The Town of Dumfries celebrated the grand opening of First Care Women’s Health with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, March 12, 2026. The nonprofit clinic expands free and confidential women’s health resources for Prince William County residents.
The clinic opened at Dumfries Town Hall to provide free pregnancy testing, limited obstetric ultrasound, pre-abortion consultation, and supportive advocacy for women and families in the community. Supervisor Andrea Bailey and Yesli Vega, of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, Potomac District and Coles districts, respectively, joined Town of Dumfries officials at the event to highlight expanded local access to these resources.
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This week on Friday Power Lunch, we explore the powerful psychological forces that shape how people form communities, follow leaders, and sometimes lose themselves inside powerful narratives.
Our first guest is Daniella Mestyanek Young, author of “The Culting of America: What Makes a Cult and Why We Love Them.”
“The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has an open investigation on an incident that has ‘threatened’ the Rappahannock River and the Hazel Run tributary after 100,000 gallons of human waste spilled from the City of Fredericksburg Wastewater Treatment Center this past Saturday,” myhyperbole.com reported.
Strong thunderstorms with damaging winds swept through the region Monday night, leaving thousands of customers without power across Northern Virginia on Tuesday morning.
– Strong winds from severe storms caused widespread outages, with Stafford County seeing the heaviest impact
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Manassas residents are invited to a town hall meeting on Monday, March 16, 2026, to provide feedback on the proposed Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget, which features a reduced real estate tax rate but still results in higher average residential bills due to surging property values fueled by data center developments.
The town hall is scheduled to take place in the council chambers at Manassas City Hall. It follows a full-day budget workshop held on March 6, 2026, and offers residents a direct opportunity to share thoughts on the city manager’s proposal as council members work toward final adoption.
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Severe weather prompted closures across Northern Virginia on Monday, March 16, 2026, as a Tornado Watch covered the region and multiple rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms threatened damaging winds and isolated tornadoes.
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