Sterling, VA

Alexandria, VA

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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

Loudoun County, VA

Leesburg, VA

We’ve heard of groundbreakings before, but we don’t recall a “wall breaking.” But that’s what Loudoun Hunger Relief held today as they prepare to expand and open a new community market. The project will take Loudoun Hunger Relief’s location on Miller Drive SE in Leesburg...

Loudoun Hunger Relief opening new community market

Ashburn, VA

Many Loudoun County residents are familiar with EatLoco — the organization behind two of the area’s most popular farmers markets. Now, they are getting ready to launch their third market at an up-and-coming retail and residential center in Ashburn. EatLoco will launch a new farmers market at Loudoun...

New farmer’s market debuting this weekend at Loudoun Station

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

Maryland State

Mclean, VA

MCLEAN, Va. - One of the largest highway construction projects in our region is the subject of a new federal lawsuit aimed at stopping the work in its tracks. FOX 5's Bob Barnard says the I-495 Express Lanes Northern Extension Project in McLean could possibly be put on hold based on the lawsuit.

Lawsuit threatens to stop I-495 NEXT roadway construction project

Virginia State

Woodbridge, VA

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

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

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

Prince William County, VA

Manassas, VA

Forty-five young spellers representing Prince William County and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park will compete Tuesday, March 21, for the right to represent the community at the Scripps National Spelling Bee this spring. The spellers all won elementary or middle school spelling bees or home-school association bees to...

Prince William Regional Spelling Bee set for March 21

Metro riders will soon walk through newly-designed fare gates — a deterrent to the growing number of people who ride the rail system without swiping their SmartTrip cards. According to Metro, from Jan. 1 to March 16 of this year, approximately one in eight rail riders vaulted, stepped over or forced open Metrorail fare gates, or “tailgated” a passenger who had just tapped their SmartTrip card on the recently modernized gates.

New ‘saloon door’ fare gates coming to Metro stations to prevent fare evaders

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

Sentara Healthcare, which operates Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge, will no longer require masking in healthcare facilities. "The Sentara COVID-19 Task Force has closely monitored COVID-19 activity for the past three years across our communities, using scientific data and the highest safety standards to guide our decisions throughout the pandemic," the company said in a Monday news release.

Sentara Healthcare drops mask requirement

Montgomery County, MD

Rockville, MD

Radio station Hot 99.5 (WIHT FM) is currently running it’s annual “Best High School in the DMV” contest on Instagram. The six Montgomery County high schools to make the “Sweet 16” are Montgomery Blair, Northwest, Richard Montgomery, Rockville, Walter Johnson, and Wheaton. The schools included in the tournament were selected after receiving the most nominations and the winning high school will be awarded with $1,000 (courtesy of Burn Bootcamp in Rockville.) Wheaton High School lost to Osbourn Park High School (Manassas, VA) in the final round of the 2021 tournament. Voting takes place in Hot 99.5’s Instagram page’s stories. Hot 99.5 (WIHT) broadcasts out of the IHeartMedia studios at 1801 Rockville Pike in Rockville.

Six MoCo High Schools Make the “Sweet 16” in Hot 99.5’s “Best High School in the DMV” Contest

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

Richmond, VA

The former Gander Mountain store in Woodbridge didn’t look like much Monday morning, its shop floor empty, concrete flooring exposed and paint peeling in places. But in Prince William County Community Services Director Lisa Madron’s hands were plans of what the 79,000-square-feet space could soon be for those in desperate need of mental health services.

Prince William County's crisis receiving center taking shape; Sen. Kaine pays a visit

Falls Church, VA

A carjacker left a trail of destruction and injuries that stretched across three Northern Virginia communities over two days. At least two pedestrians were struck, and two carjacking victims had to be taken to the hospital. It started Friday with a Jeep carjacked in Fairfax County that was driven to...

Carjacker Leaves Trail of Destruction, Injury in Northern Virginia: Police

Culpeper, VA

In a split vote on March 14, the Culpeper Town Council approved a bid for over $3.5 million for the construction of a pedestrian bridge and public restrooms in Culpeper’s Downtown Depot District. Called the Culpeper Station Pedestrian Bridge, the design of the project was initiated in November 2020...

Town council greenlights pedestrian bridge in Culpeper

Stafford, VA

Stafford High School’s newest assistant principal is Brittany Bauccio. Bauccio comes to SHS with nearly nine years of experience as an educator in Prince William County, most recently as an English teacher at Forest Park High School. In Bauccio’s time at FPHS, she built strong bonds with her students...

Getting to know Stafford High School’s newest AP

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Data Center Day activities include 'Cloud Run' in Sterling

In honor of International Data Center Day, 250 runners and walkers are expected to participate in the inaugural 2023 Cloud Run on Saturday, March 25, from...

Data Center Day activities include 'Cloud Run' in Sterling

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