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County planners consider future of development in office-heavy Reston East

Published April 27, 2026 at 2:45PM

The Atlantic Union Bank building at 1800 Robert Fulton Drive is among the parcels newly added to Fairfax County's Reston East planning study (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Just a few years after approving a new comprehensive plan for Reston, Fairfax County officials are taking a closer look at the future of development in a swath of Reston East currently dominated by older office buildings.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors directed staff on April 14 to expand a planning study that initially looked at individual office properties south of the Dulles Toll Road to instead include an entire subdistrict from Upper Lake Drive to Hunter Mill Road.

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FCPD touts drone program, as vendor announces $3.5 billion investment

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 27, 2026 at 9:15AM

Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis answers questions at a press conference in his department's Real Time Crime Center with Skydio (via Skydio/YouTube)

The Fairfax County Police Department’s use of drones has caught the attention of the Trump administration.

Federal officials, including Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios, visited the FCPD’s Real Time Crime Center on Friday (April 24) to hype up the potential of drones to transform public safety and the U.S. economy.

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Woman hospitalized after crash on Route 29 near Centreville library

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 24, 2026 at 7:20PM

Fairfax County police controlling traffic on Machen Road at Route 29 after two-vehicle crash (via VDOT traffic cameras)

A woman was critically injured in a two-vehicle crash this afternoon (Friday) on Route 29 near the Centreville Regional Library.

Police, firefighters and a medic with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched to Route 29 at Machen Road around 5:32 p.m. for a crash involving at least one reportedly trapped person, according to scanner traffic.

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Fairfax Connector bus involved in head-on crash near Pentagon, 23 injured

By Associated Press and Angela Woolsey

Published April 24, 2026 at 3:10PM | Updated April 24, 2026 at 5:42PM

Fairfax Connector and OmniRide collision near Pentagon (via Dave Statter/Bluesky)

A Fairfax Connector bus was one of two that collided head-on near the Pentagon this morning (Friday), injuring 23 people, including Defense Department workers.

The Omni Ride and Fairfax Connector transit buses struck each other shortly before 7:30 a.m., according to a press release from the Pentagon Force Protection Agency. Emergency personnel transported 18 of the injured to local hospitals for further medical evaluation. Five were treated at the scene.

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‘Bespoke’ data center buildings proposed near Tysons residences

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 24, 2026 at 9:15AM

Conceptual rendering of Serverfarm's Vienna Cloud data centers from the southwest (via Kimley-Horn/Fairfax County)

An office complex in Tysons that currently hosts some data centers could become exclusively devoted to processing digital data, if its current owner secures Fairfax County’s approval.

Serverfarm, a California-based operator that appears to be making its first foray into the D.C. region, applied earlier this year for a special exception that would allow it to replace the existing, “groaning” office buildings at 7990 and 7980 Quantum Drive with a “completely modernized” data center.

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Lake Fairfax festival, Vienna tree plantings highlight local Earth Day celebrations

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 24, 2026 at 8:30AM

The Lake Fairfax Marina from across the water (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The environment will take center stage across Fairfax County over the next two days, thanks to an abundance of Arbor Day and Earth Day festivities.

The county’s headliner is the annual Earth Day Fairfax festival, which has relocated to Lake Fairfax Park (1400 Lake Fairfax Drive) in Reston this year after previously taking place at the Sully Historic Site in Chantilly.

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Resource center for adults with disabilities launches in Hybla Valley

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 23, 2026 at 1:45PM

The nonprofit SPARC celebrates the opening of its new Hybla Valley Community Center location and launch of a Mobile Exploration Lab with a ribbon-cutting (courtesy SPARC)

A nonprofit that provides day programs for adults with disabilities has expanded its services to Hybla Valley.

Joined by local and state-level elected officials as well as program participants and their families, Specially Adapted Resource Centers (SPARC) celebrated the opening of its newest site at the Hybla Valley Community Center (7950 Audubon Avenue) with a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Friday (April 17).

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Reston-based startup rolls out on-demand laundry services lockers

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 23, 2026 at 12:05PM | Updated April 23, 2026 at 12:37PM

Washera lockers at Venture X Brambleton (courtesy Washera)

A fresh startup headquartered at Reston Station is testing the waters for its automated, contact-free laundry services lockers.

Washera deployed the lockers in public for the first time earlier this month at the coworking offices Venture X Brambleton (23710 Schooler Plaza) in Loudoun County, founder and CEO Ali Alawad told FFXnow.

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Taste of Vienna returns with dozens of food vendors, cake-eating contest

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 23, 2026 at 9:15AM

Taste of Vienna banner over Maple Avenue (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Taste of Vienna is set to return this weekend, putting a spotlight on local restaurants while also raising funds for the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department (Vienna VFD).

The 13th annual food festival will take over the fire department’s parking lot at 400 Center Street South from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. this Saturday (April 25).

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Warner challenger among three congressional candidates fined for wagering on elections

By Associated Press and Angela Woolsey

Published April 23, 2026 at 8:30AM

FILE - The prediction market app Kalshi is displayed on a mobile phone, April 16, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

Three congressional candidates wagered on the outcome of their own elections on Kalshi, according to the prediction market, which said yesterday (Wednesday) that it fined and suspended the men from their platform for five years.

It is the latest high-profile case of alleged insider trading on prediction markets including Kalshi and Polymarket, which have brought bipartisan scrutiny from Congress and calls for stricter regulations of the websites where people can put money on just about anything.