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FFXnow Daily Debrief for Sep 26, 2025

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 — Sep 26, 2025.

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

  • Dulles mobile lounges could last another two decades, airport officials say (14259 views)
  • Fast-casual seafood restaurant opens today in Fairfax City (12112 views)
  • Next phase of Reston Town Center expansion wins planning commission’s support (11847 views)
  • Push to replace Merrifield commercial complex with housing advances (9494 views)
  • Bakery known for handmade croissants now open in Tysons (9089 views)
  • AMC Theatres to be reborn in Tysons with planned renovation (9083 views)
  • JUST IN: Pedestrian dies after being struck by hit-and-run driver, police on Route 1 (7118 views)
  • Reston’s Community Yard Sale returns this Saturday (5928 views)
  • Oktoberfest events coming to Vienna, Reston and more (5598 views)
  • Vienna private school refines plans for proposed expansion (3753 views)
  • Springfield townhouses heavily damaged in two-alarm fire (3191 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

    Scattered showers are expected before 11am, transitioning to a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 2pm, with showers likely and potential thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog is expected before 4pm and after 5pm. Cloudy skies and a high near 74 are forecasted, with calm winds becoming east around 6 mph in the morning. There is a 70% chance of precipitation and potential for new rainfall amounts of a tenth to a quarter of an inch, with higher amounts in thunderstorms. For Saturday night, showers are likely, mainly before 2am, alongside patchy fog, a low around 63, and a northeast wind of 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%, with new precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. 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.