Fauquier Now

06/16/2026

Gov. Abigail Spanberger and the legislative architects of a long-awaited retail w**d framework on Tuesday presented a revamped plan for the recreational marketplace.

Gov. Abigail Spanberger and the legislative architects of a long-awaited retail w**d framework on Tuesday presented a revamped plan for the recreational marketplace that they said is set to launch next summer, pending finalization of the state budget.

06/16/2026

The latest in Citizens for Fauquier County's lawsuit seeking to halt the Amazon data center in Warrenton.

After more than three years, a lawsuit that has delayed a potential Amazon data center on Blackwell Road in Warrenton took a step toward a conclusion Monday as both sides

06/16/2026

“I knew I wanted to be a librarian when I began working as a page, shelving books in the children's section of my small-town library more than 40 years ago."

The Fauquier County Library Board of Trustees has named Dawn J. Sowers the library’s new director.

06/15/2026

Fort Belvoir is embarking on quite the expansion.

The U.S. Department of the Army has submitted a federal consistency determination for a long-term development plan at Fort Belvoir's North Area campus, triggering a public review process through the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program.

06/15/2026

EXCLUSIVE: Developers of the proposed Gigaland data center project in Re*****on are offering Fauquier nonprofits millions of dollars in grants

Numerous Fauquier County nonprofits have been offered grants – some equal to their annual budgets – from the developers who want to build a data center in Re*****on.

06/15/2026

Last chance! Voting in Best of Fauquier ends today! Link in comments.

06/13/2026

Virginia Department of Transportation crews have begun mobilizing for a safety improvement project on Interstate 66 westbound in Fauquier County, just before exit 31 (Route 245/The Plains/Old Tavern).

06/13/2026

Nearly six months into Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s four-year term, some Democratic lawmakers and progressive allies say the former congresswoman is governing less like the leader of a blue-state trifecta and more like the cautious centrist Virginians elected to Congress eight years ago.

Virginia Democrats spent years waiting for unified control of state government after an unprecedented string of bruising vetoes under Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

06/12/2026

Despite the pleas of local residents and Mountainside Montessori parents, Fauquier supervisors voted unanimously to approve a controversial rezoning application in Marshall.

Despite the pleas of local residents and Mountainside Montessori parents, the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Thursday to approve a controversial rezoning application in Marshall.

06/11/2026

Warrenton finally has a new town manager.

It’s official: Judson Rex has signed on to be Warrenton’s next town manager, the first long-term appointment since Frank Cassidy’s termination without cause last October.