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Spanberger to keynote sold-out Alexandria NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner
The governor will also receive the branch's Breaking Barriers Award on Thursday, joining Attorney General Jay Jones, Mayor Alyia Gaskins and the Black and Missing Foundation as honorees.
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City proposes red light cameras, new crosswalks and a new signal at seven high-crash West End intersections
The seven intersections saw 167 crashes from 2020 through 2024, and three more people were killed or severely hurt near them in 2025. Feedback is due Nov. 6.
Trump's memorial arch faces new lawsuit from Arlington County, Virginia
The lawsuit, filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, criticized the speed at which the project slated for Memorial Circle has moved without going through the full review process.
Seminary Road has had 150+ crashes since 2018. Alexandria wants your input on fixing it.
The city is seeking a third round of community feedback on design options for one of Alexandria’s highest-crash corridors. The comment period runs through Nov. 6.
Alexandria voter guide: Early voting hours expand Oct. 18, and four Election Day polling places have moved
More than 9,000 residents have already voted. The deadline to register or request a mail ballot is Oct. 23, and early voting ends Oct. 31.
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Missing 12-year-old Alexandria girl found safe
Aaliyah Watts was located Monday evening, about two hours after police issued an alert.
Power restored in Alexandria’s West End after outage knocked out traffic lights
An outage that left 565 customers without power and darkened West End traffic signals was resolved Monday evening, according to Dominion’s outage map.
Alexandria Restaurant Partners names Nazia Millwala president as founding partners step back
The former CFO takes over day-to-day leadership of the group behind Ada’s on the River, Vola’s, Theismann’s and BARCA.
Alexandria firefighters used ladders to free girl pinned under SUV, department says
The girl was struck Oct. 6 on North Ripley Street and is expected to make a full recovery, according to the Fire Department.