Loudoun County

Route 1 BRT, Elden Street upgrades among transportation projects vying for regional funds

Published April 9, 2026 at 9:15AM

Residents attend an in-person update on the Richmond Highway Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project at the Gerry South Hyland Government Center on Jan. 15, 2025 (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Fairfax County is pinning all its hopes for a new round of regional transportation funding on a single major project, but local travelers could also benefit from some of the other contenders.

As authorized last fall by the Board of Supervisors, the county is seeking $463 million from the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) for its planned “The One” bus rapid transit (BRT) system, which would serve nine stations along a 7.4-mile stretch of Richmond Highway, also known as Route 1, from Huntington to Fort Belvoir.

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D.C. regional leaders see ‘double-edged sword’ as data centers proliferate

By Scott McCaffrey

Published March 13, 2026 at 9:15AM

CoreSite's Reston data center campus (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Data centers present both opportunities and challenges, and at a recent regional meeting, local leaders were urged to become acquainted with both, regardless of whether their jurisdictions are directly impacted.

“Don’t ever have a conversation of ‘all-good’ or ‘all-bad’ — there are a lot of nuances,” Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Chair Phyllis Randall said at a March 11 meeting of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG).

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Fairfax County father who lost son to fentanyl seeks to raise awareness of crisis

By Cameron Delean / Inside NoVA

Published January 2, 2026 at 2:45PM

Mark Crutchfield (via LinkedIn/Inside NoVA)

Mark Crutchfield said his son Brandon was a typical teenager with a quick wit, a love for sports and acting and a knack for making others laugh — until he lost his life to a fentanyl overdose Nov. 4, 2022 at 20 years old.

Crutchfield, a Fairfax County resident and licensed counselor working in addiction treatment, said his son was raised on a strong anti-drug message, and he believed his son understood the risks of drug use. But, as the grieving father says, drugs do not discriminate.

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Private school for special-needs students coming to Reston this summer

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 28, 2025 at 1:45PM

Sign for Isaac Newton Square in Reston (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A Virginia private school that serves students with autism and other behavioral health needs is relocating from Loudoun County to Reston.

Rivermont Schools announced last Wednesday (July 23) that its Sterling campus at 45305 Catalina Court will move next month to a new facility at 11411 Isaac Newton Square South. The buildout is expected to finish in August, in time for the start of the 2025-2026 school year.

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Reston man dies in motorcycle crash off Loudoun County road

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 7, 2025 at 11:15AM

The 20000 block of Airmont Road in Bluemont (via Google Maps)

A Reston man was killed last week after his motorcycle apparently veered off a rural Loudoun County road.

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) responded to the 20000 block of Airmont Road in Bluemont last Thursday (April 3) afternoon for a motorcycle crash, according to a press release.

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Fairfax firefighters honored for response to Sterling explosion, training efforts

By Jared Serre

Published March 3, 2025 at 2:30PM

The Feb. 2024 explosion in Sterling, which resulted in FCFRD's honoring with an award for Outstanding Career Fire Department Response (photo courtesy of Loudoun County Fire)

The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department (FCFRD) was recently honored by the Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office with two awards for excellence based on its work over the past two years.

One honor, awarded for Outstanding Career Fire Department Response, came after local firefighters worked alongside Loudoun County firefighters to battle a “catastrophic explosion” at a Sterling home on Feb. 16, 2024.

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New CIA workplace assault case emerges as spy agency shields extent of sexual misconduct in ranks

By Associated Press

Published September 11, 2024 at 2:30PM

The CIA seal next to a U.S. flag at the agency's Langley headquarters (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

By JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press

LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — At an impromptu party in the office to celebrate his 50th birthday, a veteran CIA officer got drunk, reached up a colleague’s skirt and forcibly kissed her in front of stunned co-workers, prosecutors alleged in the latest case of sexual misconduct to spill from the spy agency into a public court.

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Sheriff’s office: Herndon woman killed in wrong-way crash in Ashburn

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 29, 2024 at 9:30AM

Ashburn Village Road at Fultonham Circle intersection in Ashburn (via Google Maps)

A 22-year-old Herndon woman was killed after driving the wrong way on an Ashburn road and crashing into another vehicle on Friday (July 26), the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) says.

Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to Ashburn Village Road near Fultonham Circle around 10:15 p.m. for a report of a crash involving a red Honda Civic sedan and white Toyota Highlander SUV, according to the LCSO.

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Police seek information on N. Va. cheerleading businessman charged with child porn

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 21, 2024 at 10:45AM

Jason Fragale, 38, of Leesburg and Kissimmee, Florida, faces 10 felony child porn charges (courtesy Florida Department of Law Enforcement)

Investigators have put out a call for additional information on a child pornography case involving a Leesburg man who ran a cheerleading business based in Reston.

The Virginia State Police says it has learned that, in addition to running The Crimson All-Star Cheerleading Club, Jason R. Fragale, 38, presented himself as a coach for USA Cheer and a “modeling” recruiter to young girls. During that period in late 2022 and spring 2023, he went by the alias “Jason Mariani.”

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Herndon man arrested after alleged ‘sexual display’ on W&OD Trail

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 14, 2024 at 10:30AM

The Washington and Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail in Sterling (via Google Maps)

A 30-year-old man from Herndon was arrested on Sunday (May 12) for allegedly exposing himself to a woman on the Washington and Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail in Sterling.

The woman reported that she was walking on the trail near the 21.5-mile marker that day when an adult man exposed himself, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO).