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Loudoun board weighs in on plan to combine data centers, affordable housing
Loudoun County supervisors have all but guaranteed they will deny a unique mixed-used data center and affordable housing development proposal in Sterling, saying they’d rather hold out for denser transit-oriented development, even if it takes much longer to achieve. Real estate firms BlackChamber Group and Fairfield Residential first floated...
Loudoun Co. board approves '100%' affordable housing area in Sterling, Va.
LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Dozens of new affordable housing units could soon come to Loudoun County after local leaders approved after recently rezoning roughly three acres in Sterling, Virginia, officials said Thursday. During a council meeting in June, Loudoun County's Board of Supervisors approved a residential rezoning project...
Suspect sentenced in 2022 Sterling Fire
In Loudoun County Circuit Court on Monday July 8, Julian Karapetkov was sentenced for his involvement in the September 2022 arson of a home on Wittingham Circle in Sterling. Just after 4 a.m. on September 4, 2022, fire and rescue units from Loudoun and Fairfax Counties responded to find two vehicles on fire in the driveway of a Wittingham Circle home with fire showing.
2 firefighters hurt battling Loudoun County blaze
LEESBURG, Va. - Two firefighters were injured battling a house fire in Loudoun County. The fire was reported around 11 a.m. on Thursday in the 200 block of Edwards Ferry Road in Leesburg. Crews arrived to find smoke and flames coming from the porch of the home. Authorities say the...
Firefighters Injured Battling Blaze On Loudoun County Porch
Two firefighters suffered minor injuries battling a house fire on Thursday morning in Virginia, officials say.Loudoun County Fire and Rescue crews were called to a reported structure fire in the 200 block of Edwards Ferry Road NE in Leesburg at approximately 11 a.m. on July 11.Upon arrival, firefig…
Domaine Fortier—Loudoun’s Newest Winery Opens Near Lovettsville
Stephen and Jennifer Fortier had a dream to move to the country and raise their three daughters in the great wide open while working alongside them in a vineyard. They wanted to move to western Loudoun and open a winery as part of that dream. That dream started turning into...
Two Loudoun County firefighters injured while battling porch fire
LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — The Fire Marshals Office is working to learn what caused a fire to break out in Loudoun County on Thursday. In a post on X, just after 11 a.m., the Loudoun County Fire Rescue said crews were called to the 200 block of Edwards Ferry Road, NE. Officials […]
He stalked a woman and set fire to her family home in Loudoun Co. Now, he’s set to serve 20 years in prison
A Virginia man will serve two decades in prison after he set fire to two vehicles and a home that belonged to a woman he had previously been convicted of stalking. Julian Darius Karapetkov was sentenced Monday in Loudoun County Circuit Court after entering a guilty plea to two charges related to the 2022 house fire in Sterling last March, according to a news release from Loudoun County Fire and Rescue.
Study: Transportation upgrades that would provide the best congestion relief in Northern Va.
The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority will present its ranked recommendations Thursday, for funding nearly $700 million in projects to advance the region’s multimodal transportation network. With nine counties and cities, as well as Virginia Railway Express seeking pieces of the funding pie, the most expensive slice is $210 million...
Suspect Sentenced in 2022 Sterling Fire
In Loudoun County Circuit Court on Monday July 8, 2024, Julian Karapetkov was sentenced for his involvement in the September 2022 arson of a home on Wittingham Circle in Sterling. Just after 4:00 a.m. on September 4, 2022, fire and rescue units from Loudoun and Fairfax Counties responded to find...
PJM Considers Alternate Route for Western Loudoun Power Line
Regional power coordinators on Tuesday considered an alternate route for a controversial transmission line previously approved to run through western Loudoun. Because of increasing demands for power in the region, PJM Interconnection, the organization responsible for coordinating power across 13 states, including Virginia, opened a request for transmission line projects to meet the growing demand. As part of that open window, the organization approved a proposal by Florida-based NextEra Energy collaborating with other energy providers, to build a line known as the Mid-Atlantic Resiliency Link. A portion of that line is planned to cut south from Harpers Ferry through western Loudoun via new rights-of-way to a substation near Leesburg.
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