Falls Church News

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-The Executive Office for Immigration Review announced yesterday that, effective June 10, 2013, it will rollout electronic registration for attorneys and fully accredited representatives who represent aliens in proceedings before EOIR's immigration courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals.

A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans in a blast so powerful it rattled the other side of the Afghan capital.

Virginia's Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine this week offered an amendment to an environmental bill that will promote efforts to restore Four Mile Run as a recreational resource.

The highlight of your senior year of high school is the prom. The hair is done, the makeup is just right and the tuxedo is on and you're ready to go.

When 24-year-old Caitlin Acosta of Falls Church, Va., was just 12 she reached into the family medicine cabinet and changed her life forever.

The Defense Logistic Agency at Fort Belvoir kicked off its year-long Healthy Base Initiative, a demonstration project designed to improve the health of federal employees and soldiers working at Government installations.

More than 10,000 Washington, DC-area commuters are expected to use pedal power to get to work on Friday for Bike to Work Day 2013.

Metro will perform system rebuilding work on all but one line in the system for the weekend of May 17-19. This weekend's rebuilding work will result in service changes on the Red, Orange and Green lines.

Falls Church City Police are still looking for a man who stabbed another man Tuesday in an altercation near the W & OD Trail.

A multi-vehicle accident in Falls Church sent 10 people to two area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.

Investigators say a wall-mounted natural gas heater caused a fire in the living room of a home where a hearing-impared mother and daughter died in January, according to new information from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department.

A suicide car bombing targeting a coalition convoy in the heart of Afghanistan's capital on Thursday killed at least 12 people, six Americans and six Afghans, authorities said.

Prescription drug abuse is on the rise in Fairfax County and a handful of local organizations are working to put a stop to what the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has classified as an epidemic.

URAC, a Washington-based healthcare measurement and accreditation organization, has named Kylanne Green president and CEO, effective July 22.

Fairfax County police have arrested three people in connection with a series of burglaries that hit homes across three jurisdictions this month - and more charges could be coming, police said Wednesday.

In a case of really unfortunate timing, both the Ballston-MU and Virginia Square-GMU Metro stations on the orange line will be closed all weekend.

As thousands of local cyclists prepare for Bike to Work Day 2013, the pit stop along the W&OD Trail in the City of Falls Church will be ready for them.

The rich history of Falls Church will be on display Saturday during the annual Civil War Day at the Cherry Hill Farmhouse .

One man was stabbed in the hand and his alleged attacker is on the run after an altercation in Falls Church Tuesday afternoon.

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department 4100 Chain Bridge Rd, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 Phone: 703-246-3801, TTY: 711 and Fax:703-385-1687 Duty PIO : 703-877-3702 fire-rescue.PA-LSE@fairfaxcounty.gov News Release 13-53 Date: May 14, 2013 Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to a condominium fire, Monday, May 13, 2013, at ... (more)