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Dog critically injured in hit-and-run crash on GW Parkway, driver sought

Published March 30, 2026 at 1:45PM

Buck, a 2-year-old Australian shepherd, at Belle Haven Animal Medical Centre after he was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash (photos courtesy Alicia Naylor)

A Belle Haven family is turning to the community for information and financial support after their beloved dog was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash on the George Washington Memorial Parkway earlier this month.

Owner Alicia Naylor was plastering her Belle View neighborhood with flyers for Buck — a 2-year-old Australian shepherd who went missing after slipping out of his harness around 8 p.m. the previous night — when she received a call that he had been struck by a driver at approximately 5:30 p.m. on March 12.

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Fire at West Springfield townhome leads to death of 2 dogs

By Jared Serre

Published February 5, 2026 at 1:30PM

Firefighters respond to a townhome fire in West Springfield (photo via Fairfax Fire & Rescue)

Two dogs sustained grave injuries today (Thursday) in a West Springfield house fire.

The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department responded to a middle-unit townhome in the 5800 block of Rexford Drive shortly after 10 a.m.

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Heavily used Groveton dog park to receive turf, accessibility upgrades

By Scott McCaffrey

Published December 30, 2025 at 10:00AM

Shih tzu puppy running on grass (via Joe Caione/Unsplash)

An ongoing public-private partnership will support improvements to benefit both dogs and their human companions at Westgrove Park in Groveton.

The Fairfax County Park Authority Board on Dec. 10 approved $10,084 from its Mastenbrook Volunteer Matching Fund Grant Program to cover half the cost of the planned upgrades. The Westgrove Pumphouse Association for Canine Kindness — known as Westgrove PACK — will fund the other half.

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Popular Alexandria dog store expands to Belle View Shopping Center

By James Cullum

Published December 1, 2025 at 11:45AM

(Left to right) Annabell Bibens, Paul Haire, and Amanda Congialdi of The Dog Store at 1612 Belle View Boulevard (staff photo by James Cullum)

A new pet store opened over the weekend at the former Pampered Pet Boutique & Barkery (1612-A Belle View Blvd) in the Belle View Shopping Center.

The Dog Store in Belle View represents an expansion of a popular business with the same name that owner Paul Haire opened in Alexandria City’s Del Ray neighborhood (2301 Mount Vernon Avenue) in 2014.

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Dogs to take over The Water Mine in Reston this Saturday

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 4, 2025 at 8:30AM

Dog Daze at The Water Mine (via Fairfax County Park Authority/Facebook)

The Water Mine in Reston is closing out the summer this Saturday (Sept. 6) with the return of its annual “Dog Daze” event.

The Gold Rush-themed water park, which is located in Lake Fairfax Park at 1400 Lake Fairfax Drive, will become a pooches-only zone from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. after concluding its human operations for the season on Monday (Sept. 1).

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Woof Gang pet store to bound into Pimmit Hills shopping center

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 15, 2025 at 10:00AM

Dogs at the checkout counter and on a grooming table at Woof Gang Bakery and Grooming at Belmont Chase in Ashburn (photo by Felipe Freire)

Falls Church-area residents will soon have a new place to pamper their pets with both sweet treats and spa-like treatments.

The Miami-based chain Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming is working on a new location at the Tysons Station shopping center in Pimmit Hills, filling a 1,518-square-floor space at 7504 Leesburg Pike.

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Reston pool season wraps up with return of dog paddles

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 14, 2025 at 3:45PM

Reston Association's annual Dog Paddle events are returning (via Reston Association)

The dog days of summer have arrived, and they’re about to get more literal in Reston.

As is tradition, Reston Association (RA) is bringing back its annual Dog Paddle series to close out the 2025 aquatics season, which began on May 10 and will conclude on Sept. 21.

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Faulty surge protector triggered Annandale apartment fire, officials say

By Jared Serre

Published August 6, 2025 at 8:30AM

Firefighters battle a blaze at an Annandale apartment complex (photo via Fairfax Fire)

A fire that destroyed several units in the Vista of Annandale apartments over the weekend was electrical in origin, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department said yesterday (Tuesday).

Specifically, an “electrical event involving a surge protector” is what set an apartment building in the 7900 block of Charles Thomson Lane ablaze, the fire department says.

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Person taken to hospital after large house fire in Vienna

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 27, 2025 at 10:05AM

Firefighters battle house fire on Blair Street NW in Vienna (via Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department/Facebook)

A home in Vienna was devastated early this morning (Thursday) by a sizable fire that sent one person to the hospital.

More than two dozen units with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department (FCFRD) responded to the 300 block of Blair Street NW at 1:15 a.m. after 911 received multiple calls for a house fire.

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Springfield pilot killed in plane crash remembered for dog rescue efforts

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 3, 2024 at 2:30PM

The Animal Shelter of Schoharie Valley released a photo showing Seuk Kim during a flight to deliver dogs rescued from a euthanasia list to the Animal Shelter of Schoharie County on Nov. 11, 2024 (Animal Shelter of Schoharie Valley via AP)

The family of a Springfield man who was recently killed in a plane crash will also bury the ashes of one of the dogs he was transporting.

The family of Seuk Kim, 49, went to Leesburg on Sunday (Dec. 1) to pick up the ashes of a puppy named Lisa, who died alongside Kim when his 1986 Mooney M20J crashed in the Catskill Mountains about 35 miles southwest of Albany, New York, on Nov. 24.