About 1,800 Alexandria customers remain without power late Friday morning
Outages are down from more than 9,000 at 5 a.m.; the city said Seminary Road signal repairs were expected to continue into the afternoon
Public Safety
Police, fire, courts, emergency response, public health alerts, and crime news affecting Alexandria residents.
Federal judge effectively blocks new state law limiting Virginia’s cooperation with ICE
Existing immigration enforcement agreements may continue, but localities remain barred from joining the federal program for the first time.
Inside Virginia’s city halls, concerns, confusion rise with Flock surveillance protests
A VCIJ review of thousands of public records shows widespread misunderstanding and mistrust of Flock Safety – even inside city halls and police headquarters.
Officer assaulted as police dispersed crowd after ACHS football game
The officer did not seek medical treatment and did not want to pursue charges, police say. No arrests were made. The high school principal called it a significant disruption.
Alexandria stays under a drought warning as one Virginia region clears for the first time since April
Far southwestern Virginia returned to normal status Thursday, the first advisory lifted anywhere in the state in four months. Groundwater wells in southern Prince William County are at or near record lows.
Alexandria man pleads guilty in DIA classified documents case
Nathan Laatsch, who worked in the agency's Insider Threat Division, faces up to life in prison at sentencing in January 2027
Alexandria man reported missing Wednesday has been found safe
Police issued a critical missing adult alert Wednesday morning and said hours later that the man had been located.
Truck strikes power lines behind Foxchase, sparking fire that burned dumpsters, a vehicle and fencing
Suppression was delayed about an hour while the utility cut power to the arcing lines; no injuries were reported
At least two people arrested in Alexandria during two-week ICE operation, DHS says
The department says the operation produced 1,328 arrests across Virginia and Maryland between Aug. 1 and Aug. 14. In the one Alexandria case that can be checked in Virginia court records, the charges DHS listed were dismissed in 2024.
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
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
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
Alexandria to mark 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks with remembrance ceremony
The hourlong ceremony begins at 10 a.m. at police headquarters on Wheeler Avenue, with a presentation of colors and remarks from Mayor Alyia Gaskins and public safety officials.
Beyer says his office has received reports of ICE violence and warrantless detentions in Northern Virginia
The congressman cited two Arlington cases and said his office has logged several other encounters in the past 10 days. A local coalition reported detentions in Alexandria within the same window.
Alexandria's Flock page now lists the 161 Virginia agencies that can search its cameras
The disclosure follows a week of movement: Flock changed its recommended policies Thursday, the mayor said Sunday she had asked the city to publish more, and two new fields appeared Tuesday. No federal or out-of-state agency is on the list.
Power restored after outage near Seminary Road
Dominion Energy reported no customers out in Alexandria or Arlington as of 5:45 p.m., well ahead of an estimate that had run to 11 p.m.