Obama Unveils Jobs Plan During Arlington Visit
President Obama chose Arlington's Fire Station No. 5 (1750 S. Hayes St) as the place to deliver a speech about the creation of a new Veterans Jobs Corps. Around 11:30 a.m. the President arrived at...
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Guilty Plea Entered in County Fair Embezzlement Case
A former county employee accused of embezzling from the Arlington County Fair has pleaded guilty to all counts against her. Denise Marshall Roller pleaded to 11 felony counts, including...
Morning Notes
County Expects Fewer Housing Dollars from Feds -- Federal spending cuts and a reduction in poverty in Arlington have combined to result in a relatively steep drop in federal housing dollars for...
Moran Responds to Cut of Planned Parenthood Funds
On Tuesday, the Susan G. Komen Foundation For The Cure cut its funding for Planned Parenthood. The money had supplied breast exams for 170,000 women over the past five years. The founder of the...
President Obama to Visit Fire Station 5 Tomorrow
(Updated at 2:20 a.m.) President Obama will visit Arlington's Fire Station 5 tomorrow morning to discuss a new initiative to help returning military veterans get jobs -- including jobs as...
Crystal City Man Convicted of Prostitute Attacks
A man accused of forcing prostitutes to perform sex acts at gunpoint in Crystal City is facing a lengthy jail sentence after pleading guilty or being found guilty on an assortment of charges. Last...
Morning Notes
Obama to Appear in Arlington on Friday -- President Obama will deliver a speech about the economy at Arlington's Fire Station 5 on Friday. The fire station is located on S. Hayes Street in Aurora...
Crime Report: Crimes Against Women
This week's Arlington County crime report contained several incidents of frightening crimes against women. Among them: RAPE, 01/25/12, 3000 block of Columbia Pike. Between 2 and 3 pm on January 25,...
Man Found Dead in Rosslyn
(Updated at 11:20 a.m.) A parking attendant was found dead in Rosslyn this morning. A security guard found the man without a pulse and not breathing at the entrance to a garage at the Waterview...
DEVELOPING STORY: Suspicious Package at DCA
(Updated at 11:10 a.m.) The Arlington County Fire Department has cleared the scene at Reagan National Airport, where it had been assisting Airport Police with a suspicious package. The bomb squad...
Police Ask for Sexual Assault Victims to Come Forward
The Arlington County Police Department's Special Victims Unit asks for the public's help in solving a crime. The department is trying to catch a sex offender and would like victims or witnesses to...
Morning Notes
Hotel Palomar For Sale? -- Connecticut-based HEI Hospitality LLC is in talks to buy Hotel Palomar (1121 19th Street N.) in Rosslyn for a reported $45 million, or nearly $300,000 per room. The...
Renderings of Pike ‘Rosenthal’ Development Released
New renderings of the development planned for the Rosenthal Jeep/Chrysler dealership site on Columbia Pike have been released on the Arlington County web site. The renderings show the front...
‘Startup Virginia’ Launches in Arlington
A new organization that will help Virginia entrepreneurs connect with each other and grow their companies was launched this morning at George Mason University in Arlington. Startup Virginia, part...
Morning Notes
Arlington Office Vacancies Up -- Arlington and Alexandria were the only two D.C. area markets that saw a significant increase in office vacancies in 2011, according to recently-released data....
