke County.

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2019 9:17


What builds roads, fights fires, funds schools, keeps the libraries opens an costs $3 billion a year? And police are investigating two incidents of gunfire, one fatal.

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2019 6:11


Middle Schoolers at Eagle Ridge Middle School spend time every Friday building and programming robots; Loudoun United scores the first goal in franchise history.

Monday, March 18, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2019 9:37


The Planning Commission wraps up work on the comprehensive plan, which is pretty much what it sounds like; two men are accused of mailing seven pounds of marijuana.

Monday, March 11, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2019 9:24


County supervisors appoint a committee to try to make sure everyone gets counted in the 2020 census; longtime western Loudoun community resource officer Victor LoPreto retires.

Friday, March 8, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2019 7:47


County supervisors approve nearly $30 million of road safety improvements on Evergreen Mills Road, although it will be years before drivers see it; Trump National Golf Course is cited for illegally clearcutting along the Potomac River and dumping those trees in the river.

Thurday, March 7, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2019 7:29


A mastiff named Goliath finds a home, and his story could win a local shelter $20,000; after two house fires, the Fire Marshal urges fire safety in the cold months.

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2019 7:11


County supervisors get to work on the county budget; a controversial plan to develop part of Westpark golf course in Leesburg is set for a public hearing.

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2019 8:07


Supervisors hear from the public on the next county budget; Loudoun farmers and producers make deals with industry buyers at a "speed-dating" event.

Monday, March 4, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2019 8:00


Faith leaders gather for a meeting on what elected leaders can do to combat racism; a champion spellers gets the three-peat.

Friday, March 1, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2019 7:41


The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office demands nearly $2,000 for a document police departments around the region post on their websites; a leader of Loudoun's wine industry is honored for his accomplishments.

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2019 6:34


The School Board creates a committee on equity issues in the school system and adopts protections for LGBT students and teachers; Buzzed at the Bee is back tonight!

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2019 8:24


After a rash of stray bullets hitting homes, a county committee largely shies away from expanding shooting regulations; credit card skimmers are found on gas pumps in Ashburn.

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2019 6:33


Supervisors vote down a purchase of development rights program; Buzzed at the Bee is back.

Monday, February 25, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2019 7:58


The General Assembly clears the way for Loudoun's new state park; school leaders apologize for a lesson that had students chasing escaped slaves through the Underground Railroad.

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019 6:54


A new plan could eliminate call transfers during 911 calls; the Purcellville Library isn't going anywhere for now.

Friday, February 15, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2019 7:57


Commonwealth's Attorney Jim Plowman gets a seat on the other side of the courtroom; land around future Metro stops is even more expensive than predicted.

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2019 7:51


County supervisors get good news about the county budget; taxes in Leesburg could go up.

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2019 7:46


The School Board could get its full budget request this year; Loudoun's own pro soccer team signs its first two players.

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2019 6:23


The RoboLords head to an international robotics competition; the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is looking for an armed bank robber.

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