Loudoun County, VA

Chantilly, VA

Maryland State

Fairfax County, VA

Washington, DC

Many second-grade students struggled with reading skills at Brookfield Elementary in Fairfax County, Virginia, last year. As a result, the school appointed two separate teachers to lead sessions to help them get back on track. School leaders were particularly concerned about one student, Justin, who could only identify a few...

‘An impossible situation’: How the pandemic changed public education for DC-area parents, students and leaders

Charity, VA

Herndon, VA

The Closet of The Greater Herndon Area Inc., a nonprofit thrift store, distributed over $273,000 worth of 2022 grants, scholarships, and vouchers to local nonprofits, students and community residents. The Closet's grant program was created to help support organizations that are doing important work in the community. The 2022 recipients...

The Closet of Herndon donates over $273,000 in grants, scholarships, vouchers

Woodbridge, VA

Fairfax Station, VA

The 2023 high school rowing season kicked off with the March 18 Polar Bear Regatta on the Occoquan River course at Sandy Run Regional Park in Fairfax Station. 23 schools participated in breezy race conditions. - Sculling boats have rowers using two oars each. - The high school race distance...

Crew Recap: Polar Bear Regatta

Virginia State

Top news and notes from around Northern Virginia and beyond. Republican Prince William County Supervisor Jeanine Lawson is running for chair of the Board of County Supervisors, she announced Monday morning. 4. Mask requirement dropped. Sentara Healthcare, which operates Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge, will no longer require...

InFive: Chairman challenge, mask requirement dropped and warming up

Haymarket, VA

At Leopold’s Preserve, you can hike the trails and see nature at its finest. You’ll see the ducks in the marsh as you stroll across a meadow. You’ll see the location of an old schoolhouse for African Americans that has been reclaimed by nature. As you hike the trails, you will need to be reminded that you are in Prince William County.

Leopold’s Preserve in Haymarket

Alexandria, VA

By the end of the March, the COVID-19 pandemic will no longer be declared an emergency in the Town of Herndon. The move follows efforts by neighboring jurisdictions to end formalized states of emergency. “All emergency actions in response to COVID-19 have been taken and the public health emergency triggered...

Town of Herndon to end state of emergency trigged by COVID-19 pandemic

WUSA9

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — D.C. Police are still on the lookout for three suspects that robbed a Calvin Coolidge High School student at gunpoint Thursday morning, triggering a lockdown at the school, and two others nearby. According to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), on Thursday, three suspects pulled up...

District educators grapple with the impact that youth violence is having on students

COLGAN 14, HYLTON 1 (five innings): Brett Renfrow and Tyler Bassett each had three RBI for Colgan (3-0, 1-0). Renfrow hit a homer and was 2 for 3 with two runs scored. Bassett was 3 for 3 with two runs scored. Caden Colangelo got the win. He pitched 3.1 innings,...

Woodbridge's Caelan Goodwin-Slater throws a no-hitter in win over Potomac

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The future of healthcare in Northern Virginia is set to transform after council members in Alexandria unanimously approved the proposed Inova Health medical campus. The new campus at the former Landmark Mall site will replace the current hospital in Alexandria on Seminary Road. The plan, which...

Construction on proposed Inova Alexandria Hospital campus could begin as early as next year

Manassas, VA

OSBOURN 8, JOHN CHAMPE 0: Erith Garcia and Noel Sotelo each scored two goals Tuesday in the Eagles' Cedar Run District opener. Cooper Noseworthy, Juan Reyes, Jaiden Skelton and Elia SanJuan each scored one goal for Osbourn (3-0, 1-0). OSBOURN PARK 3, GAINESVILLE 0: Jonathan Rivera had two goals for...

Osbourn, Osbourn Park and Patriot boys soccer earn shutouts

Nokesville, VA

The Virginia High School League announces its 2023 Class 3 all-state girls basketball team. Brentsville senior Alden Yergey closed out her high school career by being named all-state for the fourth time. The Siena signee helped lead the Tigers to their first-ever appearance in the state final where they lost to Carroll County.

Brentsville's Alden Yergey named all-state for fourth straight year

WASHINGTON - D.C.'s famed cherry blossoms are just one step from peak bloom, as they hit stage five of their blooming process on Saturday. The National Mall National Park Service announced on Twitter that the blooms of the Yoshino Cherry trees along the Tidal Basin hit stage five, meaning they are in the puffy white blossom stage. During stage five, the blossoms become visible and will soon begin opening up as they go into peak bloom.

DC cherry blossoms hit stage 5, near peak bloom

Mclean, VA

A group of McLean residents filed a lawsuit to stop the expansion of the toll lanes on the Capital Beltway in Virginia. Although the project to add two-and-a-half miles of express lanes from the Dulles Toll Road in Tysons past the George Washington Parkway is in its second year of construction, the Northern Virginia Citizens Association wants it stopped and has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Fairfax Now first reported the lawsuit.

McLean residents sue to stop Capital Beltway toll lane expansion

BATTLEFIELD 18, YORKTOWN 5: In a rematch of last season’s Class 6 state final won by Yorktown, Battlefield (2-0) got seven goals and two assists Monday from Kendra Harris, five goals and one assist from Erin Sweeney, three goals and one assist from Grace Patane, five assists from Averie Cage, 10 saves from goalie Gracie Lint and six saves from goalie Amanda Gelfound.

Battlefield girls lacrosse, Forest Park girls soccer score big wins

Fort Wayne, IN

He won a state title at Christ Chapel in Woodbridge. Now Trey Barber has a national championship to add to his list of accomplishments. Barber capped off a memorable day for Christopher Newport University’s men’s basketball team March 18 by scoring the game-winning basket as time expired in the NCAA Division III final in Fort Wayne, IN. Barber’s layup propelled the Captains (30-3) to a 74-72 win over Mount Union.

Christ Chapel grad Trey Barber makes game-winning shot in national championship

Falls Church, VA

A man accused of going on a days-long assault, vehicle theft and property destruction spree that extended into Arlington is in custody. City of Falls Church Police said the man, who is uncooperative and has not revealed his name, was arrested Sunday after leaving a multi-jurisdictional trail of injury and destruction in his wake.

Carjacking suspect in custody after vehicular mayhem in Falls Church spills over into Arlington

Kansas State

Fans of Freddy’s Steakburgers who have been making the drive to Fairfax, take heart — a new location is in the works in Northern Virginia. It will be coming to Manassas — to a location just a short distance south of Interstate 66. If you’re not familiar...

Freddy’s Steakburgers planning second NoVa location

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Loudoun student headed to Scripps National Spelling Bee

Oviya Amalra, a student at J.Michael Lunsford Middle School in the Chantilly area, won the 41st annual Loudoun County Regional Spelling Bee on March 9. Amalra,...

Loudoun student headed to Scripps National Spelling Bee

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