In a new exhibit that opened on June 27 titled “Friends Gather Here,” Woodlawn is showcasing a bold experiment begun in 1846 by two Quaker abolitionists, Chalkley Gillingham and Jacob Troth. ...

A wide-ranging slate of new state programs to fill gaps in housing, workforce, healthcare, and education for Virginia families took effect July 1. From rent, paychecks, and medical bills to increased ...

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 ...

Burke residents who lost only electrical power for about seven hours on June 22 are considering themselves lucky. Many of their neighbors experienced significant property damage as a result of a ...

Lancaster County Circuit Judge John Martin issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday, June 25, blocking a law that would ...

When the new Franconia District Center building opened this past spring, a new regional library was part of the facility that ...

More than one in four households in Fairfax County continue to face food insecurity, hovering just under a historic peak of 27% as a mismatch between cost of living, local wages and inflation squeezes ...

The Workhouse Arts Center now houses a Lucy Burns Museum, dedicated to providing a glimpse into the suffragist movement in which she played a major part.  On June 18th, the Center hosted two actresses ...

Woodlawn staff and students knew it was coming, and approached the transition with fear — fear that a new principal would come in and crack down on a school with traditions of openness and freedom for ...

A project that impacts thousands of commuters a day is the Fairfax County Parkway Widening Project on the northbound lanes in the Fairfax Station area. The project adds another lane each way for about ...

Alexis Sargent, a 2013 St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes graduate, was a four-year force in the pitcher’s circle for the Saints softball program. She struck out more than 1,000 batters during her high school ...

Featuring a cast and crew of 80 plus a live orchestra, Fairfax High’s upcoming stage production is the musical comedy, “Something Rotten!” It’s also the school’s Cappies entry for this season. “The ...