The Alexandria Brief | Friday, July 10
Alexandria turns 277 this weekend, the School Board has new leadership, and the waterfront flood project takes its first visible step forward
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Daily Brief | July 9
AWLA lands its biggest grant ever, a Fund for Racial Equity report charts two years of community-driven giving, and Alexandria marks 180 years since Congress voted to give the city back to Virginia
Daily Brief | July 8
Alexandria lands on Travel + Leisure's best cities list for the fifth year running, Market Square's painful history gets documented, and the mayor fills local businesses with art
Daily Brief | July 7
An innovation lab lands in Potomac Yard, Rosie's Tavern eyes Del Ray, and Alexandria gears up for a 277th birthday bash
Daily Brief | July 6
Alexandria's six-day dangerous heat stretch ends today as a Flood Watch takes effect this afternoon, 150 people from 50 countries became US citizens at Mount Vernon on America's 250th birthday, King Street construction begins near Alexandria City High, and the July 11 celebration is Saturday
Daily Brief | July 3
Alexandria's CBA remains unfinished, Croatia's World Cup ends in Toronto and closes a month unlike any other, dangerous heat holds through the holiday weekend, and here's what's happening in Alexandria July 3-5
Daily Brief | July 2
City Council votes to deny Virginia Paving's asphalt-plant extension and hold the 2027 closure date, the Tucker case returns to the auditor as incomplete, RiverRenew is dedicated after 160 years, and Fox 5 comes to Alexandria for Croatia-Portugal
Daily Brief | July 1
As the city and state open FY 2027, a Heat Advisory takes effect at 11 a.m. with dangerous heat lingering through Sunday, Croatia's players say goodbye to the city, City Council weighs a five-year reprieve for the West End asphalt plant, and Crooked Beat returns to Del Ray
Daily Brief | June 30
Croatia trains and meets the press one last time in Alexandria before flying out of Dulles for Toronto, the Tucker family calls for criminal charges at an emotional ICPRB hearing, parking meter rates and fines rise tomorrow, and a heat advisory takes effect Wednesday with three days near 100°
Daily Brief | June 29
Croatia's Alexandria countdown begins, Alexandria Pride fills John Carlyle Square, the city's inaugural police annual report shows a 29% crime drop, and the National Innovation Quarter lands the largest grant in a $5.6M statewide round — with triple-digit heat ahead
Daily Brief | Friday, June 26
Tiles & Type unveils at the Torpedo Factory, Croatia holds its final Alexandria press conference before Saturday's Ghana match in Philadelphia, Mayor Gaskins launches an Art in Every Space pilot, and the 9th Annual Alexandria Pride takes over Saturday
Daily Brief | Thursday, June 25
Croatia's Dalić calls Alexandria "beautiful" before Saturday's Ghana match, Superintendent Kay-Wyatt is on leave per the school board chair, APD releases body cam footage from the May 18 Canterbury Square shooting, and a national maritime museum may be coming to the waterfront
Daily Brief | June 24
The Fresh Start Initiative has cleared back rent for 318 ARHA households with 62% staying current, Croatia's Budimir off the bench keeps the World Cup hopes alive, and DASH breaks ground on the region's first on-route electric bus charger at the former Landmark Mall site
Daily Brief | June 23
Power restored to most of Alexandria after Monday's storms, the Tall Ship Providence Foundation suspends operations Friday, and the city's policing auditor sustains policy violations in Allan Tucker's in-custody death
Daily Brief | June 22
A State Police pursuit ends in a fiery crash on S. Whiting Street, Croatia regroups in Alexandria after its Dallas opener, two are hospitalized in a West End shooting, and Hard Times Cafe closes on King Street for a long-planned remodel
Daily Brief | June 19
The city marks Juneteenth with a daylong celebration of African American history, the Housing 2040 Plan clears its public hearing and heads to final adoption Tuesday, Alexandria police bring the Public Safety Plan to community leaders at Thursday's invitation-only summit.