A legislative push for labor rights in Virginia ended Thursday, May 14, when Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) vetoed collective bargaining bill HB 1263, which aimed “to establish a system for public sector ...

Providing a high-quality education for all students attending Fairfax County Public Schools in the upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2025, will require financial support through a county ...

For years, the fate of Lake Accotink was explored on slide shows in the cafeteria of a few surrounding schools and it felt as if it was always the lake supporters vs. the county budget minders hashing ...

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 ...

It was nearly a decade in the making but a new public kayak launch was officially opened with a ribbon cutting May 9 at Alexandria’s Four Mile Run Park. City officials and community members gathered ...

“He’s a person worthy of a second chance.” — Marilyn Larsen, longtime friend and teacher The night before Scott Silverthorne was to be sentenced for a drug charge, a fellow jail inmate gave him a Lee ...

Rosa Harris-Jackson Armistead became the first African American woman preacher and deaconess of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Alexandria. She was first a member of Third Baptist Church under its founder, ...

The Potomac River, called by some “the nation’s river,” may seem to always be in the backdrop, especially in the public’s mind, but the health of the river and its tributaries is vitally important to ...

Thomas Jefferson team, from the left, Laura Zhang, Om Gole, Jerry Sheng, Rishabh Prabhu, Rishabh Chhabra. Math teacher Quinn. McFee at the right..jpg Thomas Jefferson team, from left: Laura Zhang of ...

After a few years of discussion, planning and construction the residents of the Hybla Valley section of Mount Vernon now have a place to skateboard, play basketball and enjoy the outdoors at the newly ...

That wine bottle you toss into Fairfax County’s purple recycling bin will likely get a new life and maybe several, thanks to the county’s glass recycling system. As Fairfax County Board Chairman Jeff ...

The Fairfax County School Board finalized the upcoming school year calendar by approving a motion from at-large member Kyle McDaniel with a vote of 8-4 at its April 9 meeting. Fairfax County Public ...