Community News at a Glance: The 2025 Chief vs. Chief Adoption Bowl
Four days of free adoptions for dogs 45 pounds or more.
Community News at a Glance
Supervisors React to Budget Prospects
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Is Help On The Way?
Thousands of federal employees and contractors fired or furloughed; more in the works.
Federal Workers

Bamboo: Food for Some, Problem for Many
National Zoo pandas enjoying area’s plants
National Zoo pandas enjoying area’s plants

Penalties for Porch Pirates
Mail theft expected to rise to felony in Virginia
Mail theft expected to rise to felony in Virginia

Decline in Federal Workers Would Hurt Real Estate
Reducing Fairfax County’s and Virginia’s federal workforce would further depress the declining commercial real estate market in Northern Virginia.

Decline in Federal Workers Would Hurt Real Estate
Reducing Fairfax County’s and Virginia’s federal workforce would further depress the declining commercial real estate market in Northern Virginia.

Help On The Way
Kaine and Warner offer tele-town hall meeting Monday.
Fear and uncertainty threaded throughout the Fairfax County federal workforce after an unexpected email with the subject line "Fork in the Road" arrived in their employee email inboxes on Jan. 28, as it did nationwide for over 2.3 million federal employees.

Meeting on Georgetown Pike/Great Falls Library Pedestrian Refuge Improvements
Crosswalk project heads toward finalization
A community meeting on Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Great Falls Grange brought the Georgetown Pike - Great Falls Library Pedestrian Refuge Improvements project closer to its construction start date.

Surovell Defends His Casino Bill
Bill passed the Senate (24-Y 16-N) on Tuesday, Feb. 4.
Opponents question source of $1.8B casino revenue prediction.
Black History Event Planned for Feb. 19
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