Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder explains why two Virginia health districts have started vaccinating high school students and their parents at local schools.

A new poll shows trust in the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is low, but health officials say they’ve heard from local residents who are still interested. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is endorsing Prince William County Del. Hala Ayala in the commonwealth’s lieutenant governor’s race, Ayala’s campaign announced early Monday. Ayala, a cyber security specialist, was elected in 2017 in the “wave of women.” She was one of the first two Latinas elected to the House and was re-elected in 2019. Ayala represents Virginia’s 51st House...

Marta Rodriguez went missing in 1989, when her son was just four years old.

After more than 30 years, a Virginia cold case has finally been closed. Jose Rodriguez-Cruz, who is already serving time for the murder of Pamela Butler, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing his wife, Marta, in 1989. And now Rodriguez-Cruz’s son is speaking out, telling News4’s Drew Wilder that as he grew older, he lived in fear...

Curtis Wells spent seven months in jail for alleged crimes that were just thrown out by an Arlington County judge.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey visits a community clinic that helps get COVID-19 vaccines to people of color and low-income residents.

Stimulus checks have begun to hit the bank accounts of people across the DMV. Northern Virginia reporter Drew Wilder shows us what those checks mean to people in our area, and how they’re putting that money to use.

In Arlington County, Virginia, 97-year-old Mary Cavanaugh has finally seen her son Mike Cavanaugh and daughter-in-law Marie Cavanaugh after more than a year.

New federal guidelines now allow family members to visit loved ones in long-term care facilities, and that’s leading to emotional reunions across the country. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder shows the moment an Arlington County woman saw her son and daughter-in-law for the first time in a year.

The 911 emergency call system in Fairfax County, Virginia, has been fully restored after experiencing “temporarily diminished” capacity, county officials said Wednesday afternoon. During the problems, callers may have found extended wait times, officials said. They announced about 1 p.m. that service had been restored. The county’s text-to-911 was working properly throughout. However, the county’s main non-emergency line (703-691-2131)...

The Virginia Department of Health opened its first mass vaccination site Wednesday in Northern Virginia.

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports on the COVID-19 mass vaccination site now open in Woodbridge.

Some students in Alexandria and Arlington will return to the classroom this week. News4’s Eun Yang has the details.

Virginia health officials say they are heading into March with an ever-improving vaccine supply. In the next few weeks, many more Virginians will be heading to pharmacies for their shots. But there’s still one problem — not all the pharmacies can coordinate with the state’s vaccine waiting list. Warrenton resident Mary Judkins has been waiting for a COVID-19 vaccine appointment for weeks....

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on pharmacies to begin offering COVID-19 vaccinations.

A man attacked his 8-year-old daughter and her mother with a knife in Woodbridge, Virginia, on Friday night, police say.

The family of Bijan Ghaisar hopes a new U.S. Park Police chief will help them get some answers, more than three years after his death.

A Virginia state senator is withdrawing her budget amendment that could have cost the D