Crime Report: Hot Lingerie and Pepper Spray

A Victoria's Secret clerk was attacked with pepper spray when she tried to stop a man and a woman from stealing lingerie, according to this week's Arlington County crime report. The incident happened...

Car Catches Fire After GW Parkway Crash

Update at 4:10 p.m. -- All lanes have reopened but traffic is moving very slowly, according to the U.S. Park Police Twitter account. Several people were injured after a car ran off the GW...

County Planning Director Susan Bell Retiring

A top Arlington official is retiring. Susan Bell, director of the county's Community Planning, Housing and Development department, will be leaving her post in June, county spokeswoman Mary Curtius...

Repaving, Electrical Work Causes Pike Traffic Headaches

The construction cone slalom on Columbia Pike has converged into one relatively narrow, pock-marked chute of two-way traffic. On one side of the Pike, two lanes are blocked by much-needed...

BREAKING NEWS — Budget Will Hold Tax Rate Steady

Arlington County's real estate tax rate will be held steady for the next year, according to final budget guidance issued by the County Board. At a work session yesterday, the board instructed...

Arlington Holds ‘Sign Workshop’ With Business Owners

Changes are coming to the rules that regulate signs in Arlington. The county held a workshop at Washington-Lee High School last night to gather community input on reworking the current sign...

Del. Hope Decides Against State Senate Run

Del. Patrick Hope will seek reelection to the House of Delegates rather than run for state Senate. The freshman Democrat made the announcement early this morning. "Having stated in the early weeks...

Morning Notes

Tejada, Moran Get 'Snippy' Over Immigration -- At a work session Monday afternoon, County Board member Walter Tejada and Rep. Jim Moran got in a verbal 'tussle' when Tejada suggested that...