Great Falls News

Nasty winter weather can be dangerous and comes in a variety of different guises, depending on where you live.

Among the 5,300-plus acres purchased by the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust over the past 15 years is this 5-acre tract in Great Falls.

There's a transformation going on in Great Falls, Virginia. Located at the the corner of Georgetown Pike and Route 7 in the Seneca Square Shopping Center , Humble Monkey Gourmet Wine & Beer is open for business under new ownership.

Published: Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 18, 2009 at 2:11 p.m. Jenna Garland Licursi of Great Falls, Va., and Galen Michael Jamison of Alexandria, Va., are engaged to be married.

During the first week of the Colvin Run park bow and arrow hunt, Diane Hopkins saw more than one deer tear through her backyard in a panic.

A Mini Cooper car is buried under snow in Great Falls, Virginia, December 20, 2009.

Eastern U.S. states are enduring a blizzard blast that is delaying flights, closing stores and threatens to dump as much as 50 cm of snow on the last weekend before Christmas.

Joshua P. Bates, son of Stephen H. and Cielito Maria Bates of Great Falls, has received an Army ROTC four-year college scholarship to attend Virginia Military Institute.

Emily Mead, 6, of Great Falls, Va., walks to a relative's grave with a wreath Saturday as part of Wreaths Across America in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.

Lewis and Clark Elementary here in Great Falls is doing their part to give back to the community.

Twenty artists to sell at historic venue in Colvin Run area. For holiday shoppers looking for a gift made locally, the Great Falls Holiday Art Show and Sale is a "must-visit" venue.

Tuesday, December 08, 2009 The Great Falls Village Centre had its 19th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Friday, Dec.

The Sterling Volunteer Rescue Squad is in its 45th year of operation. It was formed in 1964 as a "grand project" first proposed by John Costello, charter president of the Sterling Park Jaycees.

VDOT says dual left turn onto Georgetown Pike wona t increase the roada s traffic.

The Woman's Club of McLean is presenting its 43rd annual fund raiser, the Holiday Homes Tour and Market Place of McLean, on Thursday, Dec.

Great Falls charity helps those in need. Tuesday, November 24, 2009 The Wish List Project began in 2000 during the Christmas holiday season and is still growing strong 10 years later.

Congressman recognized for conservation work. Wednesday, November 25, 2009 In a Nov.

Great Falls residents are vowing to stop one of the few remaining road-building projects that has funding: the widening of Route 7. While the $37 million project has some support from Reston residents and other east-west commuters, people who live off of Georgetown Pike believe the improvements will attract more cut-through traffic to the Pike.

Parents of missing child Madeleine McCann, Kate and Gerry McCann look at a giant billboard of their daughter on the beach near the Portuguese resort of Lagos.

Great Falls residents are vowing to stop one of the few remaining road-building projects that has funding: the widening of Route 7. While the $37 million project has some support from Reston residents and other east-west commuters, people who live off of Georgetown Pike believe the improvements will attract more cut-through traffic to the Pike.