SPRINGFIELD, Va. — Lake Accotink will resume water activities on Sunday after a sewage spill upstream forced its closure on Saturday. Wastewater Management announced the closure out of an abundance of ...

First Lady Melania Trump honors America’s Military Mothers at a White House Military Mothers Celebration with President Donald Trump. by Jay Korff FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Reporter's Notebook: ...

For residents of Springfield, the 3.5 mile walk around Lake Accotink is a great workout and good for a breath of fresh air but after any kind of rainfall, the hikers better bring their boots. Down ...

School cafeteria. For most of the packed house, the good news that the lake will be dredged and outfitted in such a way that it will be preserved for years to come. How it will be accomplished was not ...

SPRINGFIELD, Va. — The future of Lake Accotink Park is up in the air after new analysis of an effort to dredge the lake has been deemed not feasible, according to county leaders. In 2019, Fairfax ...

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Reporter’s Notebook: One of Fairfax County’s most popular parks is at the center of a decades-long battle over how to save it.Lake Accotink is quickly filling up with ...

A canoe ride or hike around Lake Accotink in Springfield is a summertime staple for many Fairfax County residents. The 55-acre lake and the 493-acre wooded park surrounding it offer ample ...

Fairfax County supervisors moved Tuesday toward preserving a smaller version of Lake Accotink, a compromise over the cherished recreational outlet whose existence has been in jeopardy because of ...

It is going to take more than a year, but Lake Accotink is about to get a little deeper. An $8 million dredging project recently began with construction of a pipeline nearly three miles long that will ...

In Springfield, hidden by lines of trees and tucked away into neighborhoods, sits Lake Accotink Park, a beautiful natural space that has long served as a refuge for wildlife and people alike from the ...