Morning Minute

FIFA and Loudoun Soccer team up to expand youth soccer ahead of the World Cup coming to North America; the Loudoun County Fire Marshal offers a $10,000 reward in its investigation into an explosion in Leesburg.

After nearly 100 years, the Gilbert's Corner gas station is razed; the family of a man who died by suicide in the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center sues.

Metro leaders have a plan to fund the system into the future, and now look for buy-in from the many jurisdictions that will provide that funding; President Donald Trump makes a surprise proposal to rebuild Dulles Airport.

A teenaged Loudoun pilot makes her name in a national aerobatics competition; the trial in the recall petition for Purcellville Vice Mayor Carl "Ben" Nett is delayed until March. (Also, it's #GivingTuesday! Support Loudoun Now at LoudounNow.com/donate, and thank you!)

The SCC allows Dominion Energy to create a separate rate class for big energy users, a step toward allaying fears from some that home electric bills are subsidizing infrastructure to power data centers; Loudoun County's Affordable Dwelling Unit Advisory Board reports tiny homes could be a tool for affordable housing, but come with their own complications.

County supervisors endorse plans to address jet noise around Dulles Airport; Leesburg residents hold a vigil for 85 Leesburg Mobile Home Park residents who face losing their homes at the end of the year.

Leesburg's last farm could become its newest town park; the Loudoun Board of Supervisors seeks authority to limit year-over-year rent increases.

Stafford Commonwealth's Attorney Eric Olsen gets a third appointment as special prosecutor in Purcellville; a Loudoun singer-songwriter heads to Key West.

Some Monroe Advanced Technical Academy teachers ask for rasies, saying they're doing more for less; a proposal to bring data centers to the corner of East Market Street and Battlefield Parkway in Leesburg is put on hold.

The Purcellville Town Council once again deadlocks on hiring a police chief; Loudoun Now Sports launches with interviews with LCPS Supervisor of Athletics Derek Farrey and legendary pro football player and sports announcer Joe Theismann!

The Purcellville Town Council holds a surprise vote to appoint a candidate for Congress the town's new interim town manager; LCPS and the teachers' union have reached an agreement on their first contract.

The Commissioner of the Revenue makes changes to how the office assesses property values, which will mean higher taxes for some businesses; The Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties partners with Amazon for a new $150,000 fund to support local nonprofits.

A symposium explores the stories of Black people during the Revolutionary War; Democrats nearly doubled Republican campaign spending.

Zoning ordinance changes open a debate on how to protect Loudoun's mountains; Loudoun Economic Development sponsors free consulting for small businesses.

Democrats pull off a nearly clean sweep in Loudoun on Election Day; local hunger nonprofits weather a government shutdown and a federal government withholding SNAP funding.

Loudoun Economic Development looks ahead to a Metro-centered future; today is Election Day.

Loudoun County government is working on a policy on where new power lines should go; Inova Loudoun pediatric patients get a special surprise for Halloween.

Loudoun County Public Schools considers banning personal electronic devices at school; Purcellville is under a boil water notice.

It's almost time for Scouting for Food; the county government works on plans to bring public water and sewer Paeonian Springs and Waterford.