Planning Commission to weigh Carlyle office-to-senior-housing switch, four zoning changes
Two of the zoning amendments carry out state requirements on affordable housing and parking
Daily Briefing: Wednesday, Oct. 21
School Board committee picks four-year terms and nothing else; city to review DASH’s numbers before the cut vote; Virginia tries again on Wilson Bridge express lanes
Election reform committee backs four-year School Board terms, with no staggering or smaller board
The 3-1 recommendation, opposed by committee chair Canek Aguirre, would elect all nine members with City Council in governor's race years starting in 2033
City budget office to review DASH labor costs before vote on bus cuts
DASH says its $5.9 million shortfall estimate has not changed so far but could before the Nov. 12 hearing
More than 15,700 Alexandrians have voted with two weeks until Election Day
The first Sunday of early voting, when Beatley Central Library opened as a second site, was the busiest day so far, with 1,848 voters
ACPS employee Gregory 'Sugar Bear' Elliott enters the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame
The founding member of the go-go band E.U. was part of the hall's 2026 class, honored at an Oct. 15 ceremony in Mooresville, N.C.
Alexandria organizer Glen Pine announces Democratic bid for House District 5
Del. Kirk McPike, who holds the seat, says he will seek reelection; Pine calls for a data center moratorium and criticizes state funding for the Virginia Israel Advisory Board
School board election committee meets for the last time with dozens of draft scenarios
Kelly Carmichael Booz's packets map nine-, seven- and six-member boards onto four possible City Council calendars ahead of a Nov. 10 report.
Virginia to ask regional board to revive Beltway express lanes plan across Wilson Bridge
A year after Alexandria opposed the project, a revised proposal would keep bridge space for Metrorail and promise fixes to local streets
Daily Briefing: Tuesday, Oct. 20
Spanberger’s price for the Dominion sale; 40 Alexandria kids to train in Croatia; city names a legislative director
Spanberger wants a six-year freeze on electricity rates as the price of the Dominion sale
The governor told regulators to reject the $67 billion merger without it. Alexandria and Arlington explain their own case at a webinar Monday, a week before residents' deadline to testify.
Fatimah Dandashi named Alexandria legislative director ahead of General Assembly session
The district director for Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell starts Oct. 26, with the city’s 2027 legislative package still in development.
Croatian Embassy brings a day of sports history to the Alexandria hotel where its team stayed
Thirty-six years after Croatia’s first match as a national side, the man who scored its first goal and the American who scored against him sat on the same panel.
Osijek club says 40 Alexandria youth players will train with its coaches in Croatia
The trip would come in August 2027, the first concrete program out of the friendship city tie City Council approved last week.
Twosome Place opens its first U.S. café at 404 King St.
The South Korean chain held a grand opening Saturday. Its Alexandria menu pairs cakes with Korean-inspired drinks and savory dishes.
Alexandria to remember domestic violence victims at Wednesday vigil
The free Silent Witness program at the courthouse on King Street features life-sized silhouettes of people killed in domestic violence.