Shows
Morning MinuteTuesday, May 21, 2019Tuesday, May 21, 2019 by Loudoun Now2019-05-2100 min
Morning MinuteMonday, May 13, 2019Visit Loudoun recognizes one of the best haunted houses and one of the first farm-to-table restaurants in the country; a man faces 20 years in federal prison after a woman is poisoned with a date rape drug.2019-05-1300 min
Morning MinuteFriday, May 10, 2019County supervisors push on data center sprawl and housing prices in suburban Loudoun; it could soon be against school system rules to vape on the job.2019-05-1000 min
Morning MinuteMonday, May 6, 2019Döner Bistro is on the move; Loudoun United FC plays their first (sort-of) home game.2019-05-0600 min
Morning MinuteFriday, May 3, 2019County supervisors start work on the county's first-ever Urban Policy Area; the School Board debates whether to stop sending Loudoun students to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax.2019-05-0300 min
Morning MinuteThursday, May 2, 2019Sugarland Run Elementary goes from a focus school to a model school in five years; Loudoun County Public Library visits Awesome Con.2019-05-0200 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, May 1, 2019A new Civil War historic park opens near Middleburg; the Loudoun County Combined Fire/Rescue System finally gets Kirkpatrick Fire and Rescue Station.2019-05-0100 min
Morning MinuteMonday, April 29, 2019Leesburg Town Council members see an eroding relationship with the county government as free government software goes away; two Loudoun 8th graders head to a national chemistry challenge.2019-04-2900 min
Morning MinuteThursday, April 18, 2019Leesburg residents ask the town council to stop spraying the Town Branch with an herbicide called glyphosate; the Loudoun Education Foundation is once again raising money to help feed hungry students.2019-04-1800 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, April 17, 2019Supervisors get a ranking of the worst intersections without stoplights in Loudoun; the Loudoun Museum looks for ideas.2019-04-1700 min
Morning MinuteTuesday, April 16, 2019Step Up Loudoun has a tie for first place; the Town of Purcellville is down to three breweries.2019-04-1600 min
Morning MinuteMonday, April 15, 2019The Loudoun Chamber's Valor Awards recognize some of the heroes of the past year; Rockwool opponents travel to Denmark to meet the shareholders and CEO personally.2019-04-1500 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, April 10, 2019Loudoun County Fire-Rescue recognizes some of its standouts; a Loudoun Valley High School student wins the national speed skating championship.2019-04-1000 min
Morning MinuteThursday, April 4, 2019Loudoun's drug court opens once again; a Lovettsville woman's search for a kidney is over, thanks to her husband's fellow airmen.2019-04-0400 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, April 3, 2019The county's easternmost agricultural district is going away; Loudoun gets ready for the 2020 census.2019-04-0300 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, March 27, 2019Leesburg nonprofit ECHO adapts to changing federal regulations that put 20 people with disabilities out of a job; the Arc of Loudoun celebrates three people for their work supporting people with disabilities.2019-03-2700 min
Morning MinuteFriday, March 22, 2019Local government staff and historians race to document all of Loudoun's historic burial grounds; Purcellville Town Manager David Mekarski's proposed budget defers tax increases but not budget increases.2019-03-2200 min
Morning MinuteTuesday, March 19, 2019Middle Schoolers at Eagle Ridge Middle School spend time every Friday building and programming robots; Loudoun United scores the first goal in franchise history.2019-03-1900 min
Morning MinuteMonday, March 11, 2019County supervisors appoint a committee to try to make sure everyone gets counted in the 2020 census; longtime western Loudoun community resource officer Victor LoPreto retires.2019-03-1100 min
Morning MinuteTuesday, March 5, 2019Supervisors hear from the public on the next county budget; Loudoun farmers and producers make deals with industry buyers at a "speed-dating" event.2019-03-0500 min
Morning MinuteFriday, March 1, 2019The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office demands nearly $2,000 for a document police departments around the region post on their websites; a leader of Loudoun's wine industry is honored for his accomplishments.2019-03-0100 min
Morning MinuteMonday, February 25, 2019The General Assembly clears the way for Loudoun's new state park; school leaders apologize for a lesson that had students chasing escaped slaves through the Underground Railroad.2019-02-2500 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, February 13, 2019The School Board could get its full budget request this year; Loudoun's own pro soccer team signs its first two players.2019-02-1300 min
