Around Town

FFXnow Daily Debrief for Jul 19, 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 19, 2024.

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

  1. Report: European-style grocer coming to Reston and Falls Church (19435 views)
  2. Four Fairfax County athletes will compete at the Olympics in Paris (14199 views)
  3. Fairfax County brewery wins gold at 2024 U.S. beer championships (12412 views)
  4. County seeks funds to build Town Center Parkway underpass in Reston (10873 views)
  5. Inside fashion retailer Primark’s new Tysons store, opening today (8287 views)
  6. Astro Doughnuts jettisons shop at Idylwood Plaza and other updates (3367 views)
  7. Fairfax County School Board jumps regulatory hurdles to OK solar panels for nine schools (3141 views)
  8. Fairfax County board delays vote on data center regulations after lengthy public hearing (2585 views)
  9. JUST IN: Man arrested for alleged sexual assault attempts at Reston apartments (2524 views)

📅 Upcoming events

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

Here are the events planned for Sunday:

🌦️ Saturday’s forecast

Expect scattered showers to begin mainly after 2pm, accompanied by mostly cloudy skies and a high temperature near 80°F. The calm wind will pick up from the south at around 6 mph in the morning. There’s a 30% chance of precipitation. On Saturday night, showers are likely primarily before 11pm, with mostly cloudy conditions and a low temperature of around 67°F. The south wind at 5 mph will become calm in the evening, and the chance of precipitation remains at 30%. 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.