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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Jun 27, 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 27, 2025.

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

  1. BREAKING: Harris Teeter closing two stores in Arlington (85024 views)
  2. Amazon gets extended deadline to build next phase of HQ2 (16193 views)
  3. Woman wanted in Arlington GoFundMe fraud case is arrested, accused of stealing $26K (13534 views)
  4. Warning signs accelerate as local homes market is hit by uncertainty (12485 views)
  5. BREAKING: Appeals Court puts Missing Middle back on the books in Arlington (12226 views)
  6. ICE arrests driver who killed California tourist near Arlington (11515 views)
  7. Dim sum restaurant ‘1983 Chinese Cuisine’ to open in Pentagon City (9043 views)
  8. JUST IN: Man extradited from Spain for 2023 shooting in Clarendon (7165 views)
  9. Departing pastor lauded as a ‘lifeline’ for congregation and local community (5511 views)
  10. Four sentenced for kidnapping 83-year-old Arlington veteran in theft scheme (4631 views)
  11. New ‘Foodie Trek’ program offers prizes for visiting restaurants in F.C. and Arlington (4562 views)
  12. Acclaimed Nepalese restaurant in Ballston introduces new ‘Yakky Hour’ (4233 views)
  13. UPDATED: Severe Thunderstorm Watch, Flood Watch issued for Arlington and D.C. area (4042 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

Patchy fog will clear by 9am, making way for a mostly sunny day with a high of 92 and heat index reaching 102. Light south winds at 5-7 mph are expected in the afternoon. For Saturday night, there’s a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, with mostly cloudy skies, a low around 73, and calm winds. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”
– Henry David Thoreau

🌅 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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  • 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.