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Freezing rain coats area, disrupts schedules

It's Jan. 26. Freezing rain hit our area Sunday, postponing church services and events. Plus: Local official bristle at the House of Delegates' plans to limit local government's zoning power.

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Jan 26, 2026
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Ice coats trees. (Williamsburg Watch photo)

Sunday’s winter storm cancelled church services and glazed our roads, causing scattered power outages. .

As of 3:30 this morning, 7,905 customers across the state were without power, according to Dominion Power. In our region, 326 homes west of Anderson’s Corner, 696 customers between Ware Creek Rd. and York River State Park and 66 homes in Winston Terrace lost power due to trees on power lines or equipment problems, according to Dominion’s outage map. There were smaller outages reported in York Terrace and near Chickahominy Haven.

The Capitol Landing Road Bridge at the Lafayette Street intersection in Williamsburg was closed, as was Quarterpath Road between Redoubt Park and the Quarterpath Crossing Shopping Center, the city reported.

Department of Transportation crews worked around the clock to treat roads, and officials warned cold temperatures could continue to cause problems.

The National Weather Service office in Wakefield warned that cold…

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