Banks Auto Parts It all started in about 1940 when Olander Banks Sr. started emerging as a business entrepreneur in Alexandria, selling ice at 4 a.m., dabbling in real estate, and opening the Zero ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that $206 million in funding will be allocated for projects aimed at continuing the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.

Lisa Mariam, a seasoned nonprofit leader, is the new Executive Director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at George Mason University, effective June 2, 2025. Selected from over 70 ...

In the early evening hours of Friday, April 14, police were called to a wooded area in Kingstowne where a body of an adult male was found. For a few hours that evening, officers were on scene in ...

The Board of Supervisors Budget Policy Committee held a joint meeting with the School Board on Nov. 22, 2022, for the Presentation of the Joint County and Schools FY 2024 Fiscal Forecast ...

It was the final last call for Moe’s Peyton Place on Monday, April 10, as the regulars piled in for one last beer, recalling all the good memories over the duration of this Springfield ...

Named after a former Fairfax City mayor, the George Snyder Trail is planned to be a shared-use trail connecting Chain Bridge Road (Route 123) to the Wilcoxon Trail at Draper Drive, south of ...

Keven LeBlanc is sworn in as the mayor of the Town of Herndon on Jan. 7, 2025, with his hand on the Bible his husband, Scott Mayhugh, holds. The Bible belongs to the couple’s “dear friend ...

With the senior population growing in recent years, mobility issues are popping up due to osteoporosis, cancer and other bone density causes, so wheelchairs and walkers are becoming commonplace ...

On Budget Sunday this week, as Chairman of the Transportation and Public Safety subcommittee, I gave the report of the subcommittee. Here's what I said: “Mr. Chairman and Members of the ...

Division Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid presented what she called the “needs-based” Fiscal Year 2026 Proposed Budget at the Fairfax County School Board meeting on Thursday evening, Jan. 23.

Mayor Justin Wilson, left, assists Richard Lloyd of the Old Dominion Boat Club in raising the City of Alexandria flag as part of the organization’s 142nd flag raising ceremony May 22 in Old Town ...