Miles scores 24, Howard adds 21 as Lynx beat Mystics 94-84, win 6th straight
Washington (21-15) fell into seventh, a half-game behind New York.
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Alexandria stays under a drought warning even as rain revives soil and streams
Groundwater remains much below normal, with wells in northern Virginia at or near record lows; the state task force meets again Monday
IndyCar drivers amazed at downtown DC course: 'It's stuff that you dream of'
Even for well-traveled IndyCar drivers, a track with the U.S. Capitol in the background is a little awe inspiring.
Old Town neighbors take 301 N. Fairfax fight to Virginia's highest court
A September writ panel will decide whether the Supreme Court hears a challenge to a published ruling that now guides zoning cases statewide
Supreme Court's chief justice allows work on Trump’s $400M White House ballroom to continue for now
The order pauses the decision of a Washington-based judge who found that work must stop because Trump didn't get congressional approval.
Goats — and sheep — will graze kudzu off a slope at James Marx All Veterans Park
A city pilot starting Sept. 8 tests whether livestock can clear invasive plants from terrain too steep and rocky for work crews
Alexandria schools open Monday with new boundaries, new leaders, and new walk zones
Some students who rode the bus last year will walk this year as Acting Superintendent Grace Taylor leads the division.
The Alexandria Brief | Friday, Aug. 21
The Mount Vernon Trail makes the national Hall of Fame, a postpartum group starts in Old Town, Mobius Records is coming to Del Ray — and it's the 87th anniversary of the library sit-in.
87 years ago today, five young men sat down in an Alexandria library and started something
The 1939 sit-in at 717 Queen St. came two decades before Greensboro. A virtual panel marks the anniversary at noon today.
Alexandria Myotherapy celebrates four decades with a new home on Eisenhower Avenue
Mayor Alyia Gaskins cut the ribbon Thursday for the practice, which spent 30 years near the Old Town waterfront before this year's move
Rangers' Jacob deGrom surpasses 2,000 K's and combines with 3 on 1-hitter in 2-0 win over Nationals
Washington, the majors’ highest-scoring team, was shut out for the fifth time this season and the second time in the three-game series.
Jury convicts Woodbridge teen in Metro station death
Man fleeing an attack at Potomac Yards climbed into the track bed and was struck by a departing train, prosecutors say
A postpartum support group launches in Old Town, started by two neighbors who couldn't find one
Mom League DC held its first eight-week Newborn Series in Alexandria this month. The series costs $375, and the next Alexandria group starts Oct. 6.
Alexandria's RiverRenew picks up national construction honor
ENR named the tunnel system an Award of Merit winner in its 2026 MidAtlantic Best Projects competition — the second industry award for the project in as many years.
Mount Vernon Trail wins national Hall of Fame honor
The 18.5-mile path took 58% of the public vote, beating an Ohio towpath and a Texas battlefield trail
Missing 27-year-old found safe, police say
Fairfax County police had issued an alert Wednesday morning for Kendall Andre Tally, last seen in the 3200 block of King Street