Virginia’s Drought Monitoring Task Force updated the state’s drought status on July 31: “The recent rain has prevented drought conditions from worsening, although severe drought continues in many ...

When Clifton resident Kempton Bonds was first tried for murder, this summer, the jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict and a mistrial was declared. The second time around, with a new jury, ...

The outcome of two lawsuits filed in Circuit Courts the last week in March threatens the treatment of transgender students in all Virginia school divisions, including Fairfax County Public Schools. On ...

The Fairfax County NAACP invited the county’s nine candidates running for non-partisan contested offices as Fairfax County School Board at-large representatives, Mt. Vernon district representative, ...

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 ...

From the waters of the Potomac River and the city of Alexandria down to the coastal ports of Norfolk, then heading west to the state border, every resident of Virginia would be impacted by NextEra ...

American Legion Post 177 has big plans for a major redevelopment of its facility at 3939 Oak St. in Fairfax City. Besides renovating its own building, it wants to construct both workforce and ...

Vienna residents Patty Kennedy and Katherine Hutt have a lot in common. They are good friends, their children hang out together, they share a love of animals—and they are both passionately involved ...

A cornerstone building in historic Gum Springs was recently added to the Virginia Landmarks Register for its role in bringing the sense of community to the county’s oldest African American community.

relics at the construction sites, learning what he could along the way. He is now an avid collector and local Civil War historian, in addition to being president at the Winery at Bull Run. “I’ve ...

On Sept. 10, following extensive community engagement efforts that helped shape the final recommendations presented to the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors, the Board approved the long ...

With trash trucks rumbling in the background, Mount Vernon Supervisor Dan Storck called the Lorton/I-95 landfill “the backyard that I love,” when officials figuratively raised a glass to a new ...