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The primary election for Springfield District supervisor and other races will be held in Fairfax County on Tuesday. Here's what to know.
The primary election for Dranesville District supervisor and other races will be held in Fairfax County on Tuesday. Here's what to know.
Candidates running in Tuesday’s Democratic primary were seen making final pitches at the 2023 Columbia Pike Blues Festival in Arlington.
Good news in NoVA this week includes Amazon HQ2 pomp and circumstance, John R. Lewis HS scholarships and Cappies wins for theater students.
Springfield Town Center is hosting a family-friendly Pride Night Out event on Friday, June 23 in partnership with Safe Space NOVA.
Montgomery County police on Friday released surveillance photos of a suspect in an armed carjacking that occurred on Tuesday, May 9.
There will no longer be free parking on Saturdays at meters and in county-operated garages and lots in downtown Bethesda and Silver Spring.
A group of John R. Lewis High School alumni gave back to the class of 2023 in honor of one of their beloved classmates who died in 2006.
Sports & Social Bethesda is offering golf-themed drink specials, contests and raffles as part of its Father's Day weekend celebration.
A variety of activities celebrating Juneteenth are taking place around Burke and Fairfax County this holiday weekend.
A variety of activities celebrating Juneteenth are taking place around Kingstowne and Fairfax County this holiday weekend.
Amazon celebrated the grand opening of the first phase of its second headquarters in Arlington on Thursday, with state and local leaders.
A large fire at a mansion in Potomac displaced a family of four on Wednesday night, according to Montgomery County fire officials.
A variety of activities celebrating Juneteenth are taking place around Bethesda and Montgomery County this holiday weekend.
Fairfax County police are investigating an attempted abduction of a 10-year-old on Tuesday afternoon near Island Creek Elementary School.
The Grove, a high-end Mediterranean restaurant, is scheduled to open in July in the Cabin John Village shopping center in Potomac.
Dill Dinkers has signed a lease to open a new pickleball facility in North Bethesda that will have 11 courts, the company said Tuesday.
The new Lego Discovery Center Washington, D.C. in Springfield has set an opening date for its 32,000-square-foot indoor attraction.
Wakefield High School student Angie Sukhee won an award for "Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical" at the Cappies Gala at the Kennedy Center.
Lake Braddock Secondary School won Best Play for "Dracula" and four other awards Monday night at the Cappies Gala at the Kennedy Center.