Sweet and Tasty Paradise for Chocolate Aficionados
Fairfax City’s annual Chocolate Lovers Festival was Feb. 6-8.
Fairfax City’s annual Chocolate Lovers Festival was Feb. 6-8.
Brendan Banfield, 40, Convicted of 2 Counts of Aggravated Murder
Au pair Juliana Peres Magalhaes sentenced for her role in the double-murder plot; Banfield sentencing scheduled for May 8
Crime
Winter Storm Fern and the Deep Freeze
Frozen sidewalks and mounds of ‘snow-crete’ block everyday life.
More Snow
Meet Fairfax City’s New Superintendent of Schools
Dustin Wright hopes to make a positive impact on students.
Education
Salt: Winter Helper, Pollution Hazard
Experts say use sparingly to protect fresh drinking water resources
Salt
School Board Approves Results of Boundary Review
Critics say incremental change at extraordinary cost leaves core problems unsolved.
School Board Approves Results of Boundary Review
Local Ice Skating Marvel Honors Friend
The ice skating community and one teenage girl lost a lot from last year’s helicopter-airliner collision.
Ice Skating
Volunteer Fairfax Hosts MLK Day of Service
More than 1,000 registrants, 16 service projects, 500 pounds of food items donated.
MLK Day
New Governor Stresses Unity at Inauguration
Spirits soar as Abigail Spanberger, Virginia’s first woman governor, is sworn in.
Spirits soar as Abigail Spanberger, Virginia’s first woman governor, is sworn in.
Domino Effect of Spanberger’s Appointments
Special Elections triggered in NOVA.
Special Elections triggered in NOVA.
Canceled: Previously Approved George Snyder Trail
Fairfax mayor barred from breaking City Council’s tie vote.
Trail
Virginia’s Hidden Wins: New Laws in Effect
From protecting primates to ending ‘mystery’ court bills to a bit of help for foster children.
New laws
Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets 2026 Legislative Push
Fighting to expand automated enforcement beyond school and work zones
Fighting to expand automated enforcement beyond school and work zones
Next Repair Café
Next Repair Café
