Storms knocked out power to nearly 11,000 Alexandria customers overnight with another round of dangerous weather expected today, the school board adopts its FY 2027 budget, Croatia settles into its World Cup base camp, and Sails on the Potomac arrives at the waterfront
The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off today as Croatia's national team holds its first public training session in Alexandria, the school board adopts the final FY 2027 budget tonight, Sails on the Potomac sets up at the waterfront for this weekend, and Virginia American Water settles its rate case.
The City Council walks through the $135 million power plant financing ahead of Saturday's vote, the school board restores Afghan liaisons before Thursday's budget adoption, and Croatia holds its first training session in Alexandria today
City officials break ground on Aspect at the former Landmark Mall, the ACHS PTSA newsletter raises alarm over the Braddock Road safety study while city records show ACPS staff helped produce its audit, and Spice Kraft sweeps Taste of Del Ray.
ACHS celebrates 962 graduates as the city heads into one of its biggest weeks of the year — a packed City Council docket Tuesday, ACPS budget adoption Thursday, the Croatian national soccer team's World Cup base camp arrival, and Sails on the Potomac at the waterfront this weekend
First ACPS superintendent search session draws a community call for trust and transparency, a Code Orange air quality alert covers the region today, and Sen. Mark Warner pushes for federal data center "guardrails" — plus a publisher's note on what it really costs to cover Alexandria
Crews knock down a Randolph Avenue house fire, Little Birdie sets a June 23 opening on Mount Vernon Avenue, the city plans a new Del Ray pocket park, and Alexandria joins a regional drought watch — plus we mark seven months of The Brief
A Safe Routes to School proposal could remove up to 20 Russell Road parking spaces near Naomi Brooks, the West End Business Association's inaugural festival lands Saturday at Cameron Station, and Pride is back with 100 exhibitors on June 27
ACPS hires a national firm and opens community sessions in its search for a new superintendent, Thai Peppers will close its Del Ray location after 28 years, and Alexandria's first tech startup accelerator begins accepting applications — plus tonight's Planning Commission hearing on Housing 2040
The city unveils a riverside memorial tonight to the 67 killed in the Potomac midair collision, ACHS hits the final week before Saturday's graduation, and Mayor Gaskins lays out how rising fuel prices are squeezing the city fleet
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.
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
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
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
Regional board funds two Alexandria safety studies, outdoor pools reopen Saturday, and your full Memorial Day weekend guide — umbrella included.
School board presses staff on cuts a day before the deadline to amend the budget; Alexandria gears up for the World Cup, finishes its switch to electric leaf blowers, and rain scuttles the community cookout again.