ARLnow Daily Update

Arlington marked 25 years since the 9/11 attacks with a ceremony at Fire Station Five, following the morning observance at the Pentagon. Also today: protections for more than 170,000 Salvadoran immigrants held in place after a federal deadline passed w...

Crews have fenced off the Marine Corps Memorial through early November while they clean and restore the bronze, and Arlington's WERA 96.7 is back on the air under temporary FCC authority — though for now it is broadcasting only music while Radio Arling...

Arlington's three County Board candidates clashed over the tax burden, office-to-residential conversions and e-bike safety in their first general election debate, while Libertarian congressional candidate Shelly Arnoldi drew renewed criticism after rep...

Arlington County has set aside $50,000 for grants to families whose primary wage earner has been detained by immigration enforcement, and Arlington Public Schools opened the school year with enrollment down 1.6% from last year. Skanska has also won a $...

A severe overnight storm knocked out power to nearly 20,000 Arlington homes and businesses, and almost 4,000 customers were still in the dark Friday afternoon as forecasters issued another severe thunderstorm watch. Arlington police also opened an inve...

Arlington's County Board voted to intervene in the proposed $67 billion Dominion-NextEra merger, citing rising electric bills, while new state figures show the county's jobless rate holding at 2.9% even as its workforce shrinks. Falls Church, meanwhile...

County staff are reviewing last month's fatal crash on S. Glebe Road under Arlington's Vision Zero plan, and police have charged a D.C. woman in Monday's carjacking near Rosslyn. Also today, APS students improved in four of five categories on Virginia'...

Arlington employment fell 4.5% over the past year, tying Washington, D.C. for the largest drop among the nation's biggest localities, while police investigate the county's second carjacking in two months. Also today: the death of restaurateur Bobby Lee...

Arlington Public Schools welcomed about 27,000 students back today at just over 99% staffing, and Arlington Community High School opened its first permanent home in space donated by Amazon at HQ2. The Arlington Food Assistance Center is asking the coun...

A man who says Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers left him with a brain injury during a Columbia Pike arrest is asking Arlington County police to open a criminal investigation, and federal investigators say controllers never heard Marine One'...

A severe thunderstorm watch is up for Arlington until 10 p.m. tonight, with damaging winds, hail and even a possible tornado in the forecast. Arlington police are warning parents that e-motorcycles aren't appropriate for teenagers as classes resume Mon...

Arlington has released the locations of 10 new school-zone speed cameras, with ticketing at existing cameras starting Monday, Aug. 31, the first day of classes. Also today: the county's new microtransit pilot has logged about 1,500 rides since April, a...

Arlington police issued a critically missing alert for a 15-year-old girl last seen Friday afternoon in the Long Branch Creek neighborhood, and a man is being held without bond after an officer allegedly came upon him choking a robbery victim a block f...

A cyclist was struck by a driver at a Wilson Blvd intersection in Bluemont for the second time in less than a week, and a two-alarm fire at a Ballston apartment building Sunday night sent one resident and one firefighter to the hospital with non-life-t...

St. John's Episcopal Church in Glencarlyn is closing after more than 130 years, with its last regular service set for Aug. 30, and Falls Church is moving toward proactive winter inspections of uncleared sidewalks after last January's storms left some s...

Tornado and severe thunderstorm watches are in effect for Arlington and the D.C. area until 10 p.m. tonight, with forecasters warning of hail and wind gusts up to 70 mph. Also today: Shirlington's Corso Italian is closing indefinitely after flooding le...

Local officials are demanding answers after a Mexican immigrant said immigration agents shocked him with a stun gun in Arlington, leaving him with a brain bleed, while a suspicious object inside a military office building shut down a Ballston street fo...

Police have identified Katherine Krueger, 48, as the pedestrian struck and killed Sunday night while in a crosswalk on S. Glebe Road, and a 51-year-old Arlington man now faces nine counts of attempted malicious wounding over gunfire at a Gunston Middle...

Two pedestrians were killed in separate crashes on a stormy Sunday night, and a bicyclist was seriously injured Monday afternoon on Wilson Blvd in Bluemont. Police also handled two incidents involving teens at the Arlington County Fair over the weekend...

A new county report finds Arlington more diverse and far more digitally connected than five years ago, but its typical household is earning about 4% less after inflation. The Kennedy Center board voted to close most of the building for two years and ad...

Arlington's independent policing auditor will now report directly to the County Board, following a closed session that ran nearly three hours, and the driver who killed a Washington-Liberty graduate in a 2024 DUI crash has been released from jail after...

A state investigation reported by The Free Press alleges a pattern of antisemitism at Yorktown High School and a limited response from Arlington Public Schools, while VHC Health announced a record $17.5 million gift that will fund a new cancer center o...

A man held at the Arlington County jail for nearly a year died Monday after an apparent medical emergency in his cell, and more speed cameras are coming to Arlington school zones for the new school year. Monday evening's storms also knocked out power t...

A man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the Pentagon City stabbing that killed his wife and seriously wounded their baby daughter, while Arlington spent Monday afternoon under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect until 9 p.m. Arlington Democrats...

A severe thunderstorm watch covers Arlington until 9 p.m. tonight, with forecasters warning of quarter-sized hail and wind gusts up to 65 mph. Also today: an independent candidate has entered the county treasurer's race for the first time since 1991, a...

The founder of an Arlington children's dance program, missing since Sunday, was found dead in the Potomac River, and the FAA is investigating why a commercial jet was cleared to take off from Reagan National as Marine One approached with President Trum...

Arlington's incumbents cruised in Tuesday's primaries, with Rep. Don Beyer and County Board Chair Matt de Ferranti each winning comfortably amid light turnout. Also today: three new townhomes are going on the market at the site of the deadly Bluemont h...

Longtime state Sen. Janet Howell, who represented parts of Arlington during a 32-year career in the Virginia Senate, died Sunday at 82. Also today: Arlington Public Schools heads into the new year with a pilot program cutting back elementary iPad use a...

Yorktown High School is getting a new principal, while Arlington's Re-Gen wastewater project is expected to produce Class A biosolids and renewable natural gas by late 2030 or early 2031. Arlington Public Schools also awarded 39 diplomas at its first s...

Arlington unemployment remains sharply higher than at the end of 2024, while analysts say the county's apartment rents may have peaked for the year. County Board candidates are also tempering expectations for a new Columbia Pike library.Read the storie...

Police are investigating at least six burglaries or attempted burglaries near Rosslyn, and Arlington's County Board candidates are debating affordability, taxes and economic strategy ahead of Tuesday's primary. Arlington Public Schools is also developi...

A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for Arlington through 10 p.m.; a former police officer and another suspect face charges after an Arlington auto-fraud investigation; and WERA 96.7 is working to return to the air before a federal deadline tonigh...

Arlington is remembering Green Valley civic leader and historian Dr. Alfred Taylor, who died at 91, while police investigate gunfire after a dispute near Gunston Park. Arlington Public Schools also expects nearly $2.9 million more in state funding, red...

Your weekday audio briefing from ARLnow, covering the local stories published in the past day.In this episode• Missing Middle dispute• Library and Lee Center planning• Arlington cityhood• Sponsored update from PJI Law• Sidewalk debate• Dangerous dog ca...