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Credit: Battalion Chief Robert Schoenberger addresses the Virginia Task Force 1 team after returning from a Colombia earthquake mission Aug. 20, 2026.

Fairfax County firefighters come home after assisting Colombia earthquake victims

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Police identify 59-year-old Fairfax Co. pedestrian struck and killed by Metrobus

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Man found not guilty by reason of insanity in Fairfax Co. killing flees on one-way flight while on hospital pass

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National Symphony Orchestra will play at 6 DC-area venues next season as Kennedy Center shuts

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Woman found fatally stabbed near Great Falls

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Metrobus strikes, kills pedestrian in Northern Virginia, police say

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Fiery Beltway crash kills 1 in Fairfax County, survivor faces DWI charge

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Maryland man accused of peeping through Virginia woman’s window

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Case of 2 Marions: Fairfax Co. police seek info in decadesold Springfield cold-case killings

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Critics challenge Fairfax County police use of AI-powered license plate cameras

Abigail Spanberger at Neighborhood Health

Spanberger touts progress keeping insulin, prescriptions affordable during tour of Northern Va. health clinic

Carolina Molina

‘This guy’s really pointing a gun at my head’: Virginia woman speaks out after viral ICE video

Fairfax County student reads to adoptable pets as part of its Paws & Read initiative

Fairfax County’s ‘Paws & Read’ program boosts kids’ reading skills, pets’ adoptability

A 'share the trail' sign on the W&OD trail.

Man convicted of first ‘stranger rape’ in Herndon in more than a decade, according to then-police chief

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Section of George Washington Parkway to close weekdays for tree maintenance

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Fairfax Co. student launches app to help neurodivergent job seekers

Janet Howell

Former Va. State Sen. Janet Howell, who represented Fairfax County, dies at 82

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Fairfax Co. students launch AI tool to summarize school board meetings

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Tyson’s ‘Vienna Cloud’ data center project seeks exceptions to Fairfax Co. rules

Centreville High School

As Fairfax Co.’s newest high school prepares to open, families frustrated with older Centreville High’s condition

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Husband in 2002 murder, dismemberment of Fairfax couple in Ocean City seeks early release

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Annandale man identified, charged with trying to disarm officer who shot him

Sign in park saying swimming is illegal in Potomac River and violators could be fined more than $200

Search continues for swimmer who went missing in Potomac River

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Husband shot by Fairfax Co. police after allegedly threatening wife with knife, grabbing officer’s gun

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Motorcyclist dies after collision with SUV in Northern Virginia

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Woman, child taken to hospital after driver struck stand at Fairfax Farmers’ Market

Oakton High School students hold their new book on financial literacy

Fairfax Co. students write book to help elementary kids learn about financial literacy

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9-year-old boy riding e-scooter killed in Fairfax Co. crash

Money Camp

At Money Camp, Fairfax Co. students learn taxes, jobs and the real world

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Fairfax Co. schools to roll out tap-to-ride system on school buses