Falls Church teachers will receive their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine by Feb. 15, allowing the school division to be the first in the region to have a hybrid reopening in four weeks.

The City of Falls Church government will be open as scheduled on Monday, February 1, according to an announcement late Sunday.

In response to the Winter Storm Warning issued by the National Weather Service, the City has declared a Snow Emergency starting at 9 a.m. on Sunday, January 31. This means that the Snow Emergency Routes will be activated at that time (9 a.m.); see the list of routes below and online.

A Falls Church woman was killed while crossing Lee Highway on Wednesday night, according to police.

The coronavirus pandemic has been a hidden blessing for the timeline of Columbia Baptist Church’s extensive project to add a new spire and addition to the church.

As the Phase 1a population begins to wrap up their Covid-19 vaccinations, the move to the more broadly defined Phase 1b comes at a time where the supply is pinched and leaders are looking into new solutions.

Six years in the making, a major mixed use development project at the City of Falls Church’s central intersection of Washington and Broad Streets (Rts. 29 and 7) to feature a massive 50,000-square foot new Whole Foods grocery was approved unanimously by the F.C. City Council Monday night.

Falls Church City schools are experiencing difficulties with their online instruction due to problems with their internet provider, Verizon FIOS .

All 28 members of the City’s Department of Public Works have been placed on quarantine to work from their homes this week due to Covid-19 infections and contact concerns.

Colin Brody of the Fairfax Health Department, in a briefing to the virtual meeting of the Falls Church City Council Monday, reported that shipments of Covid-19 vaccines to the county have fallen off dramatically from 40,000 weekly to 13,000 new doses per week.