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Alexandria Children's Theatre brings 'The Wizard of Oz' to the stage in June
A cast of 34 students performs the family classic across six shows at Carl Sandburg Middle School
Alexandria Children's Theatre brings 'The Wizard of Oz' to the stage in June
A cast of 34 students performs the family classic across six shows at Carl Sandburg Middle School
Martina McBride, Morris Day among wave of cancellations at Trump-linked Freedom 250 concerts
A day after the President Donald Trump -affiliated Freedom 250 announced the “first wave” of performers for “The Great American State Fair” shows on Washington's National Mall in June and July, the lineup has been hit with a wave of cancellations.
Virginia Theological Seminary discovers an early draft of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Letter from Birmingham Jail'
The document, certified by experts at Swann Galleries, was found in the papers of a Black Episcopal bishop who was active in the Civil Rights Movement
Bruce Springsteen calls out the White House and announces a protest festival
Springsteen and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello announced the festival Wednesday while performing together at Nationals Park in Washington as Springsteen winds down his Land of Hope and Dreams American tour.
What's happening in Alexandria this weekend: May 29-31
D-Day Commemoration, Lyle Lovett, Civil War history tours, farmers markets, and more
Alexandria is marketing five affordable homeownership opportunities, with a lottery deadline June 22
The city's Office of Housing is taking applications for four condos at the new Residences at Tidelock and separately marketing a resale-restricted unit in Parkfairfax, both for income-eligible first-time buyers
Alexandria adds ticketed evening receptions aboard a tall ship to its June waterfront festival
The after-hours events aboard the Kalmar Nyckel, including a fireworks-view reception, supplement the free Sails on the Potomac festival June 12-14
A youth-founded music program comes to Alexandria's animal shelter
Wild Tunes, which brings volunteer musicians into shelters to play for the animals, launches at the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria on Thursday
Judge temporarily blocks payouts from Trump's $1.776 billion 'anti-weaponization' settlement fund
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, on Friday also barred the government from moving forward with the fund’s creation while litigation is pending to challenge it.
Alexandria's drinking water stayed within federal limits for a third straight year, reports show
Tap water met every standard from 2023 through 2025, and PFAS — the contaminant class drawing the most national scrutiny — came back undetected as customers face a proposed rate increase
Alexandria sets fifth community meeting on Commonwealth, Ashby and Glebe flood project
June 4 session will cover design, utility relocation and a construction schedule that runs through 2030
Alexandria pedestrian crashes down 14% this year, police say at Holland Lane safety unveiling
Officials and crash survivors gathered in Carlyle to celebrate a redesigned streetscape and a new round of enforcement; Assistant Chief Mike May said bicycle crashes are down 28% year-to-date
Alexandria joins regional fight against utility rate hikes, including a water increase near 30%
Mayor Gaskins says the city is intervening in four State Corporation Commission cases; residents have until June 3 to comment on a Virginia American Water request the mayor says would push city water rates up more than 260% since 2022
Beyer to introduce bill blocking Trump's proposed Arlington arch
The Virginia Democrat will partner with Nevada's Dina Titus on legislation barring construction and federal funds for the 250-foot project, and on Wednesday also pressed Interior officials for traffic studies.
Waymo notified Mayor Gaskins a week before it began mapping Alexandria, emails show
Mayor Gaskins asked the company how it had coordinated elsewhere and requested a briefing; Waymo says it has no current plans for a commercial service in Virginia
Alexandria City Council adopts five-year GO Alex plan, reviews schools-police agreement
At its May 26 meeting, the council also advanced funding for a historic rooming house and a health grant, took up two school board requests and reviewed the draft Duke Street framework
Alexandria City Council moves on school board's election-reform request
Members back a joint committee and signal interest in going beyond the staggered-terms change the board sought in 2024, with a charter-amendment deadline looming
Alexandria schools enrollment fell 2.5% last fall, but officials say it's not a cliff
Special-education and English-learner populations are growing even as overall enrollment falls — and they cost more per student to educate
ACPS climate survey shows big gains in safety, lingering doubts on transparency
The share of secondary students who feel safe at school jumped 22 percentage points; just 48% of staff say the division is transparent about decision-making
ACPS school board pushes FY27 budget timeline back a week; staff answers to 97 questions due Friday
Add/delete deadline moves from May 18 to May 22, the May 14 work session is canceled, and three board members use a public update to clarify what is — and isn't — changing in classrooms next year. Final adoption remains June 11.
