Lubber Run Amphitheater Repairs Approved

The Lubber Run Amphitheater will be open for performances later this summer thanks to the efforts of community members and county staff. Just two months ago, a 107-page county-commissioned study...

DCA Runway Work May Direct More Planes Over Arlington

Through the end of 2011, crews will be working to rehabilitate the main runway at Reagan National Airport. The work will force the closure of the runway at night, and will result in more planes...

Accident Involving Electric Car on Columbia Pike

We don't usually report on minor accidents that have no traffic impact, but it's not every day you see an accident involving an electric car. A Global Electric Motorcars GEM e4 and an SUV were...

Lyon Park to Hold Spring Fair, Big Wheel Grand Prix

Lyon Park will hold its annual Spring Fair and Big Wheel Grand Prix on Saturday. The fair is being held on the grounds of the Lyon Park Community Center (414 N. Fillmore Street) from 11:00 a.m. to...

Accident on Route 50

(Update at 12:20 p.m.) An SUV ran off the road and crashed through an iron fence near the intersection of S. Manchester Street and Route 50 just after 10:30 this morning. Firefighters had to...

Metro Seeks Input on Proposed Weekend Rail Cuts

WMATA will hold a public hearing on proposed service cuts at the Arlington County Board Room (2100 Clarendon Blvd) on Wednesday. In addition to cuts to several bus lines in Maryland and the...

Firefighters Battle House Fire in Lee-Harrison

Update at 9:40 a.m. -- A firefighter is receiving medical attention for what was reported as an injury from a fall. The fire has been extinguished. Firefighters are battling a fire on the second...

Police Seek Office Theft Suspect

(Updated at 10:40 a.m.) Two years ago, Kenneth Earl Tolliver's face was showing up on local newscasts after he was accused of robbing a 99-year-old woman in her Silver Spring, Md. home. At the time...

Morning Notes

Police Search for Suspects Near Shirlington -- While you were (probably) sleeping, Arlington police were trying to track down two suspects who fled on foot near Shirlington. Just before 1:30...