Yorktown Student Wins Local Art Competition

(Updated at 10:25 a.m. on 5/21/12) A Yorktown High School student has won the honor of having his artwork displayed in the U.S. Capitol. Yorktown student Ryan Carroll was announced the winner of...

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Arlington Valor Awards Held -- The Arlington Chamber of Commerce held its annual Valor Awards presentation yesterday. More than a dozen personnel from the Arlington County Fire Department, Police...

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Incentives for Home Energy Efficiency -- Arlington County is partnering with a nonprofit group to provide 320 Arlington homeowners with incentives to improve their home's energy efficiency....

UPDATED: Power Outage Affecting NW Arlington

(Updated at 11:30 a.m.) Nearly 3,700 1,500 Dominion customers are without power in the northwest corner of Arlington. The power outage is currently affecting the Yorktown, Williamsburg and East...

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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...

Library Requesting High School Yearbook Donations

(Updated at 3:25 p.m.) If you attended high school in Arlington, you have something in common with Warren Beatty, Shirley MacLaine, Katie Couric and Sandra Bullock. All are immortalized in yearbooks...

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Circuit Court Judge to Retire -- Arlington Circuit Court Judge Joanne F. Alper, the first woman appointed to the Arlington Circuit Court, has announced her retirement. Alper plans to retire on...

Yorktown Defeated in Regional Championship

A historic Yorktown High School football season came to an end Friday with a disappointing 37-13 loss to South County in the VHSL Class AAA Division 5 Northern Region championship game. The...

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Extended Mall Hours for Black Friday -- Arlington's two biggest shopping malls will be open earlier than usual for the traditional post-Thanksgiving shop-a-thon known as Black Friday. Ballston...

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Board Approves $4.5 Million Water Main Project -- On Saturday the County Board approved a $4.5 million contract to install a 36-inch water main under Glebe Road and Williamsburg Boulevard. Part...

Student Drinking Prompts Letter to Parents Following Football Game

Apparently the anti-drinking video made by Yorktown High School students last month didn't quite get the point across to everybody. A letter sent to parents and students last week reveals that a...

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Arlington's Historic Strip Malls -- Arlington County is trying to convince owners of garden apartment buildings, one-story shopping centers and other properties deemed 'historic' to agree to be a...

Yorktown Completes Undefeated Regular Season

Yorktown High School beat cross-county rival Washington-Lee 55-33 on Friday to complete a perfect 10-0 season -- the first undefeated regular season in school history. The Patriots football...

Yorktown Students Make Anti-Drinking Music Video

Yorktown High School students found a creative way to remind their classmates to avoid drinking during Homecoming: they created an original song and a corresponding music video. " was produced...

Yorktown Football Continues Winning Ways

We're continuing to follow the Yorktown High School varsity football team's undefeated season. The Patriots are now 8-0, having defeated the Falls Church Jaguars 55-6 on Friday night. The...