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Students head back to school It’s the first day of school in Arlington, Aug. 25, 2025. Some students bound off the bus and head down the...

AFAC truck frequently seen around Arlington County delivering supplemental groceries to one of the distribution sites. As September...

Deer population has grown to poses safety and health hazards and environmental damage  Many Northern Virginians find their backyard...

Jamie Hedges, P.E., CEO of Fairfax Water Test results show some samples exceed ‘maximum contaminant levels’ set by EPA HB 2050 ,...

Skateboarders in Mount Vernon will soon have a place to catch air as the Fairfax County Park Authority recently gave the green light to...

“Leadership is not about authority, it is about responsibility.” — APD Chief Tarrick McGuire     The Alexandria Police department held a...

Firefighters and Friends provide back-to-school backpacks.   Firefighters and Friends to the Rescue distributed more than a thousand new...

Empty Buildings, ‘No Trespassing Signs’: Widening Project Is Finally Coming to Fruition.     There’s an uproar going on in Mount Vernon...

Creative Girl Scout project will share art supplies.   A few years ago, creating a community book box mounted on the side of the...

Fourth Circuit  of Appeals Precedent vs. Federal Policy On Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, the Fairfax School Board filed a lawsuit  against the...

It may have been decades in the making, but once the new Burke-Springfield Center for Active Adults opened its doors on Aug. 11, they stayed open, inviting those age 50 and over to participate in a sampling of activities.

Clear the Shelters  is a great opportunity to adopt a pet at no cost. Jeffrey C. McKay, chairman of the Fairfax County Board of...

The Vienna Town Council approved a one percent increase in the town's meals tax, bringing it to 4 percent, effective Jan. 1, 2026,...

Eli Willits at bat in Fredericksburg. Baseball star Eli Willits made a stop in Fredericksburg to get the crowd in an uproar as he makes...

Medal of Honor It was the nation’s most divisive war. It was the first television war. It was a helicopter war. These are the labels some...

Constituent concerns at Del. Patrick Hope’s Town Hall meeting on Saturday ranged from the current composition of the Arlington County Board

Irish eyes were smiling as Alexandria played host to the city’s 42nd annual Saint Patrick’s Day parade March 1 through Old Town.

Stitchery is both artistry and therapy, say needle arts practitioners, who called themselves “needlers.”

An official ribbon-cutting was held Feb. 28 to celebrate the grand opening of the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus in Potomac Yard with...