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Make Raptors Welcome in Your Backyard

Simple tips from to help and protect our avian treasures

Tweety bird beware!

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House Fires in Fairfax County Displace Many

Luckily no fatalities; total price tag is up near $1.5 million in damages.

Fires

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Pushing the Boundary Between Quilting and Fine Art

Pushing the Boundary Between Quilting and Fine Art


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Britepaths Gives Students Backpacks, School Supplies

Community’s help is still needed for local children.

Community’s help is still needed for local children.

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Public Art Helps Create a Place Where People Want to Go

Bold, colorful mural livens up Fairfax City’s Old Town.

Bold, colorful mural livens up Fairfax City’s Old Town.

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Teddy Beats Clicks the Switch on His Repertoire of Electronic Music

Show coming at Jammin’ Java Aug. 22.

Show coming at Jammin’ Java Aug. 22.


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Supervisor Alcorn Values Every Question at Town Hall

ICE raids, DOGE cuts, data centers, and more.

ICE raids, DOGE cuts, data centers, and more.

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Early Voting Early Voting Begins Friday, July 25, for Connolly’s Seat

Early voting for Sept. 9, 2025, 11th Congressional District Special Election

Early Voting Begins Friday, July 25, for Connolly’s Seat

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‘Freedom House, Morrison House and Spite House’

One of a kind event on Sunday, July 20

A special free event benefiting the Freedom House Museum Rehabilitation Project will take place at the Morrison House Hotel on Sunday, July 20, from 1-3 p.m., featuring historical discussions about Freedom House and readings from ‘Spite House,’ a modern day mystery set in Old Town Alexandria.


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H.R. 1: One ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Act is Law

VA Gov.says H.R. 1 is ‘Rocket fuel for our economy.’

Virginia’s two Democratic U.S.Senators, Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, released a statement after they voted against the Republican budget megabill.

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H.R. 1’s Key Components and Impacts

What lawmakers representing Fairfax are saying.

Eight key aspects of the bill, accompanied by comments and impact statements leaning toward Fairfax County.

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The Background: Drugs, Money, Murder, Misconduct

Prosecutors, police coerced shooter to implicate another.

When 21-year-old, Centreville High grad Danny Petrole was slain in his car in front of his Bristow townhouse, March 15, 2001, it stunned the community and devastated his family. It also led police to discover a drug ring of major proportions operating in the Centreville/Chantilly area.


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‘It’s about Radical Kindness and Standing Up to Oppression’

Local man performing in ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame.’

Calling this show both crucial and challenging to put on in the context of current ICE raids in Northern Virginia, Moffett said it demonstrates how “absolute power corrupts people absolutely – especially when the person wielding that power is motivated by hatred, prejudice and fear.

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Pathway to Freedom for Justin Wolfe?

After decades of ‘vindictive prosecution,’ court orders new hearing.

Chantilly High grad Justin Wolfe has spent the past 24 years in prison – 13 of them on death row – for a crime he always said he didn’t do.

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ArtsFairfax, Call for Art

Community News at Glance


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Nativity Catholic Church in Burke Donates $719,290 to Food For The Poor To Help Vulnerable Children and Families

For the parishioners of Nativity Catholic Church, supporting Food For The Poor (FFTP) and its mission is a spiritual quest, rooted in their desire to help vulnerable children and families in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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July 1 Brings New Laws to VA

July 1 Brings New Laws to VA

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City of Fairfax Theatre Co. presents ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame.’

City of Fairfax Theatre Co. presents ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame.’


Fatal Crash in Fair Oaks

Fatal Crash in Fair Oaks

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Rainfall Floods Park Trails

Rain, rain

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