Morning MinuteTuesday, February 12, 2019The RoboLords head to an international robotics competition; the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is looking for an armed bank robber.2019-02-1200 min
Morning MinuteMonday, February 11, 2019The state senate's budget puts plans for Loudoun's future state park in jeopardy; another seat opens up on the Circuit Court bench.2019-02-1100 min
Morning MinuteFriday, February 8, 2019New projections show more of Loudoun is now expected to hear jet noise when Dulles International Airport is fully built out; land values are up and affordable housing is down.2019-02-0800 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, February 6, 2019The School Board finishes work on its $1.3 billion budget request; the first Silver Line trains roll into Loudoun for track testing.2019-02-0600 min
Morning MinuteTuesday, February 5, 2019Fire alarms help a family safely evacuate when their house burns down in the early morning hours; Loudoun schools celebrate Black History Month.2019-02-0500 min
Morning MinuteTuesday, January 29, 2019The Loudoun Chamber honors community leaders over the past year; Loudoun United gets its first head coach.2019-01-2900 min
Morning MinuteMonday, January 28, 2019The company planning an insulation factory a few miles from Loudoun's border responds to concerns from Attorney General Mark Herring; a woman from Potomac Station tries to raise awareness of the number one killer of women in the U.S.2019-01-2800 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, January 23, 2019The county takes oversight of developer-controlled traffic studies; Loudoun's first culinary incubator opens at Village at Leesburg.2019-01-2300 min
Morning MinuteFriday, January 18, 2019So far there are twice as many Democrats running for office in Loudoun, and as of the new year they have raised twelve times as much money; it's time to nominate farmers for farmer trading cards.2019-01-1800 min
Morning MinuteThursday, January 17, 2019Loudoun gets a new Circuit Court judge, picked over the objections of Loudoun's legal community and state representatives; school Superintendent Eric Williams unveils his idea for a performing arts elementary school.2019-01-1700 min
Morning MinuteFriday, January 11, 2019A federal court rules Loudoun County Chair Phyllis Randall violated by a Loudouner's constitutional rights by deleting a comment and blocking him on Facebook; the School Board sets policies on restraining and secluding students.2019-01-1100 min
Morning MinuteThursday, January 10, 2019Supervisors try to cut furloughed federal employees a break; Purcellville is the sixth Loudoun town to formally express concern about plans for an insulation factory in West Virginia.2019-01-1000 min
Morning MinuteMonday, January 7, 2019Tomorrow is election day again; Round Hill becomes the fifth Loudoun town to pass a resolution on the potential negative environmental impacts of a planned factory nearby in West Virginia.2019-01-0700 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, January 2, 2019A state park in northwestern Loudoun is closer than ever; Loudoun County offers places to recycle those Christmas trees.2019-01-0200 min
Morning MinuteFriday, December 21, 2018The cost of construction keeps going up for the Loudoun taxpayer; the Leesburg Town Council goes back to square one on preserving the Sycolin Cemetery.2018-12-2100 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, December 19, 2018Loudoun's legal community pushes back on an apparent fast-tracking to a judicial nomination; a couple from Maryland goes to federal prison for stealing ATMs.2018-12-1900 min
Morning MinuteTuesday, December 18, 2018The Academies of Loudoun nursing program can stay open for now; the school system could lose a budget boon it's been able to assume for decades.2018-12-1800 min
Morning MinuteThursday, December 13, 2018About 2,100 elementary schoolers in southern Loudoun will be going to different schools; Michelle Thomas of the Loudoun Freedom Center and Phillip Thompson of the Loudoun NAACP call the Town of Leesburg's plans for a historic black cemetery 'racist.'2018-12-1300 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, December 12, 2018Resistance to plans for the Rockwool insulation plant across the border in West Virginia grows in Western Loudoun; small schools are spared for another year.2018-12-1200 min
Morning MinuteMonday, December 3, 2018A county working group recommends only minor tweaks to the county's gun laws; the School Board debates ditching Loudoun's Licensed Practical Nursing program.2018-12-0300 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, November 28, 2018Loudoun's economic development and tourism leaders say sister cities around the world bring the county an economic edge and millions in visitor spending; Town of Leesburg staff say trash pickup woes are getting worked out.2018-11-2800 min
