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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Jul 26, 2024

By ARLnow.com

Good Friday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Jul 26, 2024.

Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.

  1. DEVELOPING: Underground utility fire reported after sound of explosion in Crystal City (13945 views)
  2. Recovery houses for up to eight people proposed for single-family Arlington neighborhoods (13313 views)
  3. GW Parkway closure to detour traffic onto Arlington roads for the next two weekends (10626 views)
  4. UPDATED: Power outage reported in Pentagon City and Crystal City (10360 views)
  5. Family of longtime local cook fundraising after cancer diagnosis (10127 views)
  6. Arlington trades ‘View of DC’ access in Rosslyn for $14 million Gateway Park investment (7144 views)
  7. ACPD: Man breaks into home, demands resident’s car after showing military ID (6855 views)
  8. Affordable housing complexes near Rosslyn and in Long Branch Creek designated as ‘revitalization areas’ (6187 views)
  9. Man who pushed woman out of moving car near Ballston sentenced (5664 views)
  10. ACPD: Men with hammers rob eye care office in Pentagon City (5169 views)
  11. Arlington named ‘fittest city’ in America for seventh straight year (5119 views)
  12. Land purchase for new Columbia Pike fire station approved (4197 views)
  13. Pentagon City Sector Plan re-approved, allowing RiverHouse plans to keep moving forward (4172 views)

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.

Here are the events planned for Sunday:

☀️ Saturday’s forecast

Expect sunny skies and a high around 88 degrees with north winds at 6 mph turning east in the afternoon. Saturday night will bring mostly clear conditions, a low of 68 degrees, and southeast winds at 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”
– Derek Bok

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.

We hope you have a great weekend, Arlington! Feel free to discuss the most-read stories of the week, the upcoming weekend events or anything else of local interest in the comments. 👋

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