Extra I-66 Lane Expected to Open Tonight

A third "auxiliary" lane will open tonight on westbound I-66, between Fairfax Drive and Sycamore Street. The lane was built as part of a 18 month, $14 million VDOT "spot improvement" project....

Greene Turtle Hoping to Open Soon in Ballston

The Greene Turtle is hoping to open in Ballston by the end of the year. The sports bar and restaurant, on the ground floor of the new Virginia Tech National Capital Region building at 900 N. Glebe...

APS Considering Options for Building More School Capacity

The Arlington County School Board is scrambling to decide on permanent solutions to the school system's current capacity crisis. Facing a burgeoning school population that has grown by 15 percent...

Arlington Among Top-Spending ‘Cities’ for Electronics

(Updated at 11:55 a.m.) Arlington residents really, really like their electronic gadgets, according to a recently-released consumer spending analysis. Arlington ranks sixth in terms of average...

Taxi Van Catches Fire in Ballston

A taxi van caught fire last night in the middle of a Ballston-Virginia Square area intersection. The fire broke out just before 7:30 p.m. in the intersection of 9th Street and N. Pollard...

Photos: ‘Miracle on 23rd Street’

Linden Resources -- formerly SOC Enterprises -- held its annual 'Miracle on 23rd Street' tree-lighting ceremony Friday night. Families from the surrounding Aurora Highlands community formed a...

Morning Notes

Worries Over Proposed Constitutional Amendment -- A proposed amendment to the Virginia Constitution, intended to strengthen protections against local government usage of eminent domain authority,...