Morning MinuteTuesday, November 27, 2018School administrators predict next year Loudoun will be able to offer every kindergartner a full six-hour day again after all; Waxpool Elementary School gets its first principal.2018-11-2700 min
Morning MinuteTuesday, November 20, 2018Loudoun's land conservation programs may have something to learn from Maryland; a proposal to help put land in conservation easements moves to the Board of Supervisors.2018-11-2000 min
Morning MinuteMonday, November 19, 2018A Loudoun Valley High School varsity football kicker turns his season into fundraising for childhood cancer research; Democrats and Republicans pick their candidates for the special election January 8.2018-11-1900 min
Morning MinuteFriday, November 16, 2018The Loudoun Impact Fund celebrates $125,000 in grants to nonprofits; the sheriff's office asks people to report crimes before tweeting them.2018-11-1600 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, November 14, 2018Amazon's new headquarters is going to Crystal City—so is that a good thing for Loudoun? The Loudoun Museum hires a new executive director.2018-11-1400 min
Morning MinuteTuesday, November 13, 2018County supervisors set their priorities for state funding, including a judgeship and restoring funding for regional transportation needs; a Loudoun conservation icon dies.2018-11-1300 min
Morning MinuteFriday, November 9, 2018Planning commissioners, Loudouners, and builders are divided over the new comprehensive plan; the Loudoun County High School Marching Raiders win one of the top awards in the country.2018-11-0900 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, November 7, 2018The blue wave continues, sending a Democrat to the House of Representatives in the 10th District for the first time in almost 40 years; Loudoun mayors propose a plan to avoid developing the transition policy area.2018-11-0700 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, October 31, 2018State lawmakers say they're working on a fix to a law that shut down communications between county supervisors and developers across much of Loudoun; two more people throw their hats in the ring to fill a vacant School Board seat.2018-10-3100 min
Morning MinuteTuesday, October 30, 2018The SAT scores are in, and Loudoun students are above average; the School Board plans to fill its empty seat.2018-10-3000 min
Morning MinuteMonday, October 29, 2018The county hopes to have a new fire station—scheduled to open in winter of last year—open by May 1 of next year; a Loudoun County Public Schools employee is accused of upskirting at Woodgrove High School.2018-10-2900 min
Unitarian Universalist Church of Loudoun SermonsMusic in My LifeFor nearly his entire life Allan has been playing music. Today, Allan performs with the Loudoun Jazz Ensemble, the Loudoun Symphony Orchestra, and various jazz groups. As a follow up to Saturday’s concert, Allan will be discussing aspects of jazz and will be playing his basses. Audience participation will be encouraged. (10/28/2018)2018-10-2840 min
Morning MinuteFriday, October 26, 2018The Loudoun Education Foundation announces a $100,000 gift to Lucketts Elementary School; three teens are charged in a sexual assault in a locker room at Tuscarora High School.2018-10-2600 min
Morning MinuteThursday, October 25, 2018Loudoun wineries come together to raise money for a partially quadriplegic winegrower so she can keep doing the work she loves; the Leesburg Town Council opens up Leesburg Executive Airport to international flights.2018-10-2500 min
Morning MinuteMonday, October 22, 2018County supervisors and the Bob and Dee Leggett Foundation have assembled almost 900 acres for a state park in Loudoun; after a tough year, Loudoun wineries celebrate the Loudoun Wine Awards.2018-10-2200 min
Morning MinuteMonday, October 15, 2018County supervisors look ahead to a tough budget year; Loudoun's newest park formally opens in Round Hill.2018-10-1500 min
Morning MinuteThursday, October 11, 2018Some of the most vulnerable Loudouners get around on four legs, and Loudoun County Animal Services goes the extra mile to help them out; elementary schools in the southeastern end of the county are overcrowded and getting more students than expected.2018-10-1100 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, October 10, 2018Two iconic, history Loudoun buildings get new life; the sheriff plans an opioid summit.2018-10-1000 min
