FFXnow Daily Debrief for Mar 14, 2025

Published March 14, 2025 at 9:00PM

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 — Mar 14, 2025.

7:30 am: Morning Notes for March 14, 2025 | 🗣️ Comments
8:15 am: NEW: Herndon appoints new police chief, ousting leader who clashed with Fairfax County | 🗣️ Comments
9:00 am: N. Va. colleges offer free job training, arts tickets to recently laid-off federal workers | 🗣️ Comments
9:45 am: Langley ice hockey team wins fourth straight league title | 🗣️ Comments
11:15 am: Dumfries man sentenced to prison for series of Fairfax County armed robberies | 🗣️ Comments
12:00 pm: Most and least expensive condos sold in Fairfax County (February 2025) | 🗣️ Comments
1:15 pm: No consensus from Fairfax board on restricting tobacco sales near schools | 🗣️ Comments
2:30 pm: Portion of Cross County Trail closing until next year for sewer repairs | 🗣️ Comments
3:00 pm: FCPD: Teen covered in spray paint arrested for ‘hate-based’ graffiti in Burke | 🗣️ Comments

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

Health officials confirm measles case at Dulles Airport (18570 views)

Pennsylvania brewery to open first D.C. area restaurant near Herndon (18095 views)

Former Va. Senate candidate sentenced to jail for posing as immigration lawyer (11873 views)

Survey recommends preserving sites built during Fairfax County’s Modern architecture craze (6187 views)

Proposed Fairfax County budget threatens middle school summer and after-school programs (5652 views)

NEW: Arts Herndon to lose home despite Comstock project stalling (4558 views)

Fairfax County meals tax would require new staff, funding to administer (3560 views)

House fire in southern Fairfax County sends seven people to hospital (3507 views)

Fairfax County Public Schools to weigh stricter cellphone ban for high schools (3415 views)

Fairfax County leaders get initial, hazy look at scope of federal government cuts (3291 views)

Fairfax County board cautious on conversion of industrial land to housing (3078 views)

📅 Upcoming events

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

11:30 am: NOVA Roller Derby Season Opener – Double Header vs. Rocktown Rollers
2:00 pm: Letterboxing in the Library: Women’s History Month
2:00 pm: Declutter Your Closets!
4:00 pm: Orchestra Concert – Echoes of the Phantom Frontier
8:00 pm: NextStop Theatre’s – Chicken & Biscuits

Here are the events planned for Sunday:

12:00 pm: STEAM Sunday!
👉 2:00 pm: Hearts and Harmony: Songs of Inspiration

🌥️ Saturday’s forecast

Expect patchy fog to clear by 10am, giving way to cloudy conditions and a high of around 62°F, with south winds at 6 to 10 mph. For Saturday night, there’s a slight chance of showers after 2am and mostly cloudy conditions with a low of approximately 59°F. Expect southeast winds of 9 to 15 mph, gusting up to 26 mph. The chance of precipitation is 20%. 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. 👋

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