Advance Morning News

It's Saturday, January 24, 2026. Today, preparing for the storm, what a paper girl has to say about finding civility, and the Best of the Week.

SPECIAL STORM WARNING

A significant winter storm is bearing down on our region. This evening, our report on what to expect and how to prepare has been updated with critical information from Mary Washington Healthcare. Stay with the Advance throughout the storm for information and updates on recovery efforts.

Learn How to Prepare for the Coming Winter Storm AND Your Comprehensive Snow Storm Survival Kit

OPINION: The Road to Decency Begins in the Driveway

By Martin Davis

Storms bring out the best in neighbors. It can also plant the seeds of civility’s rebirth.

Read the full story

Best of the Week

Most Read

• INAUGURATION: 'We do not have to see eye-to-eye ... in order to stand shoulder-to-shoulder'

Congress

• Rep. Eugene Vindman Secures Federal Funding for Local Public Safety Projects

Inauguration of Gov. Abigail Spanberger

• INAUGURATION ROUNDUP

• INAUGURATION: On This Day, the Blues Are Smiling

• INAUGURATION: Four Local Businesses to Appear at Made in Virginia Market

Local Government

• Stafford Supervisors to Hold Public Hearing on Lease with Patawomeck Indians for Aquia Property

• Fredericksburg Planning Commission Recommends Approval of Princess Anne Street Townhome Development

Local Interest

• 'We Hope They Find Peace'

• Virginia Supreme Court Directs Circuit Court to Determine Whether HFFI Can Appeal Demolition of Historic Structure

• FOIA Legislation Introduced in the General Assembly this Session Would Solve a Discrepancy Uncovered by Local Case

Martin Luther King Day

• COMMENTARY: 'History Is Our Greatest Teacher'

• FROM THE EDITOR: The Struggle Goes On

Opinion

• FROM THE EDITOR: David Cooper Saw the World as Few Can

• OPINION: America Alone

• HUMOR: Past Tense

Politics

• FROM THE EDITOR: Youngkin Never Learned to Connect

Winter Storm Fern

• NEWS: Will Schools Use Remote Learning Should Schools Close?

• Your Comprehensive Snow Storm Survival Kit

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