The county seat of Fairfax County in Virginia is the appropriately named "Fairfax," and it's located in Northern Virginia. King Charles once awarded Thomas Fairfax, the sixth Lord Fairfax of Cameron, five million acres in Northern Virginia – hence, the city named Fairfax. Fairfax was ranked third in the "Top 25 Places to Live Well" by Forbes Magazine in May of 2009. SunTrust Bank and Verizon Wireless services are two of the biggest employers in the area.

Population: 24702
Local Newspapers: Fairfax Connection Washington Post
Local Sports Teams: Fairfax Eagles George Mason Patriots
Local Colleges: George Mason University

Zip Codes associated with fairfax, virginia: 20151 20152 22030 22031 22032 22033 22034 22035 22036
Towns/Cities near fairfax, virginia : Oakton Mantua Burke Vienna Centreville

About 5,000 mourners attended Wednesday's funeral of a Muslim girl whose beating death, blamed by police on a motorist's road rage, has some people in her community fearing for their safety.

June 22, 2017, Fairfax, Va.-Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising President Donald Trump for nominating Patrick Pizzella to be Deputy Secretary of Labor: "Patrick Pizzella is a strong conservative who spent eight years in a top position at the Labor Department in George W. Bush administration and is a great, well-qualifed choice at this position. Pizzella understands the big issues that have engulfed the Labor Department where Obama administration policies have harmed the capacity of American businesses to create jobs.

Mahmoud Hassanen Aboras, father of Nabra Hassanen, left, sits with family as he listens to speakers Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Reston, Va., during a vigil in honor of Nabar, who was killed over the weekend. Islamic leaders are questioning Virginia detectives' insistence that the beating death of Nabar appears to have been a case of road rage, saying the attack looks all too much like a hate crime.

June 21, 2017, Fairfax, Va.-Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging members of the U.S. Senate to cosponsor legislation by Sen. Chris Coons and Sen. Tom Cotton , the STRONGER Patent Act : "Protecting intellectual property is a cornerstone of American exceptionalism, as evidenced by the inclusion of patent rights in Article I of the Constitution. This has allowed us to lead the world in innovation, but changes in recent years have weakened those protections and the US has begun to lose its place as the innovation capital of the world.

Police in Fairfax, Va., said Monday, June 19, 2017, that "road rage" was to blame for the slaying of a 17-year-old muslim girl wh... . This photo provided by the Fairfax County Police Department shows Darwin Martinez Torres, of Sterling, Va.

Rene Bermudez attends rally for his wife, Liliana Cruz Mendez, with their daughter Danyca, 4, in Fairfax, Va., on May 18, 2017. Rene Bermudez attends rally for his wife, Liliana Cruz Mendez, with their daughter Danyca, 4, in Fairfax, Va., on May 18, 2017.

Crescent Hotels & Resorts has been selected to manage the AAA 4 Diamond Westin San Jose, once known as San Jose's "Million Dollar Hotel." Crescent, based in Fairfax, Virginia, is a nationally recognized elite operator of hotels and resorts throughout the United States and Canada.

Early Monday morning a van plowed into a crowd of people leaving a mosque in the Finsbury Park district of north London, an attack that killed one person and left several others injured. The suspect is a 47-year-old man named Darren Osborne , and the London police are investigating the crime as an act of terrorism targeting Muslims.

The 22-year-old man accused in the killing of a Muslim teenager in Virginia on Sunday has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement , according to reports. Authorities arrested Darwin Martinez Torres on Sunday after he allegedly beat and killed Nabra Hassanen, a high school student from Reston, in what police have described as an act of road rage.

Release from Virginia State Police: Virginia State Police were among the eight state police and highway patrol agencies that spent Friday, June 9, 2017, through Sunday, June 11, 2017, enforcing Operation Border to Border along approximately 791 miles of U.S. Route 15 and 124 miles of U.S. Route 17 in an effort to prevent traffic crashes along the heavily-traveled corridor. This coordinated traffic safety enforcement initiative resulted in 3,017 total summonses and arrests among the seven states.

Moving students to the top of the pack in math and science is key. That's why mentoring plays such a big role at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.

A car drives past the entrance to the All Dulles Area Muslim Society on June 19, 2017, in Sterling, Virginia. A tight-knit Muslim community in the Virginia suburbs of Washington was grieving after a teenager was apparently assaulted and killed as she left a local mosque.

Otto Warmbier was held in North Korea for 17 months in prison. He died less than a week after being returned to the US.

This undated image provided by the Hassanen family shows Nabra Hassanen in Fairfax, Va. Police in Fairfax, Va., said Monday, June 19, 2017, that "road rage" was to blame for the slaying of a 17-year-old muslim girl who was walking with friends to her mosque between Ramadan prayers this weekend.

More than 30 Virginia craft breweries, artisan distilleries, and Virginia wineries will be on tap at the second annual Workhouse Brewfest on Saturday, August 12, from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia . This unique event will feature live performances by 12 of the region's most popular bands, unique food trucks, access to 12 air-conditioned art galleries and 65 artist studios, and some of the area's most exciting beer, spirits, and wine.

On June 5, Kathi Kromer stepped into the role of associate executive director of the American Library Association 's Washington Office , succeeding Emily Sheketoff, who led the Washington Office for more than 17 years and retired on May 15. Kromer comes to ALA from the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, where she served as vice president of strategy and outreach. During her 11 years with ALS, Kromer helped the organization shape its public policy and outreach strategy, advance ALS research, create ALS-specific legislation, increase funding, expand the association's national grassroots program, and create strategic partnerships.

Jurors will soon begin trying to decide the fate of a white former University of Cincinnati police officer in his murder retrial. A 22-year-old Virginia man is charged with murder in an attack on a group of Muslim girls returning from breakfast to an all-night prayer session at their mosque.

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