In 2020, Fairfax City’s Commission for Women established the Women of Influence Award: Celebrating Women Making a Difference in the City. Now in its fifth year, it recognizes outstanding women who ...

Lancaster County Circuit Judge John Martin issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday, June 25, blocking a law that would ban the sale and manufacturing of certain semi-automatic firearms and ...

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 ...

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 ...

State lawmakers on Jan. 23 moved to advance a Tysons-area casino bill despite the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors’ recent vote against the project. The Senate General Laws Gaming Subcommittee’s ...

Metrobus riders experienced a change on June 29 as the Metrobus routes were tweaked as part of Metro's 2025 Better Bus Network, an updated change in the system to provide more frequent, consistent bus ...

As VDOT began making road preparations for January’s ice and snow storm, forecasts were warning of the possibility of high totals. Virginia’s new governor, Abigail Spanberger faced her first weather ...

The intersection of Beulah Street and the Springfield-Franconia Parkway has expanded in recent months. Three construction cranes fill the skyline for a new hospital across the intersection from a ...

Gaining entry to Fort Belvoir is getting tougher in recent days as the military base has encountered a couple of events that directly impact their hiring of guards to pass vehicles onto base.

Before imposing sentence, Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Christie Leary said homicides are always tragic, but especially so when they involve families. She also noted how sad it is when the ...

On Jan. 29 around 9 p.m., Potomac Riverkeeper Dean Naujoks was relaxing at home watching a movie on Netflix when Betsy Nicholas, his organization’s vice president called and said, “Turn on the news.” ...

Virginia’s $207 billion, two-year state budget automatically became law Monday after the General Assembly accepted all 14 of Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s proposed amendments, locking in a final spending ...