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FFXnow Daily Debrief for Jul 5, 2024

By FFXnow.com

Good Friday evening, Fairfax County. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Jul 5, 2024.

Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.

  1. NEW: Developer plans next phase of Reston Town Center expansion (15612 views)
  2. Work begins to restore Lake Anne’s historic Heron House in Reston (8451 views)
  3. Another fast food operator might renovate Reston’s former Burger King (7071 views)
  4. Fairfax County Public Library director steps down, search for successor underway (6199 views)
  5. ‘High-end’ gun range with smoking lounge proposed in Tysons (5977 views)
  6. McLean estate once visited by Amelia Earhart now on housing market (4781 views)
  7. Man arrested after Vienna pub reports homophobic harassment (4656 views)
  8. NEW: NRA HQ, neighboring office reportedly eyed for redevelopment (4578 views)
  9. New data illustrates Reston’s shift toward mixed-use development (4294 views)

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Saturday throughout the county, from our event calendar.

⛈️ Saturday’s forecast

Expect scattered showers and thunderstorms after 11am, followed by partly sunny skies and a high of 95°F, while heat index values may reach 103. Winds from the southwest around 7 mph, and a 40% chance of precipitation. Saturday night, anticipate more showers and thunderstorms before 2am, with mostly cloudy skies and a low of 74°F. Southwest winds at 6 mph becoming light and variable, and a 50% chance of precipitation. See more from Weather.gov.

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.

We hope you have a great weekend! Feel free to discuss the most-read stories of the week, the upcoming weekend events or anything else of local interest in the comments. 👋

About the Author

  • FFXnow is the definitive local news source for Fairfax County, featuring countywide coverage and hyperlocal reporting on the Reston and Tysons areas. This article was written by an editor or other member of FFXnow's full-time staff.