Coronavirus in Virginia

An internet outage led Arlington Public Schools to cancel distance learning on Wednesday for more than 25,000 students, but the school district said virtual classes will resume Thursday. Arlington Public Schools (APS) said its internet service provider notified the school system on Tuesday of a major fiber cut in Vienna, Virginia, that caused the service disruption. Arlington, which reported 26,051…

Arlington Public Schools faced an internet service disruption on Wednesday morning. After this report aired, the school district canceled distance learning for Wednesday. News4’s Jummy Olabanji reports.

A unicycling is a trend sweeping through a Northern Virginia town. “It’s just so amazing to see unicycles anywhere. Especially so many of them,” one rider tells News4’s Melissa Mollet.

The quarantine has been a good time for many of us to consider picking up a new hobby — or, for one Northern Virginia dad, sharing an old pastime that now has the whole neighborhood excited. Unicycling is sweeping a neighborhood after father of three Joe Belt taught his kids how to ride on just one wheel. Belt grew up…

A northern Virginia teachers’ union is apologizing after some of its members used child-size coffins as props at a protest seeking to delay in-person education

Prince William County Public Schools committed to a plan to get younger students back in the classroom next month. Some students will begin in-person school during the second quarter under a plan Superintendent Steve Walts reaffirmed at Wednesday’s board meeting. The county will use a 50-50 hybrid model option that will begin with pre-K through third graders. Pre-K and...

Prince William County Public Schools unveiled a new plan to get younger students back in the classroom. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder joins Fairfax County students during their first day of in-person classes.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey talked with Fairfax County voters about the president’s positive COVID-19 test.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey spoke with a father who is angry that his warnings about a school visit by Virginia First Lady Pam Northam were ignored.

News4’s Megan McGrath reports on efforts to make sure Fairfax County school buses are safe for students when in-person classes resume in October.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and his wife, Pamela, have tested positive for COVID-19, the governor’s office said Friday morning. Gov. Northam has no symptoms and First Lady Pamela Northam currently is experiencing mild symptoms, according to a press release. “Both remain in good spirits,” the release said. The Northams learned Wednesday evening that a member of their residential staff...

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey went inside a classroom in the Arlington Diocese to see how in-person classes are working after the first month.

More than 9,000 electronic gaming machines are currently in circulation in Virginia.

The pandemic continues to disrupt college sports

NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci says as we do more indoor things in the Fall, we are likely to see an uptick in COVID-19.

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports on the first day of all-virtual school in Falls Church.

Several teenagers and a mom from Vienna, Virginia, have raised $6,000 to feed food-insecure families while spreading some love to yards around the world. News4’s Molette Green reports.

Fairfax County School Superintendent Scott Brabrand on Wednesday told parents he wants special needs students to have some type of opportunity for in-person learning as soon as possible. The remarks came during a virtual town hall meeting where parents facing a fall semester of distance learning asked for help. “The decision that I recommended to the school board to go…

Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Brabrand hosted a town hall on Wednesday night with parents who are concerned over how virtual school will go in the fall. Braband said special needs students are one of the first groups prioritized for in-person instruction. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.