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 — Jan 2, 2026.
- 7:30 am: Morning Notes for January 2, 2026 | 🗣️ Comments
- 8:30 am: Early voting opens this weekend to fill David Bulova’s delegate seat | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:00 am: N. Va. officials prepare to make statewide appeal for dedicated transit funding in 2026 | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:45 am: New year brings more America’s 250th birthday events to Vienna, Fairfax County | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:30 pm: Man dies after crashing into tree near Fairfax County Government Center | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:45 pm: Fairfax County father who lost son to fentanyl seeks to raise awareness of crisis | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 3:00 pm: Shakuhachi Japanese bamboo flute
🌥️ Saturday’s forecast
The weather will be mostly cloudy with a high around 36 degrees and a light north wind. On Saturday night, there’s a 20% chance of snow before 1am, followed by gradually clearing skies and a low temperature of around 26 degrees. Winds will remain calm throughout the night. 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. 👋
