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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Jul 18, 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 — Jul 18, 2025.

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

  1. New Civil War research sheds light on Columbia Pike military camp for Black troops (25443 views)
  2. Arlington unemployment rate reaches highest point since the pandemic (22425 views)
  3. Declining interest in office buildings drives push for fresh approaches in Arlington (11944 views)
  4. Notice: Order of Publication for Civil Claim in General District Court (10170 views)
  5. County: Spotted lanternflies “here to stay” in Arlington (10003 views)
  6. NOW: Firefighters battling house fire in North Arlington (8040 views)
  7. New partnership creates fresh opportunities for Arlington County Fair next month (7342 views)
  8. UPDATED: Shed fire at car lot across Arlington border (7301 views)
  9. Man convicted of sexually assaulting two women in Courthouse and Va. Square break-ins (6811 views)
  10. Phillies draft Yorktown High School graduate known for strike outs and fastballs (6468 views)
  11. Over a dozen overnight break-ins reported at parking garage off Columbia Pike (6091 views)
  12. Green Valley dispute pits civic association against affordable-housing provider (4753 views)
  13. Power outages reported after storm floods roadways, peppers Arlington with lightning (4580 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

There’s a slight chance of showers before 1pm, with showers and thunderstorms possible from 1-5pm and likely after 5pm, along with a high of 86 and light afternoon winds. Saturday night, expect showers and thunderstorms mainly before 8pm and a low around 73. Both days have a 60% chance of precipitation, with potential rainfall between a tenth and a quarter-inch, potentially higher during thunderstorms. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part! You can’t even passively take part! And you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels…upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make it stop!”
– Mario Savio

🌅 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.