By Brian Trompeter
When the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris kicked off July 26, 12 Fairfax County police offices and an explosive-detection dog were among the throng of law-enforcement personnel ensuring the safety of athletes, staff and spectators alike.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County police have arrested three men in connection with the death of a 47-year-old Fairfax man in Oakton.
By Brian Trompeter
The McLean Project for the Arts (MPA) may get a $500,000 boost from Fairfax County taxpayers to help bring the arts group’s planned facility in downtown McLean to fruition.
By Brian Trompeter
Persistently high office-vacancy rates are forcing Fairfax County officials to think creatively about how to get businesses back into those buildings, or perhaps demolish those structures or reuse them for other purposes.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County police say they have reduced traffic speeds an average of 8 mph following installation of photo speed-monitoring cameras in 10 locations last year, and soon will begin installing a total of 50 more in school zones in all nine magisterial districts.
By Brian Trompeter
Changes – including privatization, hiring more personnel or having school employees handle the work – could be coming to the crossing-guard program provided by the Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD).
Owners of more than one in 10 homes on the market across Fairfax County for the week ending July 21 cut their price during the seven-day period, the highest rate in the immediate region.
Fairfax’s rate-cut total of 10.8 percent also was the only one in double digits across the D.C. core, according to figures reported by the Bright MLS multiple-listing services.
By Brian Trompeter
Workers are headed back to the office somewhat more frequently than last year in Fairfax County and the post-pandemic rate of remote work appears to be leveling off, a county economic-development official informed the Board of Supervisors July 23.
The U.S. Park Police officers who shot and killed McLean resident Bijan Ghaisar in 2017 are seeking to get out of the employment limbo they’ve been stuck in since the shooting almost seven years ago.
Officers Alejandro Amaya and Lucas Vinyard filed a lawsuit against the Department of the Interior (DOI) in the U.S. District Court for D.C. on July 10, seeking to force their employer to make a final decision on their job status.
Complaints from Herndon residents about a pungent odor from the James Corbalis Water Treatment Plant have led Fairfax County officials to consider diverting the wastewater into the sewer system.
Dranesville District Supervisor Jimmy Bierman explained at a Board of Supervisors meeting yesterday (Tuesday) that the issue began several weeks ago when rising algae levels in the Potomac River led to more organic matter being discharged into a state-permitted tributary of Sugarland Run, resulting in the unpleasant odor.
