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Outages in the city fell to about 2,757 by 6:30 a.m. Friday — roughly a quarter of the overnight peak — as crews kept working ahead of a midday Heat Advisory and more possible storms.
Kevin Sanders gets five years with three suspended in death of dog at Your Dog's Best Friends; ordered to report June 25.
State agency says all but a handful of southeast localities remain in warning status; forecasters warn of dangerous heat as a chance of showers finally returns
With days to go before a July 1 deadline, AlexRenew gave The Alexandria Brief a tour of the underground pumping station at the heart of RiverRenew, the largest infrastructure project in the city's history.
A National Weather Service advisory runs until 8 p.m. today with a heat index near 104, and more heat and storms loom over Friday's opening of Sails on the Potomac
The advisory doesn't name the event, but the school is Croatia's World Cup base camp.
The ACHS PTSA's year-end newsletter raises concerns about the W. Braddock Road safety study and publishes a letter aimed at a separate, already-decided project
The framework follows McGuire's March update touting the region's sharpest crime drop; council action is advisory only, and the plan formalizes the strategy he signaled then
COG warns the air will be unhealthy for sensitive groups as a hot, dry stretch settles over the region already under a drought watch
The city's largest-ever infrastructure project enters its final phase as crews finish testing; sewer inspections begin this month
Free online event features Alexandria Vice Mayor Sarah Bagley and local transit officials from across Northern Virginia
Fire marshal ruled the blaze accidental; one resident was displaced and the home is uninhabitable
COG urges voluntary conservation as a hot, mostly rainless week pushes Alexandria temperatures toward the mid-90s
Two concepts would remove between 4 and 20 spaces; project is latest in series of Safe Routes improvements on corridor
Officials urge residents near East Glebe Road to use caution around wildlife after the animal made contact with a dog
State officials say storms improved streamflow and topsoil, but groundwater is still far below normal across most of Virginia