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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Mar 20, 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 — Mar 20, 2026.

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

  1. Rep. Beyer introduces bill to eliminate federal income tax for Americans earning under $46,000 (1039221 views)
  2. Local restaurateur buying out Westover Taco to launch N. Va.’s first women’s sports bar (20169 views)
  3. DEVELOPING: Arlington Public Schools to dismiss early Monday due to storm risk (14924 views)
  4. UPDATED: Awaiting second round of storms after Arlington sees mostly rain from first wave (10579 views)
  5. UPDATED: Tornado Watch cancelled for Arlington (9820 views)
  6. County withholding nearly $1M from trash contractor due to missed collections (7953 views)
  7. Xi’an Famous Foods plans new Chinese restaurant in Clarendon (7071 views)
  8. ACPD officer steps in with pizza after APS charter bus gets stuck in mud (6278 views)
  9. Residents question proposal to leave a portion of DCA pedestrian bridge uncovered (5156 views)
  10. New ‘event-driven’ restaurant planned after Rooftop Recess closes in Courthouse (5073 views)
  11. NOW: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for Arlington (4507 views)
  12. Service cutbacks, staff furloughs possible in Arlington depending on tax revenue (4281 views)
  13. Virginia Democrats pass full affordability agenda as General Assembly adjourns without a budget (3994 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 mostly sunny skies with a high near 66 degrees and a gentle north wind blowing at 6 to 8 mph. Saturday night will be partly cloudy with temperatures dropping to around 48 degrees, and winds shifting from the east to south at 6 mph after midnight. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
– Nelson Mandela

🌅 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.