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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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Anderson Named New School Board Chair

Sets priorities for school system success

Anderson Named New School Board Chair

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Parks Try to Can Litter

Volunteers suggest more effort to curb unsightly park trash

Litter

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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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ArtsFairfax, Call for Art

Community News at Glance

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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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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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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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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.

Fatal Crash in Fair Oaks

Fatal Crash in Fair Oaks

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Rainfall Floods Park Trails

Rain, rain

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Food for Every Child This Summer

Community News at a Glance

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Solar Energy in Virginia

Fairfax County’s use growing

Fairfax County’s use growing

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