Crime Report: Shooting and Syracuse Edition

This week's Arlington County crime report features a Rosslyn Holiday Inn guest who's accused of firing a gun at what he "thought" was an intruder in his room. As police dryly noted, "there was no...

Soccer Tourney Coming to Arlington This Weekend

The annual Arlington Spring Invitational soccer tournament will kick off Friday. The tournament features 500+ boys and girls travel teams and about 4,500 players from around the mid-Atlantic...

Favola: Tourism Funding Still Up in the Air

Arlington County Board members are still figuring out what to do now that much of the county's tourism promotion budget has been effectively slashed by the Virginia General Assembly. Last week a...

Police Shut Down 14th Street Bridge

Update at 11:45 p.m. -- News outlets are reporting that the officer's injuries are not life-threatening. Update at 3:15 p.m. -- All lanes of I-395 in D.C. have been reopened. Update at 12:00...

Meet Your New Sister City

Arlington has a new sister city, and she's eastern European. On Friday, county board chairman Chris Zimmerman will be joined by Viktor Anushkevychus, mayor of the city of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine,...

School Board Race Remains Uncontested

Barring any surprises, it looks likely that school board member Abby Raphael will coast to re-election this fall. No other Democrats have filed to challenge Raphael for the endorsement of the...

Morning Notes

Zpizza Opens in Rosslyn -- Office-dwellers in Rosslyn have another lunchtime option. Local pizza chain Zpizza has opened next to the Baja Fresh at 1100 Wilson Boulevard. Alexandria Mayor...