School is out in Virginia for the academic year — but the morning announcements must go on. Two students at Oakton High School in Vienna, Virginia, began delivering the morning announcements on Instagram after their school closed because of the coronavirus. Junior Madison Shannon and senior Noah Walker said the show must go on. “We’ve always tried ...

A Loudoun County, Virginia, educator died of coronavirus and was the first person in the county to die of the virus. Susan Rokus worked as a teacher for many years and continued to work into her 70s as a reading tutor at three elementary schools right up until they closed because of the virus. Her death was caused by respiratory…

Inside the home of one Stafford County woman, a sewing machine, fabric and measuring equipment is meticulously spread out on a wooden dining table. This is Susan Morgan’s assembly line for making protective face masks for Stafford County health care providers and first responders in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Morgan spurred into ac...

If you went to one Irish pub in Old Town Alexandria in the days before St. Patrick’s Day, you should self-quarantine because of potential exposure to coronavirus, the city says.  Someone who “spent time” at Murphy’s Irish Pub at 713 King St. later tested positive for coronavirus, the city announced Wednesday night. The bar and restaurant has l...

A landmark hotel just outside the nation’s capital has received the go-ahead for a partial demolition and major redevelopment. The Key Bridge Marriott in Rosslyn has sat just across the Potomac River from D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood since 1959. It is the oldest Marriott still in service, built just two years after the company — which...

Inova Urgent Care (UCC) staffed respiratory illness clinics at Dulles South, North Arlington and Tysons Wednesday to evaluate all patients with respiratory illness symptoms, according to a press release from Fairfax County Emergency Information. The three clinics can also collect COVID-19 vehicle-side samples ordered by physicians. Once a patient a...

Schools are closed for the rest of the academic year in Virginia, but students in Loudoun County could start online classes as early as next week. The school system is providing every student in grades 3 through 12 a Chromebook. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

Virginia lawmakers passed a budget earlier this month that would give teachers and state employees raises and bonuses — a win for public sector workers who said they’d suffered too many years of stagnant pay since the Great Recession. The total cost of the pay increases was about $600 million over the next two years, which was one of several&...

A house fire in northern Virginia has left one person dead

In Virginia, businesses and school districts are scrambling to adjust in the wake of changes the governor put in place. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on how the region’s largest school district is responding.

A seventh coronavirus-related death has been reported in Virginia. The victim was a Virginia Beach man in his 70s with underlying health conditions. It was the first reported coronavirus death in Virginia Beach and the 18th positive case. There have been 290 positive cases confirmed in the commonwealth. “It would be nice to say this would be ...

All K-12 schools in Virginia will remain closed through “at least” the academic year and all restaurants must end dine-in service, the governor announced Monday as the state dramatically ramps up its efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus. Gov. Ralph Northam said at a news conference Monday afternoon that he signed an executive order...

Crossroads Baptist Church Pastor Kenny Baldwin has stepped down from the pulpit after testing positive for coronavirus. News4’s Darcy Spencer spoke with Baldwin’s brother about how he is recovering.