2+ week, 5+ day ago   (277+ words) This story is part of WTOP’s 2026 Back to School coverage. Heading into the new school year, WTOP sent questionnaires and requested interviews with school leaders across the D.C. region. Here’s Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid on the challenges…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (275+ words) academic year? Spence: Public education today requires us to prepare students for a rapidly changing world...

11+ hour, 7+ min ago   (314+ words) Residents in Fairfax County, Virginia, can step back in time for free with guided tours of historic sites and a new challenge that lets visitors explore the county’s past at their own pace. The Fairfax County Park Authority announced that…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (445+ words) August 17, 2026, 3:55 PM Tens of thousands of students were back in class Monday in Loudoun County, Virginia. For many parents, the summer was too short; for others however the new school year couldn’t come soon enough. When asked how it felt…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (182+ words) Dumfries Town Council pumped the brakes this week on its rollout of Flock license plate readers, voting 4-2 on Tuesday to remove the controversial devices. The move came amid community concerns over privacy and transparency. Flock Safety’s Falcon camera is an…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (514+ words) people of Loudoun, addressing the issues in front of us, and continuing the work residents elected me to...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (497+ words) The event at the Ellipse was spearheaded by the Tunnel to Towers Foundation and showcased a massive, 21-foot, nearly 17,000-pound steel beam recovered from the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York, which had traveled for months…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (421+ words) Mukti Patel has huddled with family and friends at her parents’ Richmond, Virginia, home since her dad, sister and two other relatives went missing in the catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border. She knows the hotel they were staying…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (319+ words) lose more to the company, who doesn’t care about us, but their own profit. The merger just means more...

7+ hour, 26+ min ago   (442+ words) One day after the nation marked 25 years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, families and supporters of the Pentagon Memorial gathered in Arlington to take another step toward ensuring future generations understand what happened there. A ceremonial groundbreaking was held Saturday…...