Heat Wave Grips the Area, Amplifies Heat Islands
Neighborhoods impacted by poverty and which have a high percentage of minority residents average several degrees hotter because of the absence of trees.
Heat
Helping People Become Healthy and Strong
Omni Wellness & Performance opens in Fairfax City.
Wellness
Environmental Stewardship: Making a Difference
County recognizes residents who participate in the environmental stewardship.
County recognizes residents who participate in the environmental stewardship.
Virginia League of Conservation Voters 2024 General Assembly Conservation Scorecard Released
Fairfax’s state legislators sweep the Scorecard’s honor roll.
Of the 22 elected officials in the Virginia General Assembly who represent all, or a portion of, the citizens of Fairfax County, 19 achieved a perfect score of 100 percent, earning the honorary title of "Legislative Hero” from the Virginia LCV. The remaining three achieved a near-perfect score of 95 percent, earning them the title of "2024 Legislative Leader."
Highlights of Virginia LCV’s Scored Legislation Patroned by Lawmakers of the Fairfax County Delegation to the General Assembly
LCV’s positions and governor’s actions.
Gov. Youngkin vetoed 201 bills in 2024, including bipartisan environmental protection legislation. Virginia LCV classified scored legislation into five categories: energy and climate, good government, land conservation, land use and transportation, and water quality. Virginia LCV provided its position, whether supporting or opposing the bills, and compared such against Gov. Youngkin’s actions, whether he signed the bills into law or vetoed them.
Sheriff’s Office, ICE Square Off
Springfield rapist of Herndon child sentenced; found to possess child sexual abuse material says U.S. Attorney’s Office.
A June 27 press release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Virginia, reported that a “Honduran national who raped a 13-year-old victim was sentenced to five years in prison for receiving child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and assaulting a federal officer.”
Relaxing Place for Coffee, Food and Conversation
It’s The Commons Fooderie in Fairfax City’s Old Town Plaza.
It’s The Commons Fooderie in Fairfax City’s Old Town Plaza.
Melanie Zipp is Fairfax’s Assistant City Manager
Melissa Shinaberry promoted to city clerk.
Melissa Shinaberry promoted to city clerk.
National Museum of the Marine Corps Dedicates Respite Room
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation marks PTSD awareness month with dedication ceremony
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation marks PTSD awareness month with dedication ceremony
Schools: Community News at a Glance
School Board To Update School Boundary Policy Later This Month
Schools
Winners of A. Heath Onthank Award
Three employees receive the county’s highest government honor award.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors recognized Tajweer Beaufort, Leila Gordon, and Kim Young with the A. Heath Onthank Award, the highest government employee honor.
School Board To Update School Boundary Policy Later This Month
The Fairfax County School Board scheduled action to amend Policy 8130 on adjusting school boundaries at its meeting on July 18, 2024. The revised draft policy, Policy 8130.8, is subject to updates. Updated policy will focus more on capacity, staff discussions indicate.
David Arias Sandoval, 23, of Herndon Dead in Motorcycle Crash
Detectives from FCPD Crash Reconstruction Unit are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash in Chantilly.