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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Jan 23, 2026

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 — Jan 23, 2026.

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

  1. Ex-reality TV star from Falls Church to primary Sen. Mark Warner (23570 views)
  2. State of emergency declared, ‘widespread power outages’ expected during snowstorm (20039 views)
  3. Death of unhoused woman in Arlington sparks conversation on intervention options (19770 views)
  4. Five spots in Arlington and Falls Church make Washingtonian’s top 100 restaurants list (15046 views)
  5. BREAKING: Large power outage in Pentagon City area (11784 views)
  6. Gov. Spanberger targets utility bills, power demand amid data center boom in N. Va. (11475 views)
  7. Arlington homeowners could face tax hike as office values plummet 19% (7288 views)
  8. Arlington starts pretreating roads as NWS raises winter storm threat level to “high” (5664 views)
  9. Duplex destroyed in Bluemont house explosion gets rebuilt with new townhomes (5321 views)
  10. NEW: Winter Storm Watch issued for Arlington (5169 views)
  11. Storm brings enforcement of Arlington’s snow removal ordinance: what you need to know (4862 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 clouds to increase with a high around 22 degrees and wind chill values as low as -4. A north wind will blow at 6 to 10 mph, gusting up to 18 mph. On Saturday night, heavy snow is likely after 9pm, with a low around 17 degrees and an east wind at 3 to 6 mph. Precipitation chances are at 100%, with potential new snow accumulations between 3 to 7 inches. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

🌅 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. 👋

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.