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Charges dropped against airman who carried gun into Va. school
Loudoun County prosecutors have dropped charges against a U.S. Air Force airman arrested for carrying his sidearm into a Leesburg high school while on a recruiting visit.
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Flight from BWI makes emergency landing at Dulles after odor in cabin; 7 hospitalized
The Boeing 737 headed for San Francisco left BWI Marshall Airport early Friday. After reports of an odor in the cabin, the plane landed at Dulles at 7:45 a.m.
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DC area fares well in ranking of healthiest communities
One area city fell out of the top spot, but Virginia and Maryland still grabbed a lot of high rankings in U.S. News and World Report’s annual list of the healthiest communities.
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The CIT building, passed over for HQ2, is for sale again
Amazon.com Inc. passed over the site for its second quarters, and now Virginia is restarting its efforts to find someone to take the sprawling Center for Innovative Technology campus straddling Fairfax and Loudoun counties.
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Loudoun commercial design guidelines need revision, supervisor says
Loudoun County Supervisor Ron Meyer believes proposed design guidelines for commercial development will need to be revised to make clear they are not the law of the land, only a vision for the county’s future growth.
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Loudoun Co. approves huge Silver Line mixed-use project
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has approved a developer’s ambitious project to develop a 158-acre mixed-use community between the Silver Line’s Ashburn and Loudoun Gateway Metro stops, with plans that include thousands of townhomes, condos and apartments.
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Aldie manor, once a Civil War statehouse, completes $4M renovation
The 10,000-square-foot manor, once used as a Civil War government statehouse, has six guest rooms, plus a cottage, including two junior suites and one presidential suite. The $4 million property-wide renovation, included a complete makeover of guest rooms and public spaces.
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EXCLUSIVE: New ‘movement’ in search for Virginia woman missing since 2011
Loudoun County’s sheriff told WTOP there has been progress in the eight-year case of Bethany Decker, who was five months pregnant when last seen by her live-in boyfriend in their Ashburn, Virginia, apartment.
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Driver’s death in Clarke County happened after fight, police say
The driver of the truck — who was the only occupant — was found dead. An initial investigation revealed the driver, an adult male, suffered from wounds not consistent with a car crash.
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DeAngelo Hall to open barbershop in Ashburn
Former NFL defensive back DeAngelo Hall is opening a barbershop in Ashburn’s University Commerce Center called Parlor Twenty Three.
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Virginia mosque holds vigil in honor of New Zealand victims
Worshipers of all religions gathered at the ADAMS Center Mosque in Sterling, Virginia, Friday to pay tribute to the 50 people killed in New Zealand.
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Painful past: Loudoun County lynching memorials coming to Leesburg
Members of the Leesburg, Virginia, community are invited to a dialogue at the Douglass School to discuss placing historical markers at the sites of three lynchings in Loudoun County that occurred between 1880 and 1902.
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Updated noise map outlines how Dulles expansion would impact area
Such noise projections have played a major part in where residential zoning is restricted, but these new projections have yet to be incorporated into future zoning plans.
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Jail for Va. shopkeeper who sold items made from endangered animals
A Middleburg, Virginia, shopkeeper who sold items including a flask made from crocodile skin, a box made from sea turtle shell and a duster made from ostrich feathers has been sentenced to 30 days behind bars for selling products made from endangered species.
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Publisher of Loudoun Co. news site arrested on charges of fraud
Brian Thomas Reynolds, of Leesburg, was indicted on charges that he defrauded investors and lenders to Tribune Media Group, LLC, a company that he controls, which operates the Loudoun Tribune. Reynolds is the president and the publisher of the publication.
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