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Local Government
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
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Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Local Government
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Local Government
View MoreFCPS sends 200-plus educators to AI workshop ahead of August school start
More than 200 FCPS educators attended a free OpenAI Skills Jam workshop at Marshall High School on Thursday, July 9, learning practical AI tools for lesson planning and administrative tasks ahead of the school year that begins Monday, August 24.
Local Government
View MoreFairfax County man charged with murder after wife fatally shot in Fair Oaks home
Fairfax County Police charged Leland Jameson, 64, with second-degree murder after his wife, Chisen Jameson, 60, was found fatally shot inside their Fair Oaks home late Sunday, July 12.
Local Government
View MoreDranesville home values top $1.1 million as Fairfax County growth slows
Fairfax County's 2025 Demographics Reports show countywide population growth has slowed to 0.3% annually, but the Dranesville District leads the county in home values and ranks among the top three districts for new housing in the development pipeline.
Local Government
View MoreMcLean beekeeper opens backyard honey harvest to neighbors
McLean resident Nevra Ledwon invites neighbors each summer to help extract honey from her two backyard beehives, a hands-on tradition she started after discovering beekeeping during the pandemic, with the 4th Annual Honey Harvest Festival coming to Great Falls on Sunday, August 30, 2026.
Local Government
View MoreFCPS board unanimously backs sales tax referendum to tackle $400M maintenance backlog
The Fairfax County School Board voted unanimously on July 10 to ask the Board of Supervisors to consider a 1% sales tax referendum that could address a $400 million deferred maintenance backlog and a 42-year renovation cycle, but Supervisors Chair Jeff McKay says now is not the time.
Local Government
View MoreVirginia authorizes first state climate office at George Mason in Fairfax
A provision in Virginia's two-year budget, signed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger on June 29 and effective July 1, authorizes George Mason University to host the state's first climate office at its Fairfax campus, though no funding or operational start date has been announced.
Local Government
View MoreTownhouse fire on Ellenwood Drive displaces four in McLean
An overnight townhouse fire in the 3000 block of Ellenwood Drive on Monday, July 6, displaced four McLean residents; all occupants escaped before Fairfax County Fire and Rescue crews arrived, no injuries were reported, and the cause remains under investigation.
Local Government
View MoreJuly 24 deadline looms for McLean voters in August 4 Republican primary
McLean and Great Falls voters have until Friday, July 24 to register or request a mail-in ballot for the Tuesday, August 4 Republican primary, which features three-way races for U.S. Senate and U.S. House in the 10th Congressional District.
Local Government
View MoreFairfax County police use drone to rescue child dangling from apartment window in Seven Corners
Fairfax County police used a drone and the Real Time Crime Center to locate and rescue an uninjured child partially hanging from an apartment window in Seven Corners on Friday, July 10, finding four unsupervised children inside with no adults present; the Child Abuse Unit is investigating.
Local Government
View MoreFairfax County jobless count up 39% since late 2024 as federal cuts hit Tysons, McLean
Fairfax County's unemployed count reached 21,239 in May 2026, up 39% from the final month of the Biden administration, as federal contracting cuts continue to shrink the local labor force and reshape major employers near McLean.
Local Government
View MoreNew Virginia law allows automated crosswalk cameras, but Fairfax County Police say they won't use them
Virginia's Senate Bill 84, effective July 1, authorizes automated cameras to enforce crosswalk and stop-sign violations, but Fairfax County Police say they have no plans to deploy the technology even as their existing license plate reader network expands.
Local Government
View MoreFairfax County proposes easing in-law suite rules, opening options for McLean homeowners
Fairfax County proposes dropping the owner-occupancy requirement and raising size limits for accessory living units, changes that would make it easier for McLean and Great Falls homeowners to add in-law suites or rental apartments ahead of a 2027 state mandate.
