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Christina Blake, the reigning Miss Fairfax Volunteer, will be competing at the Miss Virginia Volunteer pageant in Lynchburg in August.
The centerpiece of a new exhibit at Arlington's Shirlington Library is a desk that Elizabeth Campbell used during her time working at WETA.
A group of McLean residents lost their bid in federal court Friday to get work halted on the I-495 Express Lanes Northern Extension project.
Good news in NoVA this week includes hero Marines prevent stabbing, Tour de Hunter Mill returns in May and Alexandria man's big lottery win.
Supervisor Rodney Lusk wants the owner of the Rose Hill Plaza to conduct additional community outreach on its redevelopment proposal.
The former owner of Caffe Aficionado in Arlington was sentenced to 10 years for her role in a credit card fraud scheme, prosecutors said.
Arlington Public Library will celebrate the grand opening of the Elizabeth Campbell Desk Exhibition on Friday at the Shirlington branch.
The updated COVID-19 vaccine is now available as a booster dose for children between the ages of 6 months and 4 years, Fairfax County said.
The future of a white oak tree in Arlington’s Penrose neighborhood, with a life possibly extending as far back as the 1700s, is in jeopardy.
Find out when you can pick up last-minute Easter dinner staples from Harris Teeter, Wegmans, Trader Joe's and other stores in Virginia.
Arlington County police charged a Maryland man in connection with a bank robbery that occurred on Columbia Pike Tuesday morning.
Steve Lee, a business owner and community leader, has filed paperwork to seek the Democratic nomination for Mason District supervisor.
11 Maryland billionaires made the Forbes list of the richest people in the world this year, though many of the ultrarich lost money in 2022.
The National Park Service will be implementing a new traffic pattern on the McLean section of the George Washington Parkway on April 15.
After hitting a snag, Arlington County hopes to have the Residential Permit Parking Program system back up and running the week of April 10.
The McLean Community Center put in writing the standards of behavior expected of people using the center, the MCC's executive director said.
Metro will reopen the Yellow Line in May after finishing work on the tunnel and bridge between the Pentagon and L'Enfant Plaza stations.
Fairfax County Public Library is holding its “Read and Feed” food drive in April, with customers asked to drop off food items at any branch.
FirstService Residential held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Bethesda office Friday, as the company seeks to expand in the D.C. area.
The new policy, which took effect Monday, ends the mask requirement at Inova facilities that began at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
