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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Feb 28, 2025

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 — Feb 28, 2025.

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

  • Federal workers pack Arlington town hall as county braces for impacts of DOGE (21994 views)
  • UPDATED: Man arrested after bank robbery near Columbia Pike (19833 views)
  • Clarendon’s Barnes & Noble is closing in May for remodeling around new brewery (9946 views)
  • Bar Bao closes early after reported fight in latest rowdy incident (9759 views)
  • APS may shutter ‘Integration Station’ program for coming school year (9329 views)
  • NEW: $1.7B Arlington budget proposal calls for higher meals tax, restrained schools transfer (8251 views)
  • Hit and run suspect accused of assaulting officer in Virginia Square (5783 views)
  • Former W-L coach acquitted of sex crimes, still faces second trial (5385 views)
  • Facing federal uncertainty, Arlington seeks more tech companies (5370 views)
  • GMU’s Scalia law school removes DEI pages, prompting student petition (5151 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 a partly sunny day that will gradually turn fully sunny with a high near 60 degrees. Breezy conditions will prevail, initially featuring southwest winds of 10 to 15 mph, which will shift to northwest winds of 19 to 24 mph later in the morning. Wind gusts may reach up to 39 mph. Saturday night will be clear with a low of around 24 degrees and blustery as northwest winds continue at 17 to 23 mph, gusting up to 37 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

    💡 Quote of the Day

    “Little by little, one travels far.”
    – J.R.R. Tolkien

    🌅 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. 👋

    About the Author

    • Launched in January 2010, ARLnow.com is the place for the latest news, views and things to do around Arlington, Virginia. The ARLnow staff byline is used for the Morning Notes and reporting done by an editor or other member of our full-time staff.