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Tuesday, January 21

WUSA9 Virginia (Read more)

• Bull Run Republican Women’s Club in Virginia hosts watch party for inauguration

• Legal battle ends as Virginia AG decides not to retry former Loudoun superintendent

• Family desperate for answers, five years after Scott Ratigan was killed in Ballston

• Sens. Kaine and Warner react to Trump's deportation plans

• Homeowner shoots man trying to force his way into home while on phone with 911, police say

• Edison High basketball coach suspended for using non-enrolled players

• 'The level of service was not up to snuff' | Fairfax County demands accountability from VDOT

• You're green | Virginia releases new safety inspection stickers

WTOP Virginia (Read more)

• Fairfax Co. was one of DC’s hot housing markets in 2024

• Arlington Co. homeowners see average 3.7% increase in assessments

• 2 dead after truck veers off Arlington Memorial Bridge; another body found in Potomac River

• How a Fairfax Co. middle school teacher combined his passions to join the Commanders marching band

• U.Va. study finds Gen X has historically high lead exposure, health risks

• Washington’s Reagan National Airport working on problem with heating system

• Celebrations, volunteer events for Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the DC area

• ‘We recognize that this is still a battle’: Women’s organization reacts after Biden says Equal Rights Amendment should be law of the land

Fairfax County Times (Read more)

• Centreville High students’ research reports finding DNA residue in Pfizer COVID vaccines

• Council warns about future greenhouse gas emissions

• Edison Girls’ Basketball shows no mercy with a hot start, echoing their coach’s mindset

• Virginia Attorney General escalates investigation into American Muslims for Palestine nonprofit

• Adorable Adoptables: A Forever Home

• Come meet your new best friend

• Countertenor John Holiday returns to Wolf Trap’s Barns

• Reston Community Players stages hilarious and romantic "4 Weddings and an Elvis"

Inside Nova (Read more)

• Unity Reed grad Tyleik Williams has unfinished business at Ohio State

• Colonial Forge grad Zyhir Hope named top prospect for World Series champion Dodgers

• UVA Health Prince William Medical Center receives $2 million gift from Cecil and Irene Hylton Foundation

• Prince William residents weigh in as plans for Doves Landing park, Sinclair mill site develop

• Amazon's Ashton data center proposal near Manassas deferred again

• Two Manassas police officers honored by Justice Department for innovation in Community policing

• Prince William supervisors greenlight over $13M for judicial center expansion

• Vindman, Subramanyam sworn in on Capitol Hill

Northern Virginia Magazine (Read more)

• Inauguration Will Be Moved Indoors Due to Freezing Weather

• NoVA Airport Braces for Historic Traffic

• Oakton Doctor Pleads Guilty to Running “Pill Mill”

• How Safe Will the Inauguration Be? A Security Professional Weighs In

• Report Outlines How Communication Issues Affected Emergency Response to Fatal 2024 Sterling Explosion

• How Much Time Do DC-Area Commuters Spend in Traffic?

• Patriot High School Principal Michael Bishop on Administrative Leave

• How to Help Those Affected by the California Wildfires

Loudoun Times-Mirror (Read more)

• Home for the holidays: A guide to community events in Loudoun County

• Arrest made in Sterling shopping center shooting

• Claude Moore Foundation reaches $100 million milestone in giving

• Community holiday events planned across Loudoun County

• Leesburg man acquitted in 2022 fatal shooting

• NOVEC lineworkers help bring electricity to Guatemalan community

• School Board removes participation threshold requirement for union election

• LCPS students say administrators are censoring pro-Palestinian protests