If the first week in July is a sign of things to come, area agencies might need to shift gears in the cooling department to avoid potential fatalities that come with temperatures in the triple digits.

With the Declaration of Independence signed on July 4, 1776, this year starts a planned year-long celebration of the nation’s semiquincentennial anniversary. The United States will turn 250 years old ...

Catherine M. Hudgins, who represented the Hunter Mill district on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors from 1999 to 2019, died on Saturday, May 24. Hudgins worked to transform Fairfax County into a ...

When California Fish Grill opened recently in Fairfax City, it was a win not only for the community, but for a national charity. That’s because No Kid Hungry received a donation from the restaurant ...

Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Stephen C. Shannon administered the oath of office to Braddock District Supervisor-elect Rachna Sizemore Heizer on Tuesday, Dec. 16, at the Fairfax County Government ...

Ismael Cruz Delcid, 19, of Herndon, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the killing of a 14-year-old acquaintance in March 2024 and was convicted in the Fairfax County Courthouse on Oct. 20, ...

Do Lessons Learned Increase Odds of Success? Key challenges impacting redevelopment in 2025 and how to best create affordable housing at the Crescent are known. The deal killers are rising ...

Franklin O. Meeks, founder and owner of the successful Domino's Pizza franchise known as "Team Washington," died Tuesday, Nov. 9., at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., of complications ...

About a year and a half into their four year term, the Fairfax County Public School Board’s 12 members have elected Sandy Anderson as their new Board Chair. She was elected to the School Board ...

Participants in the James Bland Music Competition were celebrated at the Lyceum Feb. 23 as winners were named by the host Lions Club and Lions of Virginia Bland Foundation. Chloe Lee, an 11th grade ...

In a new exhibit that opened on June 27 titled “Friends Gather Here,” Woodlawn is showcasing a bold experiment begun in 1846 by two Quaker abolitionists, Chalkley Gillingham and Jacob Troth. ...

Bill Thomas and Randy Maney were teenagers, growing up in Alexandria around 1960. One day the duo, along with a friend, traveled to Hains Point, the East Potomac Park Golf Course, to knock around a ...