Thursday, July 3, 2025
Loudoun leaders brace for the "One Big, Beautiful Bill;" the Town of Middleburg makes a loan to itself.

Loudoun leaders brace for the "One Big, Beautiful Bill;" the Town of Middleburg makes a loan to itself.
The Purcellville Town Council majority will hold a strategic planning retreat without any members of the council minority; more than 200 youth soccer teams are competing in Loudoun this week.
The Planning Commission discusses a proposal to build 325 affordable apartments; Superintendent Aaron Spence gets a $32,500 raise, if he sticks around for another year.
Two Loudoun families come home thanks to Habitat for Humanity; ECHO gets grant to help renovate its space for The Barkery.
The Purcellville Town Council reverses its support for a downtown economic development program, but the business community is going ahead anyway; Loudoun high school students get hands-on experience learning law.
A day on Capitol Hill; Loudoun County Public Schools adopts a policy on using AI.
The Commonwealth's Attorney asks the Circuit Court to hold off on a case from the Purcellville vice mayor until the state police are done investigating the vice mayor; Sister Hazel and Andy Summers are coming to town this fall for Crossroads Music Festival
The Purcellville Planning Commission has a plan for boosting downtown businesses; parts of Broadlands Boulevard are renamed to... Broadlands Boulevard.
Loudoun County plans to become a destination for the arts; the Loudoun Coalition on Women and Girls reports on persistent barriers Loudoun women face.
Loudoun County launches a program to fight invasive species; Leesburg marks the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth.
The Board of Supervisors considers new regulations on power lines; the November ballot is set for local and statewide elections.
The Purcellville Town Council passes a budget; the November ballot is set.
County supervisors discuss the idea of an equestrian center; the year-long drought in Loudoun is officially over.
Around 2,000 people gather on the Loudoun County courthouse lawn for a No Kings Day protest; the remains of President James Monroe's daughter Eliza are returned to the U.S. 185 years after she died penniless in Paris.
New Virginia Majority protests ICE agents arresting people showing up for immigration court in Sterling; the Leesburg Town Council approves ten heart statues across town.
The Purcellville Town Council is discussing a town budget that would run at a $3.5 million deficit; a Loudoun middle schooler places second at the statewide civics bee.
Andy Summers will headline the Crossroads Music Fest; some streets in downtown Leesburg could go one-way.
Children's authors get the red carpet treatment as the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation resists students' summer reading slide; after opposition from the community, school board and Board of Supervisors, Dominion Energy proposes a new route for new transmission lines.
Residents and county consultants wrestle with plans for a Rt. 15 bypass around Lucketts; two Loudoun distilleries take home gold medals at the first-ever, statewide First Landing Cup.
The Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy celebrates 30 years; county supervisors overrule the Planning Commission to deny a proposal for a new cell tower.
Purcellville Vice Mayor Ben Nett asks the Circuit Court to declare that voting on the town police department's budget after the department fired him would not be a conflict of interest; voting is open for Loudoun's Favorites at loudounnow.com/favorites.
A Freedom Rider encourages young people to carry on the fight for freedom; new historical markers commemorate Gen. Anthony Wayne's crossing of the Potomac River en route to win Revolutionary War.
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam reintroduces the AGRITOURISM Act; The Virginia Valley Vipers fall in the first round of playoffs.
The Town of Purcellville nears a possible government shutdown as the council is deadlocked on a budget; Loudoun County Public Schools offers tips to avoid the "summer slide" in academic progress.
We celebrate our inaugural Excellence in High School Journalism awards; the Town of Leesburg get a $1.5 million windfall.
A Leesburg resident gets a lifetime achievement award for nature photography; the Virginia Valley Vipers are headed to their first-ever Purcellville playoff game.
Students in southeast Loudoun get ready to shuffle schools; the sheriff's office defends community concerns a sharp increase in traffic stops points to racial profiling.
School Board members ponder whether to stop sending Loudoun students to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax; the horses are coming to Banshee Reeks.
Thursday, May 22, 2025 by Loudoun Now
The new Loudoun Cemetery Conservancy helps preserve Loudoun's hundreds of historic cemeteries; the Sheriff's Office releases its first-ever public strategic plan.