Could 2016 be the year officials in Virginia and Maryland make forward progress on a new Potomac River crossing west of the American Legion Bridge?

Members of the Commonwealth Transportation Board certainly hope so.

The body – which oversees Virginia’s transportation and transit efforts – voted unanimously Dec. 9 on a resolution seeking forward momentum on planning for a new span to take pressure off the American Legion Bridge, which is expected to see large growth in vehicle counts through 2040.

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(TNS) - As the water raining down from the overhead sprinklers pooled in rivers of blood and the smell of gunpowder hung in the air Wednesday, Ryan Starling remembered his training.

He got out his white tape.

More than two dozen victims lay on the floor at the Inland Regional Center, the 33-year-old medic recalled Tuesday.

Starling began moving from body to body to determine who might survive.

NEW YORK (Dec. 9, 2015) - The United States has sufficient capacity for treating another outbreak of the Ebola virus, but financial, staffing and resource challenges remain a hurdle for many hospitals and health systems attempting to maintain dedicated treatment centers for highly infectious diseases, according to new study released today. The research was published online in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).

FAIRFAX, Va. (ABC7) — Eighty-plus dogs and their handlers are in Fairfax, Va. tonight getting the training they need to help sniff out explosives.

Virginia State Police Trooper Andrew Arredono has been working with Bobby, an English springer spaniel, for two years.

Here come the holidays! Are you shopping for your older parents, grandparents and other senior loved ones? It can be hard to think of the perfect gift for older adults. A tie, a fruitcake, cologne, a gadget that he or she may not even use…?

With winter soon upon us, and the Thanksgiving holiday seemingly a favorite target for Mother Nature, I thought now would be a good time to recap some of the emergency management lessons I’ve learned over the years, particularly from my experience responding to a severe localized winter storm here in western Washington early in my city management career.

A recent report informed Northern Virginia motorists something all too familiar, even to the casual driver: Our highways and byways are some of the worst in the nation and are hindering the growth of our regional economy.

Northern Virginia is the economic engine of the commonwealth, and travel throughout the region is essential to Virginia’s progress and prosperity. Unfortunately, for far too long, we have let the perfect get in the way of the good on one of the most plagued roads in the region: Interstate 66.

BALTIMORE — Maryland is one of only a handful of states in the nation that has taken strong action to prepare for future risks associated with climate change, while Virginia has done more to prepare than the majority of states, according a new report.

The States at Risk: America’s Preparedness Report Card gave Maryland an overall B+ and says the state is relatively prepared to face changing levels of extreme weather, including extreme heat and coastal flooding.

Active shooter.

Mary Campos, 54, received the text at 11:34 a.m.

It was from her daughter, Monica Siegers, 34, reporting that she and her co-workers were hiding under their desks, crying.

Campos turned on the TV and heard the news: There had been a mass shooting at the building where Siegers has worked for two years as a case manager for adults with disabilities.

"Oh, my God," Campos thought. "It's happening everywhere."