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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
The forward and defender will join the U.S. in South America during the June international break, days after the Spirit's Concacaf final loss and the club's sold-out home finale Saturday.
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
Council takes a first step on school board election reform and unanimously approves the GO Alex transportation plan, while HRP lays out the power plant's demolition and financing timeline ahead of June votes
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
At its 20th community meeting, the developer of Old Town North's former Potomac River Generating Station laid out how it will tear down the plant while building, why one parcel is on hold, and how it is cleaning up a contaminated site — one week before the Planning Commission takes up the project.
Correction to earlier announcement clarifies national team will not attend June 6 event
The Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association's series runs every Sunday from June 7 through Aug. 30, with 12 concerts in Old Town Alexandria
The city's 16th annual event marks the 82nd anniversary of the Normandy invasion with a ceremony, swing dancing and WWII reenactors
City Council returns tonight to weigh the police-in-schools agreement and Duke Street's future, the city pushes back on the "Don't Get PLAyed" attack ads, and a draft Housing 2040 plan heads to a hearing