The 2026 Fairfax County Advertised Budget underfunds the public schools by $150 million, according to FCPS. Dr. Michelle Reid, superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools says she cannot manage ...

A love of music and a desire to teach fueled Dustin Wright’s career in education. And on Dec. 1, 2025, he officially became Fairfax City’s new superintendent of schools. As a youth, he played tuba and ...

Fairfax County Public Schools started the 2025–2026 school year on Monday, Aug. 18. It is the largest school division in Virginia and one of the largest in the U.S., consistently ranking 10th or 11th ...

The Fairfax County Democratic Committee (FCDC) announced its endorsed candidates for Herndon Town Council in the 2024 General Election, scheduled for Nov. 5. FCDC did so online following its ...

In early August, Nepenthe Gallery, now behind the pastry shop in the Hollin Hall Shopping Center, will move to a prominent ...

Solomon Merriweather, 14, of Springfield, Va. performed in dedication ceremonies for a new storytelling firepit at Valley ...

Park goers at Lorton’s Laurel Hill noted a police presence, crime tape, and slightly acrid smell of smoke in the air, as they ...

Turn on the spigot, water flows out. Most people take that for granted. Few of the five million people in the Washington ...

Great Falls is welcoming a James Beard Award-nominated chef to anchor a local restaurant — a culinary milestone born from an online silent auction bid at Colvin Run Elementary School. Taking over the ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids are sweeping across Northern Virginia this week. The Connection confirmed ICE action took place this week in Reston, the Town of Herndon, and Arlington County ...

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 years old ...

If the first week in July is a sign of things to come, area agencies might need to shift gears in the cooling department to avoid potential fatalities that come with temperatures in the triple digits.