Prince William County is opening all county libraries and the Ferlazzo Center to members of the public who need to seek shelter from the heat with forecasted high temperature of 97 degrees, with heat index values possibly as high as 102 degrees today, Wednesday, June 30.

Prince William Health District's COVID-19 Mobile Vaccine Unit will conduct three Moderna Clinics on Thursday, June 24 in the Manassas/Manassas Park area.

Virginia Department of Transportation reports that work has started to create an auxiliary lane on southbound I-95 from Rt. 123 (Gordon Boulevard) to the Prince William Parkway (Rt. 294). The project will convert about a mile and a half of the existing shoulder to a travel lane,

This coming Saturday, June 26, is the final day to get a COVID-19 vaccine at the Community Vaccination Center (CVC) at the site of the former Gander Mountain store near Potomac Mills in Woodbridge, according to Kathy Stewart, public information officer for Prince William Health District (PWHD).

It is too hot to work. The Prince William County Finance Office in Manassas had to be closed at 2 p.m. yesterday, Monday, June 21, because the air conditioning system is broken, according to a statement issued by county officials. The closure continues today, June 22.

Prince William Health District (PWHD) is inviting members of the community to complete the COVID-19 vaccine acceptability survey, according to Kathy Stewart, public information officer for the Health District.

The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, DWR (formerly the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, DGIF) is coordinating testing on a selection of deceased birds after the Northern Region area of Virginia began receiving an increase in the number of calls starting May 18 about sick/injured young birds, specifically Grackles and Blue Jays.

The agency cited a 52 per cent increase in irregularities with rabies vaccination certificates for canine imports in 2020 compared to 2018 and 2019, and stated the measure is being taken “to ensure the health and safety of dogs imported into the United States and to protect the public’s health against the reintroduction of dog rabies.”