Good Wednesday 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 — May 21, 2025.
- 7:30 am: Morning Notes for May 21, 2025 | 🗣️ Comments
- 8:30 am: Festivals, parades and more planned around Fairfax for Memorial Day weekend | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:05 am: BREAKING: Rep. Gerry Connolly, longtime Fairfax politician, dies | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:00 am: Barnes & Noble sets date for Tysons Corner Center reopening | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:45 am: D.C.-area leaders support more bus-system collaboration, but remain uneasy over specifics | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:45 pm: JUST IN: AG Miyares accuses FCPS of anti-Asian discrimination in TJ admissions | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:45 pm: Fairfax County government workers vote to unionize in contentious election | 🗣️ Comments
- 3:45 pm: Restaurant, retail options at Dulles Airport expanding again to meet growth | 🗣️ Comments
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Thursday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
- 11:00 am: Story Time: Violet the Pilot
⛈️ Thursday’s forecast
Showers and potential thunderstorms are expected mainly before 5pm, followed by a possibility of more showers and thunderstorms afterwards. The high will be near 66, with light winds becoming west 6-11 mph in the morning and gusts up to 21 mph. There’s an 80% chance of precipitation, with new rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch, but possibly higher in thunderstorms. Thursday night will see a chance of showers before 8pm, mostly cloudy skies, a low around 52, and a west wind around 9 mph. The chance of precipitation drops to 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.
Thanks for reading! Feel free to discuss the day’s happenings in the comments.
