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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
June 4 session will cover design, utility relocation and a construction schedule that runs through 2030
Alexandria police report pedestrian crashes are down 14% this year; Virginia Theological Seminary uncovers an early draft of MLK's "Letter from Birmingham Jail"; and the city joins a regional fight against utility rate hikes.
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
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
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
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
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
The after-hours events aboard the Kalmar Nyckel, including a fireworks-view reception, supplement the free Sails on the Potomac festival June 12-14
After 10 straight days of rain, the sun is finally out — just in time for tonight's community cookout — while VRE reschedules the King Street bridge closure again and emails reveal Waymo gave the mayor a week's notice before mapping Alexandria
Wild Tunes, which brings volunteer musicians into shelters to play for the animals, launches at the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria on Thursday
The latest shift moves the weeklong closure up a day; King Street will fully close between Russell Road and Daingerfield Road, with traffic detoured to Duke Street
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.
The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria's biggest annual fundraiser invites any pet — Alexandria address optional — to vie for the cover of the 2027 calendar through June 30.
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.
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