Morning MinuteThursday, October 4, 2018Loudoun County supervisors see few options to fight a factory across the West Virginia border; a middle school dean is charged with assaulting a student who was vaping in a bathroom.2018-10-0400 min
Morning MinuteTuesday, October 2, 2018The Loudoun Laurel Foundation welcomes the newest Loudoun Laureates; Lucketts Elementary School parents say they'll keep their kids out of school until the principal is put on leave.2018-10-0200 min
Morning MinuteMonday, October 1, 2018The Coalition of Loudoun Towns has had a look at work on the new county comprehensive plan, and they're worried what it will mean for the west; the Leesburg Town Council gets behind an idea to help landowners afford to protect their land from development.2018-10-0100 min
Morning MinuteThursday, September 27, 2018The Loudoun County Farm Bureau vows to take the lead on Envision Loudoun; the Town of Leesburg moves to annex the land just purchased by Microsoft.2018-09-2700 min
Morning MinuteThursday, September 6, 2018Loudoun lawmakers look for answers on plans for an insulation plant in West Virginia; Loudoun NAACP president Philip Thompson seeks a memorial to the three known lynchings in the county.2018-09-0600 min
Morning MinuteFriday, August 17, 2018At 15, Deirdre Jane Prigge becomes one of the youngest—if not the youngest—person to graduate from a Loudoun high school; After more than a decade, the school system gets ready to open the Academies of Loudoun.2018-08-1700 min
Morning MinuteThursday, August 2, 2018Record-breaking rains have Loudoun farmers reeling; Loudoun County sets out to assess how much the opioid epidemic has cost the local taxpayer.2018-08-0200 min
Morning MinuteThursday, July 26 ,2018Loudouners pack the Rust Library for Ending Violence Against Women in Loudoun; Governor Ralph Northam touts, among other things, the Metro funding bill at lunch with the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce.2018-07-2600 min
Morning MinuteFriday, July 20, 2018Loudoun leaders try to figure out new ways to bring more affordable housing to Loudoun; plans for a 19,000 square foot church in Aldie are approved.2018-07-2000 min
Morning MinuteThursday, July 19, 2018The Loudoun Museum is closed after the executive director was fired and the remaining staff resigned; Loudoun welcomes Loudoun United FC for the first time.2018-07-1900 min
Morning MinuteTuesday, June 26, 2018The county sets goals for expanding broadband and cell coverage, especially in western Loudoun; 30 years later, Loudoun may actually get an Ashburn Recreation and Community Center.2018-06-2600 min
Morning MinuteMonday, May 7, 2018Hillsboro could be the first place in Loudoun to feel the state's cut to regional transportation funding; Loudoun could try to gobble up transportation funding from other projects across the state after that cut.2018-05-0700 min
Morning MinuteThursday, May 3, 2018Federal regulations threaten 150 jobs for people with disabilities at a Leesburg nonprofit; two years later, the Envision Loudoun stakeholders committee has the first draft of Loudoun's next comprehensive plan.2018-05-0300 min
Morning MinuteTuesday, February 27, 2018Halfway through the General Assembly session, Democratic state legislators hold town halls in Loudoun; Loudoun's charter schools get more applications than they have seats, and the waitlist is growing.2018-02-2700 min
Morning MinuteThursday, February 22, 2018The success of Monroe Tech is part of the reason for the Academies of Loudoun, but opening the Academies of Loudoun will mean cutting two dozen classes at Monroe Tech in half; a quiet change to Leesburg's HUBZone could make a big difference for local business.2018-02-2200 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, February 14, 2018David Becker, one of Loudoun's 12 original professional firefighters, is also one of Virginia's Outstanding Crossing Guards of the Year; Loudoun is building a lot of roads. Like, a heck of a lot of roads.2018-02-1400 min
Morning MinuteMonday, January 29, 2018The Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce celebrates 50 years; the Planning Commission looks at an application to build the biggest gas station in Loudoun County on Rt. 15.2018-01-2900 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, December 20, 2017Loudoun's court system could be getting some much-needed help; Washington football safety Su'a Cravens says he was racially profiled by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.2017-12-2000 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, November 8, 2017After election day, only one Republican delegate is left standing in Loudoun; the Envision Loudoun committee asks its members to "trust the process" and supervisors to "stay in your lane."2017-11-0800 min
Morning MinuteMonday, November 6, 2017The Loudoun Chamber of Commerce celebrates small businesses and entrepreneur at its annual awards; the Loudoun Impact Fund awards more than $106K to charities.2017-11-0600 min
