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Published February 12, 2021 at 7:30AM

Planning Process for Pentagon City Underway — “Amazon.com Inc.’s vision for Pentagon City is decidedly futuristic, anchored by a helix-shaped building that looks straight out of a sci-fi novel. Arlington County’s existing plans that guide the neighborhood’s growth, meanwhile, date back to the days of disco… The open question is how much more development the tech giant will inspire.” [Washington Business Journal]

SUV Overturns on GW Parkway — From WTOP yesterday morning: “NB George Washington Pkwy before the Key Bridge, crash involves one on its side with the left lane only squeezing by.” [Twitter]

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CVS To Begin Administering Vaccines in Va. on Friday

By ARLnow.com

Published February 11, 2021 at 10:30AM | Updated February 11, 2021 at 10:52AM

(Updated at 10:50 a.m.) CVS locations in Virginia, including in Arlington, will start administering COVID-19 vaccines tomorrow (Friday).

CVS pharmacies across the Commonwealth are fully booked with appointments, which are for now open to residents 65 and older.

Opinion

Morning Poll: What Do You Think of the APS Return to School Plan?

By ARLnow.com

Published February 11, 2021 at 9:30AM

The Arlington Public Schools Syphax Education Center (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Most Arlington students will be heading back to classrooms next month.

Arlington Public Schools announced Tuesday that in-person learning — with students in classrooms two days per week — will resume for all grade levels between March 2 and March 18, with younger students starting earlier. Students who opt out will remain in full-time virtual learning.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published February 11, 2021 at 7:30AM

Love Notes in Rosslyn — “In honor of Valentine’s Day, we created Rosslyn Love, a community-wide free activity where anyone in the DMV could submit a message to be displayed across four temporary murals outside of 1550 Wilson Boulevard in Rosslyn. Whether it was for a partner, a friend, coworker, family member, healthcare professional or even just a favorite spot around the neighborhood, we received over 400 messages of love and gratitude.” [Rosslyn BID]

Dems Keep Focus on Equity — “The Arlington County Democratic Committee in early March is expected to make its ad-hoc Inclusion and Equity Committee a permanent standing committee. The goal, deputy party chair Maggie Davis said, was to ‘do better including more people that look like the population of Arlington’ in Democratic Party activities.” [InsideNova]

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County to Remain Open Monday for Presidents Day

By ARLnow.com

Published February 10, 2021 at 11:30AM | Updated February 10, 2021 at 1:53PM

(Updated at 1:50 p.m.) The celebration of George Washington’s birthday may be a state and federal holiday, but it will not be observed on a county level in Arlington this year.

The holiday colloquially known as Presidents Day — technically a federal holiday called Washington’s Birthday and a Virginia state holiday called George Washington Day — will be a day just like any other for most Arlington County offices and personnel.

Weather

Arlington Under Winter Weather Advisory Starting Tonight

By ARLnow.com

Published February 10, 2021 at 10:30AM | Updated February 10, 2021 at 11:17AM

(Updated at 11:15 a.m.) Another round of wintry weather is on tap, starting late night.

A Winter Weather Advisory was issued this morning for Arlington and other parts of the region, with forecasters calling for 1-3 inches of snow accumulation through Thursday morning. Additional rounds of snowfall are expected in the days ahead.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published February 10, 2021 at 7:30AM | Updated February 10, 2021 at 9:40AM

Confusion Over CVS Vaccine Reservations — “The confusion began early Tuesday morning, with people reaching out to ABC7 to express their frustration over the COVID-19 vaccine registration process at CVS pharmacies in Virginia. ‘They didn’t do what they said they were going to do, and it’s just really frustrating,’ said Roxanne Grandis, who’s been trying to make vaccine appointments for her elderly parents.” [WJLA]

Some Kudos For County Vaccination Effort — “Virginia’s been struggling for weeks to administer vaccine doses. Out of the 1.38 million doses the Commonwealth received, officials only injected 1.1 million. That’s roughly 80%. Meanwhile, Arlington County is setting the standard at 97%. How did they do it? With other areas struggling, how did Arlington Public Health succeed on all levels? Local officials say it’s been a team effort.” [The Dogwood]

Weather

Prepare Now for Possible Snowstorm, County Says

By ARLnow.com

Published February 9, 2021 at 11:30AM

Brine lines (file photo by Jay Westcott)

Arlington residents should “take steps today to prepare for winter weather,” the county’s emergency management office says.

Snow is in the forecast for seven of the next eight days, and the National Weather Service is cautioning of a winter storm threat from Thursday into Friday. (See below.)

Opinion

Morning Poll: Have You Been Tested?

By ARLnow.com

Published February 9, 2021 at 9:30AM

As of Monday, a total of 189,689 coronavirus testing encounters have been reported in Arlington County.

That’s nearly one test for every adult in Arlington since the start of the pandemic. Of course, not everyone has been tested.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published February 9, 2021 at 5:00AM

A cyclist rides over Boundary Channel near the Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove at sunset (Staff Photo by Jay Westcott)

Arlington Man Dies in Texas Crash — “Early Sunday morning, police responded to a three-vehicle crash which resulted in a man’s death and an arrest of a 42-year-old woman… The driver involved in the head-on collision with Sanchez, identified as 33-year-old Eyob Demoze of Arlington, Virginia, died at the hospital.” [Fox 29]

TSA Catches Loaded Gun at DCA — “Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers caught an Arlington County, Virginia, man with a 9mm handgun loaded with seven bullets including one in the chamber at a Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport security checkpoint early this morning, Monday, Feb. 8.” [Press Release]

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Woman Robbed, Another Threatened By Pair in Stolen Car

By ARLnow.com

Published February 8, 2021 at 3:00PM

File photo

Two male suspects in a stolen car robbed a woman while threatening another who tried to photograph them, according to Arlington County police.

The incident happened Friday afternoon around 4:30 p.m., near the intersection of S. Eads Street and 15th Street S. in the Crystal City area, across from Amazon’s future HQ2.

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Vaccinations Numbers Rise Amid Long Lines at County Facility

By ARLnow.com

Published February 8, 2021 at 10:30AM | Updated February 8, 2021 at 11:01AM

Lines for vaccinations at Arlington's Sequoia Plaza complex in February 2021 (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

(Updated at 11 a.m.) COVID-19 vaccinations have reached a new peak in Arlington, but the effort has led to lines at one county vaccination site.

Nearly 5,000 doses have been administered in Arlington over the past four days, according to Virginia Dept. of Health data. The seven-day trailing average of doses administered is now just shy of 900 per day, a new record for the county.