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 ...

Fairfax County is known for its excellent services and quality of life. Let’s keep it that way by being strategic, forward-thinking and grounded in the values of the people we serve.

2024 was the hottest year ever recorded in Fairfax County. Extreme weather and high energy bills are hitting many households hard. From prolonged heatwaves to higher utility costs, it's becoming ...

Sunday morning, May 4, at Huntley Meadows Park was damp and drizzly and by 12 noon, when the park’s 50th anniversary event began, drippy. It was appropriate weather for Wetlands Awareness Day ...

The Miracle League of Alexandria opened its 2025 season as special needs youth from across the region took to the Kelley Cares Miracle Field April 23 at the Nannie J. Lee Recreation Center.

Members of the Alexandria Police Department descended on Del Ray March 22 for the annual Charles W. Hill Park clean up in memory of Hill, the last APD officer to be killed in the line of duty.

On Saturday, May 10, from 1-4 p.m., Ellanor C. Lawrence Park Friends will hold a special, dog-themed event called Park and Bark at the Walney Visitor Center, 5040 Walney Park Drive in Chantilly.

Executive Chef Anthony Chittum has set out a tray in the kitchen at Vermilion on King Street with ham, goat cheese, local honey, homemade red onion marmalade and coddled eggs. He is making the ...

Lisa Mariam, a seasoned nonprofit leader, is the new Executive Director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at George Mason University, effective June 2, 2025. Selected from over 70 ...

Ticks are active in Fairfax County almost year round, including warm winter days. Lyme disease is still the best known and most common disease spread by ticks in Virginia, but there are others ...

The 1.4-ounce female Northern cardinal was squawking and squirming between Brian Rademacher’s fingers and then bit his hand, leaving a red mark, as he prepared to release her after putting a ...

Storms blew through the Mount Vernon area last week causing trees to topple along the parkway and the surrounding neighborhoods causing two fatalities when trees came down on top of occupied cars. On ...