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Morning Minute

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Episodes

Thursday, July 3, 2025

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

Jul 03, 20256 min

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

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.

Jul 02, 20257 min

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

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.

Jul 01, 20256 min

Monday, June 30, 2025

Two Loudoun families come home thanks to Habitat for Humanity; ECHO gets grant to help renovate its space for The Barkery.

Jun 30, 20255 min

Friday, June 27, 2025

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.

Jun 27, 20258 min

Thursday, June 26, 2025

A day on Capitol Hill; Loudoun County Public Schools adopts a policy on using AI.

Jun 26, 20257 min

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

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

Jun 25, 20255 min

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

The Purcellville Planning Commission has a plan for boosting downtown businesses; parts of Broadlands Boulevard are renamed to... Broadlands Boulevard.

Jun 24, 20256 min

Monday, June 23, 2025

Loudoun County plans to become a destination for the arts; the Loudoun Coalition on Women and Girls reports on persistent barriers Loudoun women face.

Jun 23, 20256 min

Friday, June 20, 2025

Loudoun County launches a program to fight invasive species; Leesburg marks the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth.

Jun 20, 20258 min

Thursday, June 19, 2025

The Board of Supervisors considers new regulations on power lines; the November ballot is set for local and statewide elections.

Jun 19, 20258 min

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

County supervisors discuss the idea of an equestrian center; the year-long drought in Loudoun is officially over.

Jun 17, 20256 min

Monday, June 16, 2025

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.

Jun 16, 20256 min

Friday, June 16, 2025

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.

Jun 13, 20257 min

Thursday, June 12, 2025

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.

Jun 12, 20258 min

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Andy Summers will headline the Crossroads Music Fest; some streets in downtown Leesburg could go one-way.

Jun 11, 20256 min

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

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.

Jun 10, 20257 min

Monday, June 9, 2025

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.

Jun 09, 20257 min

Thursday, June 5, 2025

The Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy celebrates 30 years; county supervisors overrule the Planning Commission to deny a proposal for a new cell tower.

Jun 05, 20257 min

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

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.

Jun 04, 20259 min

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

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.

Jun 03, 20257 min

Monday, June 2, 2025

Rep. Suhas Subramanyam reintroduces the AGRITOURISM Act; The Virginia Valley Vipers fall in the first round of playoffs.

Jun 02, 20254 min

Friday, May 30, 2025

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.

May 30, 20257 min

Thursday, May 29th, 2025

We celebrate our inaugural Excellence in High School Journalism awards; the Town of Leesburg get a $1.5 million windfall.

May 29, 20257 min

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

A Leesburg resident gets a lifetime achievement award for nature photography; the Virginia Valley Vipers are headed to their first-ever Purcellville playoff game.

May 28, 20257 min

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

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.

May 27, 20256 min

Friday, May 23, 2025

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.

May 23, 20257 min

Wednesday, May 21st, 2025

The new Loudoun Cemetery Conservancy helps preserve Loudoun's hundreds of historic cemeteries; the Sheriff's Office releases its first-ever public strategic plan.

May 21, 20256 min
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