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Rise in Domestic Violence Cases Strains Fairfax County's Services

The calls seeking help have come in each month by the dozens, sometimes nearly double the number from a year before. A woman, concerned about her recently unemployed husband's continued abuse, is looking for a haven. A relative, worried about a sister, ...

From CHRIS L. JENKINS, The Washington Post,  16 Jul 2009

Welfare Up 11 Percent in Fairfax County, Reversing a Trend

From July 1, 2008, to April, the number of cases handled by the Fairfax County Department of Family Services has increased 11 percent. They pose the first hard test of the premise behind transforming the old welfare system, once considered an ...

From CHRIS L. JENKINS, The Washington Post,  2 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Department of Health

Md. Street Race Crash Kills Two

Jonathan Robert Henderson, 20, and Mary-Kathryn Michele Abernathy, 21, were in a group of people that had gathered on Interstate 70 just west of the Baltimore city line, authorities said. About 3 a.m., they were standing near Henderson's Acura Integra, ...

From CHRIS L. JENKINS, The Washington Post,  21 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Robert Henderson (politician)

Man's Widow Tries to Change Workers' Compensation Law in Va.

No one saw what happened to Pierce, 64, in the Owen Trucking parking lot outside Fredericksburg, but investigators who reconstructed the scene would later testify that Pierce, while getting ready for his daily drive, had fallen about 12 feet from the ...

From CHRIS L. JENKINS, The Washington Post,  14 Jun 2009
Related Topics: IBM

Fort Belvoir Program Rubs Injured Soldiers the Right Way

They have returned from Iraq and other rugged theaters of conflict, where they have endured combat, accidents and temperature extremes including 115-degree heat. But even the most hardened soldier, recuperating from excruciating and life-altering ...

From CHRIS L. JENKINS, The Washington Post,  4 Jun 2009
Related Topics: The Pentagon

$1 Million Donated to Expand Free Clinic Services

Clinics across the region report similar increases, and the trend is expected to continue in the worsening economy. In an effort to help expand such services, Dominion Resources today donated $1 million to more than 100 free clinics nationwide, ...

From CHRIS L. JENKINS, The Washington Post,  2 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Dominion Resources, Inc.,  Gallup

Fairfax County Residents Collect Twice the Amount of Unemployment Over 2008

The 119 percent increase is one of the highest year-to-year increases since 2002, according to information from the Virginia Employment Commission. Jobless workers collected $21.1 million in benefits from January through last month. Last year, during ...

From CHRIS L. JENKINS, The Washington Post,  21 May 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party

Traffic Dips as Economy Plunges

It might not seem like it when you're inching through crushing bottlenecks during your daily commute, but traffic congestion in the Washington region appears to have loosened up. Don't thank innovative transit systems or better highways. A worsening ...

From CHRIS L. JENKINS, The Washington Post,  20 May 2009

One-Third of D.C. Area's Roads Rated in Poor Condition

Nearly a third of all major roads in the Washington area are in poor condition, costing motorists $458 a year in extra vehicle expenses, according to a report released yesterday by a pair of national transportation research and advocacy groups. The ...

From CHRIS L. JENKINS, The Washington Post,  8 May 2009

Rural Town Feels Downturn's Ripple Effect as Jobs Vanish in Northern Virginia

"I should be in the middle of a workday right now," he said, starting in on a patch of weeds at the base of his acre property. Later, he would mow the lawn and muse about the Chinese garden he'd like to put out back one day. "I figure I'll put up a ...

From CHRIS L. JENKINS, The Washington Post,  4 May 2009

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