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A new Brookings analysis ties softening DMV rents and home prices to a labor market that shed jobs and added unemployment while the rest of the country grew — the latest chapter in a downturn city officials have tracked since fall
A 1776 resolution that would lead to the Declaration of Independence three weeks later — proposed by a Virginia Lee whose extended family helped shape Old Town Alexandria, and whose legacy in the city remains contested
Students earned $2.5 million in merit scholarships and more than 2,180 college acceptance offers
Two anniversaries: the largest amphibious invasion in history, and the call that would lead to the construction of a modern police facility for a city outgrowing its City Hall quarters
A power plant financing term sheet, a police strategy plan, the State of the Economy and the $1.95 billion FY2027 appropriation ordinance headline Tuesday's legislative meeting
The framework follows McGuire's March update touting the region's sharpest crime drop; council action is advisory only, and the plan formalizes the strategy he signaled then
Tuesday's legislative meeting puts the TIF framework for the Potomac River Generating Station redevelopment before the council as an oral-report briefing, with a packet that now includes community feedback gathered through last month's meetings
First ACPS superintendent search session draws a community call for trust and transparency, a Code Orange air quality alert covers the region today, and Sen. Mark Warner pushes for federal data center "guardrails" — plus a publisher's note on what it really costs to cover Alexandria
A 1922 ceremony at Shuter's Hill launched a decade-long construction effort to honor Washington as a Mason — funded entirely by donations, never with borrowed money, and culminating in a 333-foot tower that still defines the Alexandria skyline
HYA opens engagement sessions with virtual forum Thursday; in-person session set for June 10
The Kennedy Center is beginning the process of removing references to President Donald Trump a week after a federal judge ruled that his name had been illegally added to the performing arts center.
COG warns the air will be unhealthy for sensitive groups as a hot, dry stretch settles over the region already under a drought watch
The city's largest-ever infrastructure project enters its final phase as crews finish testing; sewer inspections begin this month
The senator tied rising energy costs to data center growth as Alexandria wages its own fight against utility rate hikes
Seven months in, an honest look at the numbers behind your community newsroom
Free online event features Alexandria Vice Mayor Sarah Bagley and local transit officials from across Northern Virginia