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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Jun 20, 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 — Jun 20, 2025.

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

  1. BREAKING: Nearly 12,000 without power in Arlington and Falls Church (27985 views)
  2. Nonprofit: Affordable housing crisis deepening in N. Va. (12243 views)
  3. UPDATED: Severe storm with considerable damage potential closing in on Arlington (10853 views)
  4. Two APS schools lose Title I designations while another joins the list (8990 views)
  5. Two-bedroom apartment rentals now top $3,000/mo across Arlington (7675 views)
  6. BREAKING: Karantonis and Hope well ahead in local primary vote (7354 views)
  7. More crime concerns in Green Valley drive calls for county support (6563 views)
  8. Giant Lego model of Reagan National Airport to debut next week (6393 views)
  9. D.C. soul food chain gets new life at ghost kitchen near Shirlington (6246 views)
  10. Free tree and shrub planting applications close next week (5808 views)
  11. Man accused of exposing himself near children had numerous recent arrests (5628 views)
  12. New emergency assistance fund for fired federal workers launches in Arlington (4463 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 mostly sunny skies and a high near 91 degrees, with calm winds turning southerly at 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Saturday night will be mostly clear with a low of around 74, accompanied by south winds at around 7 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.”
– Will Rogers

🌅 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.