Good Tuesday 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 8, 2025.
- 7:30 am: Morning Notes for July 8, 2025 | 🗣️ Comments
- 8:30 am: Fair Oaks man charged with wife’s murder dies before trial | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:15 am: Median apartment rents in Tysons, Merrifield approaching Arlington rates | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:20 am: Shake Shack announces opening date at Reston Town Center | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:45 am: W&OD Trail temporarily closed in Dunn Loring for electrical project | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:00 pm: Forecast: Watch out for high heat, heavy rain in Fairfax County this afternoon | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:45 pm: Fairfax City planning commission advises rejecting plan to redevelop century-old house | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:45 pm: RTC West welcomes burger chain, with bakery aiming to open soon | 🗣️ Comments
- 3:45 pm: More funding needed to advance Haycock Road shared-use path project | 🗣️ Comments
- 4:30 pm: Police seek driver behind apparent ‘road rage’ shooting on Springfield highway | 🗣️ Comments
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Wednesday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
⛈️ Wednesday’s forecast
Expect showers and thunderstorms mainly after 4pm, mostly sunny with a high near 92°F and calm southwest winds around 5 mph in the afternoon. There’s a 30% chance of precipitation. Wednesday night, thunderstorms are likely before 2am with a 60% chance of precipitation, followed by a slight chance of showers. The low will be around 72°F with south winds at 5 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and a quarter of an inch, with higher possible amounts from thunderstorms. 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.
