Morning Minute

The School Board puts off deciding whether to close two small western schools until it has a member representing those schools; Bullets and Beans won't be allowed to sell coffee with their guns, so they'll sell lingerie with their guns.

Loudoun'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.

A 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.

The Loudoun Impact Fund celebrates $125,000 in grants to nonprofits; the sheriff's office asks people to report crimes before tweeting them.

The School Board votes in favor of protections for LGBT employees and keeping guns out of all school system buildings; tolls are going up on the Dulles Toll Road.

Amazon's new headquarters is going to Crystal City—so is that a good thing for Loudoun? The Loudoun Museum hires a new executive director.

County supervisors set their priorities for state funding, including a judgeship and restoring funding for regional transportation needs; a Loudoun conservation icon dies.

Planning 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.

Now that Jennifer Wexton is going to Congress, the race is on to see who will take her seat in the state senate; a fifth person joins the race for an empty School Board seat.

The 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.