Nelson Head, owner and founder of Dixie Bones BBQ in Woodbridge, Virginia, tracks wholesale prices each week so menu prices can stay as fair as possible.
Who says pigs can’t fly? Well, maybe they can’t, but our wings sure do. We marinate them in our secret rub, smoke them over hickory logs in our pit—after all, we are a southern barbecue place—then fry them in healthy beef tallow just before serving to crisp the skins and toss them in mild or spicy barbecue sauce.
The U.S. Department of Energy warned Tuesday that the Mid-Atlantic grid faces elevated blackout risks this week from high demand, autumn generator maintenance, and planned transmission outages, and issued an emergency order to keep more power available.
The order directs PJM Interconnection — which operates the grid serving Northern Virginia, including Manassas, Woodbridge and Fredericksburg — to dispatch specified generating units and authorize backup generation as a last resort before or during an Energy Emergency Alert. It takes effect today and runs through Thursday, October 16.
Event location
Fort Hunt Park
8999 Fort Hunt Rd
Alexandria, Virginia 22308
Join Breast Cancer Collective for the 2026 Walk to Bust Cancer on Sunday, October 18, at Fort Hunt Park in Alexandria.
Walk alongside survivors, caregivers, friends, families, and neighbors for an uplifting community event supporting access to breast cancer screening and care across the DMV.
Walk to Bust Cancer brings our community together to turn hope into action and help expand access to timely breast health care. Register to walk, gather your team, and join us at Fort Hunt Park.
The three trailheads at James Long Park now have kiosks with full-size trail maps, built and installed by Eagle Scout Chris Sheeran, Prince William County Parks & Recreation announced Tuesday.
Sheeran spent the past year on the project, handling the design, approval, construction and installation of kiosks at all three trailheads in the park’s trail system. Parks staff added the maps on Tuesday.
The Virginia Municipal League presented the City of Fredericksburg with its 2026 Innovation Award in Communications on Sunday for the “Fredericksburg: Still Making History” tourism campaign.
The award was presented at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott during VML’s annual conference. Fredericksburg was one of seven Virginia localities honored.
Harley Brydon of Stafford, Katherine Gonzales of Woodbridge and Christopher Izenour of Bristow were recently elected to membership in The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.
Brydon was elected at Boise State University. Gonzales was elected at Texas State University. Izenour was elected at Mississippi State University.
“We’re certainly looking into that possibility and recognizing that there has been a focus on a number of cases where that appears to be the case. We are digging into it,” Gov. Abigail Spanberger told 8News Friday at an event in Henrico County.
Spanberger was asked about social media posts alleging her administration restored the rights of deceased people as part of restoring the rights of convicted felons upon their release.
