Sprayground Parks Open for Summer

The county's three "sprayground" parks opened for business over the weekend, just in time for our first heat wave of the year. The kid-friendly water parks will be open through Labor Day. Due to...

National Science Foundation Mulls Move to New HQ

A major Arlington employer is thinking about packing up and moving to a new building. The National Science Foundation currently employs about 2,100 people at its Ballston headquarters, according...

County Asks: What Should We Get From Comcast?

Every 10-15 years, the 'franchise agreement' that gives one company a virtual monopoly over cable TV service in Arlington is put up for review. The current agreement with Comcast is expiring in 2013,...

Online Fundraiser Seeks New Router for Pike Coffee Shop

Jason Gooljar, the technology director for a D.C.-based environmental non-profit, is on a mission. Gooljar wants to raise $200 to get local, independent coffee shop Rappahannock Coffee &...

Missed Connections in Unlikely Places

If you're unfamiliar with Craigslist's "Missed Connections" section, it's ostensibly a place for people to go to try to find love interests who they saw or talked to in a fleeting moment, who they...

Bob Edwards to Speak at Central Library

Former NPR "Morning Edition" host and longtime Arlington resident Bob Edwards will speak at Arlington Central Library in two weeks. The radio great will reflect on his work at NPR and, most...

Morning Notes

Heat Advisory Today -- The heat and high humidity is not relenting after a scorching Memorial Day. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the D.C region from noon to 8:00...

Power Outages After Storms Race Through Area

Update at 9:05 p.m. -- The number of Dominion customers without power in Arlington is now down to 350. Dominion is reporting that just over 2,500 customers are without power in Arlington after a...

Heavy Traffic on Area Highways

If you're trying to leave town for Memorial Day weekend on I-66 or I-395, you're going to have plenty of company. Westbound I-66 is slow from Rosslyn to Falls Church. Meanwhile, northbound I-395...

Another Accident at Dangerous On-Ramp

Another accident has occurred at the dangerous Washington Boulevard/Columbia Pike interchange. The two-car accident happened this morning on the on-ramp from eastbound Columbia Pike to northbound...

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued

The area is once again under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch. Forecasters say storms with large hail and damaging winds are possible. From the National Weather Service: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS...

Empanada Cart Launching in Arlington

A new food cart is planning to launch in Arlington this weekend. Capital Empanadas will serve "freshly-made Andean-style empanadas" to denizens of the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor and, in a few...

BREAKING NEWS — One Killed in Ft. Myer Heights Fire

(Updated at 1:20 p.m.) A man was killed in a two-alarm fire at the Prospect House condominiums (1200 N. Nash Street) in Ft. Myer Heights last night, authorities have confirmed. Fire broke out in a...

Accident Involving Metrobus on Lee Highway

Police and firefighters are responding to an accident involving a car and a Metrobus on Lee Highway. The accident occurred near the intersection of Lee Highway and Spout Run. Initial reports...

Pro-Immigrant Demonstrators March Through Clarendon

(Correction at 11:50 a.m. -- A quote from Capt. Wasem has been removed. The quote was from his prepared remarks, but was not actually said during the rally.) More than 100 demonstrators marched...