The Fairfax Academy Dancers are presenting a dance benefit concert, “Move to Mend,” this Friday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. in the Fairfax High auditorium. This event will highlight talented students ...

Erin Whatley is in her first year as Mountain View High’s principal, and she’s already learned what an exceptional place it is. It was evident in her speech during the school’s winter ...

The Fairfax County School Board participated in a two-hour joint budget meeting with the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Feb. 25. Fairfax County's chief financial officer ...

Everyone in Mount Vernon has passed the big red barn at the Grist Mill Park at one time or another and for years, it’s looked the same. The barn and silo come from another time, and the ...

The controversial Virginia Senate Bill 982, the so-called Fairfax Casino Bill introduced by Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell, died late Wednesday afternoon after House leadership moved it ...

The Student Peace Awards of Fairfax County began in 2006 to encourage people to think more about peace as both a means and an end and to recognize young people working as peacemakers. Each year ...

"This is the first time any of us have heard this budget. Adoption, as was mentioned, is May 13. So there's going to be a lot of time for deliberation in the months ahead, from not only our ...

Flashing beacons around Arlington school zones signal safety cameras are recording your speed, and tickets will be issued for speeding. A new PhotoSPEED program was initiated by the Arlington ...

Alexandria Health Department reports that data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that emergency department visits for flu in Alexandria are very high. Additionally ...

”The Commons of Mount Vernon,” is the new name for the Old Mount Vernon High School redevelopment project, a project that’s been underway for a few years as construction crews transform a ...

Reducing Fairfax County’s and Virginia’s federal workforce would further depress the declining commercial real estate market in Northern Virginia. Fairfax County’s decline in the commercial ...

Survivors gather to mark 80th anniversary of Iwo Jima. Survivors gather to mark 80th anniversary of Iwo Jima.