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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Oct 31, 2025

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 — Oct 31, 2025.

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

  1. Family of top White House official moved from Arlington home to military housing (31775 views)
  2. Police respond to rollover crash on Glebe Road, three-vehicle pileup up in EFC (16524 views)
  3. HQ2 left largely untouched as Amazon announces 14,000 corporate layoffs (7936 views)
  4. When to expect trick-or-treaters and other tips for Halloween in Arlington (6713 views)
  5. JUST IN: Police announce arrest after tobacco shop robbery and stabbing (5997 views)
  6. ACPD: Man with boxcutter tased after threatening officer in Ballston Metro station (5563 views)
  7. McDonald’s ‘actively working’ to replace Black history mural after demolition in Hall’s Hill (4247 views)
  8. ACPD: Airbags stolen from a half dozen cars in Crystal City (4192 views)
  9. Stay cautious and support food pantries if you can, Arlington advocates urge amid uncertainty (4093 views)
  10. ‘Taco Bell DC 50K’ will take runners to two Arlington Taco Bells next month (3540 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 sunshine and a high of around 61 degrees, accompanied by a west wind blowing at 7-10 mph, gusting up to 20 mph. Saturday night will be mostly cloudy with a low temperature near 43 degrees, and calm winds. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
– Abraham Lincoln

🌅 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! If you have something to say about an issue of local note not covered today, feel free to post it as a letter to the editor on our new forum. 👋

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