Fairfax Circuit Court Judge R. Terrence Ney today adjourned the second phase of the trial pitting the City of Falls Church against the Fairfax County Water Authority to permit the contesting parties an opportunity to settle their differences out of court. Attorneys for the two sides met in conference early today and agreed to seek the judge’s postponement of the trial. Judge Ney gave the parties until March 1 to settle, with the trial scheduled to resume on that date if they cannot arrive at an agreement.

Every Eight Hours: This September, Make Checking In a Habit
BY JOHN F. CROWNOVER Every eight hours, Virginia loses someone to suicide. In 2023, 1,230 Virginians died by suicide, and nearly four out of five were men. They were fathers,


