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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Feb 6, 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 — Feb 6, 2026.

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

  1. BREAKING: Arlington Public Schools closed Monday, ‘limited’ trash collection to resume (20332 views)
  2. BREAKING: Man charged with attempted murder after incident at Trump official’s Arlington home (17244 views)
  3. Anti-ICE protesters target North Arlington home of Hilton CEO (14828 views)
  4. Grocery Outlet in Falls Church plans grand opening with giveaways next week (10640 views)
  5. Buddhist monks on 2,300-mile ‘Walk for Peace’ arrive in Arlington next week (12177 views)
  6. The Washington Post guts coverage of D.C. area in mass layoffs (9622 views)
  7. JUST IN: Schools will reopen on a two-hour delay Tuesday, APS says (9182 views)
  8. Arlington syphilis infections are on the rise, nearly 50% over statewide average (8410 views)
  9. NEW: Enforcement on unshoveled sidewalks begins today in Arlington (8165 views)
  10. Falls Church leaders plan potential large-scale redevelopment of townhome community (7641 views)
  11. Morning Poll: How would you grade Arlington’s snow removal effort? (6712 views)
  12. Morning Poll: Do you agree with the APS closure decisions? (5883 views)
  13. WEATHER ALERT: Chance of snow early Wednesday (5836 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 sunny skies and a high temperature of 18 degrees, but wind chills could plunge as low as -8 due to strong northwest winds of 25 to 29 mph, and gusts reaching up to 60 mph. For Saturday night, the skies will be mostly clear with a low near 10, while wind chills could drop to -6. The blustery conditions continue with the northwest wind blowing at 15 to 24 mph, and gusts peaking at 43 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
– Winston Churchill

🌅 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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  • 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.