Morning MinuteTuesday, October 31, 2017Loudoun marks Military Appreciation Day; Ed Gillespie brings Marco Rubio to Loudoun; and Happy Halloween!2017-10-3100 min
Morning MinuteThursday, October 12, 2017The Academies of Loudoun building is unveiled; the Arc of Loudoun breaks ground on the Aurora Behavior Clinic; Councilwoman Kelli Grim could be done on the Purcellville Town Council at the end of the month.2017-10-1207 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, October 4, 2017Loudoun is the biggest data center market in the world, and the Department of Economic Development wants to make sure it stays that way; on-time high school graduation rates in Loudoun dip, but remain above the state average.2017-10-0411 min
Morning MinuteTuesday, September 26, 2017A review of Loudoun nonprofit needs finds what they've been saying all along: they need more money. Loudoun sex education will cover human trafficking and dating violence next year.2017-09-2609 min
Morning MinuteThursday, August 31, 2017Loudoun businesses pitch in from 1,000 miles way to help Hurricane Harvey's victims; Loudoun's two charter academies both have new principals.2017-08-3107 min
Morning MinuteThursday, August 17, 2017Some elected officials want Loudoun to have the right to take down war monuments if it wants—say, for example, the Confederate monument in Leesburg. A Loudoun jail contractors is under FBI investigation in Norfolk.2017-08-1709 min
Morning MinuteFriday, August 11, 2017It's Friday, so let's talk wine—the Loudoun Wineries Association announces the third annual Loudoun Wine Awards winners; the Ashburn Rotary donates 1,200 backpacks full of school supplies to needy kids at 60 Loudoun elementary schools.2017-08-1109 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, August 9, 2017Rep. Barbara Comstock, Sheriff Mike Chapman, and a host of other elected officials gather to figure out how to work together against the opioid epidemic; Loudoun little leaguers finish just short of playing in the Little League World Series; Loudoun theater programs win too many awards to fit into the podcast.2017-08-0908 min
Morning MinuteFriday, August 4, 2017Loudoun schools tackle increased teen suicides; Loudoun Literacy takes English lessons out of the classroom and into the workplace.2017-08-0410 min
Morning MinuteFriday, July 28, 2017Loudoun is having a restaurant boom, but nobody who works at a restaurant can afford to live in Loudoun; Dr. Sam Adamo retires after 20 years of leading school system planning; Ed Gillespie stops in Leesburg.2017-07-2807 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, July 19, 2017When sports tournaments come to Loudoun, Loudoun wins; a jury hands down 132 years for a tire thief; the Montgomery County Council is unanimously opposed to a new bridge (still).2017-07-1907 min
Morning MinuteTuesday, July 18, 201730 Loudoun high schoolers get a college crash course (and college credit); the Belmont Ridge Road bridge is open; a Loudoun auctioneer takes second place at the International Auctioneer Championships—who knew?2017-07-1806 min
Morning MinuteFriday, July 7, 2017Loudoun supervisors warn Leesburg those federal dollars might not be worth it; 40 Loudoun schools are named among the top 100 in the state.2017-07-0707 min
Morning MinuteThursday, June 29, 2017People in Loudoun's towns could get one real estate tax bill instead of two, but it's a long way from here to there; Loudoun has its first Title I secondary schools.2017-06-2906 min
Morning MinuteTuesday, June 20, 2017Loudoun County is ready for a drug court whenever the state legislature is ready to give us back that fourth judgeship; the Loudoun community puts on a show of support for the ADAMS Center community after a 17-year-old member of their congregation is murdered; and a 93-year-old Leesburg woman tries for a world record with her talent for gnilleps sdrow sdrawkcab.2017-06-1907 min
Morning MinuteWednesday, June 7, 2017Bob Klancher is remembered with a Signatures of Loudoun Lifetime Achievement Award. Loudoun's agricultural leaders announce the New Ag School. Madeleine Albright reflects on American leadership. Two Loudoun breweries win first place—again. Renss can't read a calendar.2017-06-0708 min
Morning MinuteMorning Minute, Thursday, May 18, 2017Loudoun's exploding brewery scene gets together for Loudoun Small Business Week; Ashburn Elementary schoolers are reading superstars.2017-05-1805 min
Morning MinuteMorning Minute, Wednesday, May 3, 2017A family in Loudoun gets closure eight years after a murder; the Loudoun County Preservation and Conservation Coalition is worried a housing study will open up the county to lots of new homes.2017-05-0307 min