The apparatus bay of Fire Station Number 8 was packed with descendants of the original Black volunteer firefighter department that started in 1918, members of the local neighborhood, friends and ...

Starting in the school year 2024–25, W. T. Woodson High School will be officially known as the Carter G. Woodson High School, named in honor of the distinguished Black author, educator and ...

On the eastern edge of Kingstowne, a piece of property once owned by the Banks family is the center of local attention recently. A Fairfax County Park Authority plan is emerging to demolish the ...

Where is von Braun's Telescope? The parting gift of Wernher von Braun's staff on leaving Huntsville, Ala. in 1970 was an 8-inch Celestron telescope with camera attachment. Aerial photographs taken ...

Richmond Times-Dispatch (daily) and the Mount Vernon Gazette/Local Media Connection (non-daily), win the Virginia Press Association’s highest awards Virginia Press Association’s highest award ...

Whether it is their fascination with antique, collector, exotic, or muscle cars, owners and enthusiasts are back bright and early Saturday mornings from 6 to 9 a.m. at Katie’s Cars and Coffee ...

Arlington County adopted its long-awaited Climate Resolution on Saturday. It was a big deal, based on the smiles around the crowded county board hearing room. As Executive DIrector of EcoAction ...

On Thursday, July 28, the Reston Association board of directors voted unanimously to confirm Mac Cummins, AICP* as the next chief executive officer of the non-profit organization. Cummins will ...

Because of her dad’s career in the Marines, Jane Russell grew up a “military brat,” moving every two years. But when she went to college at JMU, she stayed in one place long enough to get a ...

The newly sworn-in first-term mayor of Virginia’s third-largest town does not underestimate the importance of being out in the community nor the value of transparency in governance. He embraces ...

In this year’s General Election, Fairfax County voters are asked to elect three directors to sit on the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District Board. The candidates’ campaigns ...

The Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) received a $50,591,220 grant from the Federal Transit Administration to buy low-emission diesel-electric hybrid buses. The grant assists ...