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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...
Loudoun Deputy Wounded In Accidental Shooting Faces Long Road To Recovery, Campaign Says
Support is on the rise for a Loudoun County sheriff's deputy who was struck by a bullet in an accidental shooting during a routine training exercise last month.Loudoun County Master Deputy Kenny Foster was identified by a GoFundMe campaign as the victim of the June 13 accident. Launched by the…
Big Kyle BBQ headed to Gilberts Corner in Loudoun
Well, that didn’t take long. No sooner had news broke that The Pit Stop barbecue brand was giving up its spot at Gilberts Corner in Loudoun County then we got the news that there was already a replacement. Kyle Norris of Big Kyle BBQ confirms he and his team...
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.
New details about Cedar Terrace at South Riding retail center
It’s been quite a while since we had an update on the Cedar Terrace at South Riding project — and while there are no major announcements yet that we know of, the landlord has started to market the new retail center. Longtime readers will remember that Cedar Terrace...
Canelones, Uruguay delegation visits Loudoun County amid investigation into travel
ASHBURN, Va. (7News) — A delegation from Canelones, Uruguay visited Loudoun County Chair Phyllis Randall at the government center in Leesburg, Va. Monday as a part of its sister-city relationship. The discussion between the delegation from Canelones, Uruguay, and Randall, Supervisor Juli Briskman, and other Loudoun County representatives centered...
Loudoun County Advances Bill To Restrict Data Center Development
New zoning restrictions could soon make it harder to build data centers in the industry's most important hub. Lawmakers in Loudoun County, Virginia, voted 7-2 last week to advance legislation that would eliminate by right zoning for data centers anywhere in the county. The pending zoning changes, first reported by Loudoun Now, would mean that every data center project has to be individually approved by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, effectively stripping entitlements from properties zoned for data centers that have fetched huge premiums from developers.
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