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Column: Budget Success in Mount Vernon

$400,000 for the new Lee District Community and Workforce Development Center

New Development Center

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New Fire Station Gives Firefighters an Edge in Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon station has bigger bays and quarters in a rapidly growing area.

New Fire Station

Letter: Worrying About Local News

Letter to the Editor


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Zema Opens in Mount Vernon

Zema opens

County Animal Shelter Employees Care for Adoptable Pets

Shelter Employees

Currier Named New Director of Animal Sheltering in Fairfax

Currier brings long record on animal welfare.

Animal Shelter Director


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Beagles Find Heroes in General Assembly

Beagles

Pet Connection

pets

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Adopting a Senior Dog Could Be a Better Match, Really

One woman's passion and 'Tribute'.

Senior dogs


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Voice Lesson to Music History Classes at Your Fingertips.

New collaboration offers video-streaming service to seniors.

Voice Lessons

Column: Budgeting When Resources Are Available

Budget

Column: Working with an Eye Towards Compromise

Progress advances every time we change the law for the better.

Politics


Column: Helping Virginians Get Health Coverage

Health Insurance

Police Shoot Armed Man in Lorton

Suspect was out on a warrant and in a van parked on a Newington area street; police say he pointed a gun at them.

Shooting in Lorton

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Climate Change Study Warns of Coastal Flooding in 2050

County program called "Resilient Fairfax," would provide prevention steps.

Climate Study


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Mount Vernon 35th Annual Town Meeting

District tradition returns in person and a virtual option.

Mount Vernon Town Meeting

Oops! They Did it Again

Lawmakers accidentally gave overtime protection to farmworkers and domestic workers, now they're taking it back.

They didn't mean it. Seriously. And now they're about to undo what they did last year. Lawmakers say the vote last year to create a cause of action for farmworkers and domestic workers to seek overtime pay was a mistake. Senators say they were misled, snookered by the blitzkrieg pace of the General Assembly. Now they're taking action to rectify the situation, stripping farmworkers and domestic workers of the ability to sue for overtime.

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Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Transitions From All Advanced Life Support System

Reintegration of the dual-tier EMS system, 12 stations impacted.

EMS transitions


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FCPS Initial ‘Test-To-Stay’ Pilot Results

Limited participation attributed to high vaccination rates.

Vaccination at Schools

Column: Progress Impeded

Progress impeded