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A View of the Potomac River

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‘Hodie’

Fort Hunt High School alumna Hoda Kotb becomes The Today Show co-anchor.

Commentary: Looking Back While Planning for the Future in Mount Vernon

Commentary: Proposing Bills for New Legislative Session in Virginia

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In 2017, Alexandria Shelter Cared for 2,145 Animals

Euthanasia rate below state average.

Opinion: Editorial: Pulling Legal Status from Local Salvadorans

Bad for communities, bad for the economy, bad for the families, and no upside.

Commentary: Here’s What Makes America Great

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Citizens Shape Virginia Assembly Agenda

Fairfax delegation to General Assembly hears from public before heading to Richmond.

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2018 Color of the Year: Ultra Violet

Mixed reactions from local tastemakers who offer design ideas.

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From Medicaid to Broadband, Northern Virginia Lawmakers Prepare for Raucous Session

Democrats plan to use new numbers to accomplish wide-ranging agenda.

This year’s General Assembly will be like no other. For starters, members walking the halls of the Capitol will look different. The crop of freshman includes the first transgender woman to serve in the Virginia General Assembly, the first lesbian, the first Asian-American women and the first two Latinas. Gone are the 12 Republican members who were unseated, all white males. Also gone are the three members who got out before the bloodbath that flipped their seats from red to blue, also all white males. In their place is a diverse and young group of new members who are eager to make their mark on the commonwealth.

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New Church Forms in Fairfax

Howard Ministry Church will meet Saturdays at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Fairfax once a month.

New Church Forms in Fairfax

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Looking Ahead at Challenges of 2018 in Lee District

Among priorities: revitalizing Springfield and Route 1.

Lee District in 2018