Jefferson-Houston's Deedra Robinson named ACPS Teacher of the Year, capping a 40-year career
George Washington Middle's Jeanette Vinson honored as Principal of the Year as the school division celebrates educators across all 18 schools
ACPS school board approves police partnership agreement, sending two-year deal to city for final action
2026-28 MOU includes new immigration protections and clarified guidance for principals on drug-possession reporting; agreement now awaits APD signature and a May 26 city hearing
Kay-Wyatt unveils $5.6M in ACPS budget cuts, eliminating 45.6 positions and reducing negotiated raises
Adjusted FY 2027 spending plan slashes 27 homeroom teachers, six kindergarten aides and 3.6 student support staff; collective bargaining agreement renegotiated to smaller raises after city falls short of school board's request
Kay-Wyatt to unveil adjusted ACPS budget Thursday after city falls $5.6M short of board's request
Superintendent's recommendations are the centerpiece of a packed agenda that also includes the police-in-schools agreement — newly amended to bar denial of education based on immigration status — a year-two report on the ACHS academies and a slate of nominees for the Athletic Hall of Fame
Alexandria's drinking water stayed within federal limits for a third straight year, reports show
Tap water met every standard from 2023 through 2025, and PFAS — the contaminant class drawing the most national scrutiny — came back undetected as customers face a proposed rate increase
Alexandria pedestrian crashes down 14% this year, police say at Holland Lane safety unveiling
Officials and crash survivors gathered in Carlyle to celebrate a redesigned streetscape and a new round of enforcement; Assistant Chief Mike May said bicycle crashes are down 28% year-to-date
Section of Mt. Vernon Avenue to close Saturday for crane work in Del Ray
The road will be closed between W. Reed Avenue and Russell Road from 3 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 30, with traffic detoured to Russell Road and W. Glebe Road
Ex-CIA official charged with stealing millions of dollars in gold bars from the federal government
Rush is being held in custody pending a hearing Friday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia.
Former Invictus finance executive indicted in Alexandria on $4.5M embezzlement charges
Sharon Lee, 47, of Loudoun County, faces 12 felony counts after a grand jury indictment alleging she charged personal expenses — including more than $150,000 on gambling — to a company credit card over six years.
Downed power lines shut southbound Quaker Lane, knock out power to nearly 1,000 in Alexandria
Broken pole blamed for outage; police urge drivers to treat dark signals as four-way stops
Alexandria resident, ex-Jan. 6 prosecutor sues in local federal court to block $1.8B Trump 'anti-weaponization' fund
Andrew Floyd, fired from the Justice Department's Capitol Siege Section, is among plaintiffs in a Democracy Forward suit filed in federal court in Alexandria
Police cruiser, vehicle collide at Braddock and Russell roads
No injuries were reported in the Wednesday afternoon crash, which slowed traffic in the area. Police say it is under investigation.
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What's happening in Alexandria this weekend: May 29-31
D-Day Commemoration, Lyle Lovett, Civil War history tours, farmers markets, and more
Alexandria City Council moves on school board's election-reform request
Members back a joint committee and signal interest in going beyond the staggered-terms change the board sought in 2024, with a charter-amendment deadline looming
Alexandria opens lottery for four affordable condos at the Residences at Tidelock
First-time homebuyers who live or work in the city can apply through June 22 for income-restricted units in the new Old Town North building
Alexandria confirms the $6.9 million PLA estimate behind the attack ads, but disputes how the ads frame it.
The city calls the contractor's estimate a "rough order of magnitude" figure of about 5.5% — not the hidden $7 million the ads describe.
Alexandria gears up for World Cup with Croatian cultural festival, watch parties
City to host free waterfront celebration June 6; training at Episcopal confirmed closed to public
Publisher's Note: Sometimes what's best for all of us isn't best for any one of us
The Braddock Road vote is settled. How a divided neighborhood lives with it is not.