Good Monday 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 18, 2026.
- 7:30 am: Morning Notes for May 18, 2026 | 🗣️ Comments
- 8:30 am: UPDATED: Speed, lack of restraints contributed to fatal Route 123 crash, police say | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:15 am: Goal of 10K affordable units in reach, but success not guaranteed, Fairfax housing chief says | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:00 am: Chocolate shop, mystery ‘Loopy Land’ and more coming to Tysons Corner Center | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:15 am: Dominion Energy could be acquired by Florida utility in $67B merger | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:45 am: More input sought on planned bus rapid transit service in Route 7 corridor | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:45 pm: Lawsuits filed after Fairfax legislators’ assault weapon ban signed by Spanberger | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:45 pm: Fairfax City seeks to reduce waste, increase recycling with updated trash management plan | 🗣️ Comments
- 3:45 pm: The Water Mine in Reston set to reopen for summer this weekend | 🗣️ Comments
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Tuesday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
- No events today. Have one to promote? Submit it to the calendar.
☀️ Tuesday’s forecast
It will be sunny with temperatures reaching a high of 96 degrees, accompanied by a west wind blowing at 5 to 9 mph. In the evening, expect partly cloudy skies with a low of around 75 degrees. The southwest wind will blow at approximately 10 mph, with gusts potentially reaching 20 mph. 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.
