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...

Arlington Rapist Charged with 2009 Murder

Former Marine and convicted rapist Jorge Torrez is now accused of murder. Federal prosecutors say Torrez is responsible for the 2009 death of Amanda Snell, a 20-year-old Navy intelligence...

Moon-Linked Sheraton National Hotel Sold

The 417-room Sheraton National Hotel has been sold to a Connecticut-based hotel investment firm. The hotel, located just off of Columbia Pike at 900 S. Orme Street, had been owned by National...

Morning Notes

Where Are the GOP Candidates? -- So far, Arlington Republicans have not been able to find a single candidate willing to run in any of this year's six county government races. The last time a...