Virginia’s state legislators have returned home to their districts after reconvening on April 2 for the 2025 legislative session. But action on some of their House and Senate bills is not complete.

Five academically talented Fairfax County Public High School students are awarded 2025 “Corporate-sponsored Scholarships” from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Two awardees are from ...

The Home for Life Expo was April 4 at Fairfax City’s Sherwood Center. Photos By Bonnie Hobbs/The Connection Technology coach Amy Burk of TechWise Coaching teaches technology skills to older adults.

Members of the Alexandria Police Department descended on Del Ray March 22 for the annual Charles W. Hill Park clean up in memory of Hill, the last APD officer to be killed in the line of duty.

Barnes & Noble announced on Tuesday, Feb. 7, that its newest store will open in late spring or early summer at 11816 Spectrum Center in Reston. This is where Office Depot was formerly located and ...

The Alexandria Sheriff’s Office, in connection with April’s designation as Second Chance Month, held a ceremony April 29 to formally rename the men’s program housing unit at the William G.

His passion for the natural world was sparked at age five in 1963 when he spent hours exploring the woods and creek behind his family home in Annandale. Scott C. Plein, chair of the Board of ...

In an event brimming with symbolism, the Republic of Korea’s ambassador to the United States The Honorable Cho Tae-yong visited the Korean Bell Garden in Vienna on Oct. 7, for a ceremonial tree ...

Starting in the school year 2024–25, W. T. Woodson High School will be officially known as the Carter G. Woodson High School, named in honor of the distinguished Black author, educator and ...

Using ground-penetrating radar, NOVA Parks discovered that 91 people are buried in the former Harris Family Cemetery in Bull Run Regional Park in Centreville. And this year’s second annual ...

In the 1980s, football around this area was dominated by Riggo to the right, Riggo to the left, Riggo up the middle. When Washington was looking for the end zone, a lofty ball to Wide Receiver Art ...

Reforms advocated for by the group include expungement of criminal records, an end to mandatory minimum sentences, an end to cash bail, abolition of the death penalty, and an end to “three ...