Morning Minute

Supervisors have their first-ever unanimous vote on a county budget; after four decade, the Bluemont Concert Series shuts down.

AT&T proposes a cell tower on top of Short Hill Mountain; good news for people on the health insurance exchange in Loudoun; time to name an elementary school.

The Loudoun County Combined Fire-Rescue System honors some of its best and bravest; schools in Leesburg team up to bring the Harlem Wizards to Leesburg to raise money for Team Mathias.

22-year-old Purcellville native Brittany Basinger is chasing her dream of playing soccer professionally around the world; a man is convicted in a shooting at a music festival in Aldie last year.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao visits to celebrate a $25M federal grant; the Loudoun Education Foundation is working to erase more than $200,000 of students' school meal debt.

Leesburg Town Manager Kaj Dentler warns the Town Council if they cut taxes, "we will bleed to death slowly;" accolades keep pouring in for retiring Fire-Rescue System Chief W. Keith Brower Jr.

Northern Virginia jurisdictions and business leaders call on the state to restore regional transportation funding and put more money into Metro; county supervisors kill controversial soccer field plans.

A grand jury finds a food truck driver guilty on all counts related to a fatal crash on Evergreen Mills Road; Northern Virginia leaders call on the state to put more state money into Metro, instead of stripping regional transportation funding.

County supervisors clear the way for a 4-cent real estate tax cut by carving $4.1M from the school system's budget request; Purcellville's interim town manager suggests a higher cigarette tax and two new police officers.

Loudoun County government loans $2.5M to build some affordable apartments; the state's budget impasse is not expected to stop the county from passing its own budget.