Frederick County News

The Daily Progress reports that the plan could include thinning the park's heaviest populations of whitetail deer.

The Exchange Club of Winchester has presented its Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award.

Middletown Town Council seeks to fill a vacancy made with a member's departure less that a year after her election.

The following public meetings are scheduled this week: Shenandoah County The School Board meets in closed session at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

The authority's suit against Carmeuse, formerly O-N Mineral, was dismissed from U.S. District Court by Judge Michael F. Urbanski on Wednesday, according to online court records.

The sound of Buffalo Marsh Run running through the darkness filled an underground cavern just outside of town, as area residents enjoyed a rare opportunity to venture beneath the earth.

Crime Solvers of Winchester-Frederick-Clarke selected a homicide as its Crime of the Week for the week of April 21st.

Authorities are detailing a first of its kind operation in Winchester and Frederick County conducted Thursday by the Northwest Virginia Regional Drug and Gang Task Force.

The American Lung Association's State of the Air 2013 report is out. It grades localities across the nation on both ozone and particle pollution.

The latest chapter in the One Book One Community effort has been unveiled. Famed early 20th century author and Frederick County native Willa Cather's "O Pioneers!" is the 2013 selection.

"Our students are missing out on opportunities for enrichment, for remediation, and we have students who come who have never had any school experience," says Angie White, Frederick County school leaders are planning to have the the class time extended to a six-hour day, a decision faculty members are happy with, and one they say, parents seem to ... (more)

The Frederick County Finance Department is out with another issue of its quarterly newsletter in an ongoing effort to keep the community up-to-date on government financial information.

Middletown residents can expect to pay higher water bills this summer, while Stephens City officials hope to avoid a 40-percent increase in January.