Author: Dan Egitto

Dan Egitto is an editor and reporter at ARLnow. Originally from Central Florida, he graduated from Duke University and previously reported at the Palatka Daily News in Florida and the Vallejo Times-Herald in California. Dan joined ARLnow in January 2024.

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Army helicopter flights suspended near DCA after more aborted airline landings

By Dan Egitto and The Associated Press
A Black Hawk helicopter flies near the Pentagon on Thursday (via Dave Statter/X)

Helicopters flying near Reagan National Airport caused flight diversions yesterday (Sunday) and Thursday.

The first incident involved an Army Black Hawk helicopter taking a “scenic route around the Pentagon,” according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It caused two commercial aircraft to cancel landings and has drawn the ire of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

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Protesters and Rep. Beyer rally for Rosslyn man detained over Palestine support

By Dan Egitto and The Associated Press
Protesters call for the release of Badar Khan Suri (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

A federal hearing for a Rosslyn man detained over his support for Palestine attracted dozens of advocates yesterday (Thursday), including U.S. Rep. Don Beyer.

At a U.S. District Court hearing in Alexandria, the Trump administration sought to have Indian citizen Badar Khan Suri’s case transferred from the Eastern District of Virginia to Texas. Khan Suri has not been accused of any crimes but is currently in custody over allegations of “spreading Hamas propaganda.”

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Planned Metro work means slower service to DCA this weekend

By Dan Egitto
The Pentagon City Metro station (staff photo by Jared Serre)

Changes to Silver line service and less frequent Blue and Yellow line trains are scheduled for this weekend due to planned track work.

Trains between Pentagon City and Reagan National Airport will run every 18 minutes on Saturday and Sunday. Additionally, the Silver line’s eastern terminus will be in New Carrollton instead of Largo.

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Races for Arlington School Board, County Board and state delegate get underway

By Scott McCaffrey and Dan Egitto
Voting at Arlington Central Library on Nov. 7, 2023 (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Campaigns in Arlington’s Democratic primary and School Board caucus are kicking into gear, with three competitive races at the local level.

Candidates Monique “Moe” Bryant and June Prakash are competing for one open seat on the Arlington School Board.

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ACPD contact with ICE jumps as County Board considers further policy changes

By Dan Egitto
ICE agents on N. Piedmont Street in Ashton Heights (staff photo by Katie Taranto)

Arlington police are contacting immigration enforcement more than they used to.

As of last week, the Arlington County Police Department had contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement 17 times since the start of the year. This is ACPD’s highest rate of voluntary cooperation with the federal agency since the county began publishing these numbers in 2022, according to data provided to ARLnow.

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Arlington professor challenges legality of Trump’s tariffs in lawsuit

By Dan Egitto
President Trump departs in Marine One on Jan. 20, 2021 (Flickr pool photo by Joanna Hitt Kim)

An Arlington law professor is representing a lawsuit attempting to end President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs.

Ilya Somin, a professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, is serving as co-counsel for litigation filed shortly after Trump’s 10% tariff on all imports from most countries went into effect earlier this month.

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Upgrades to ART bus safety and Arlington Blvd interchange included in funding proposal

By Dan Egitto
Crash on ramp from Arlington Blvd (Route 50) to Washington Blvd in August 2016 (staff photo)

Funding for better safety on Arlington buses, a new “microtransit” project and upgrades to a crash-prone intersection is included in a new state funding proposal.

Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board is proposing a total of $13.7 million for Arlington projects in Fiscal Year 2026 as part of a draft Six-Year Improvement Program.

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New traffic light goes live at crash-prone crossing near Lubber Run Community Center

By Dan Egitto
The new traffic lights at N. George Mason Drive and N. Park Drive (staff photo by Katie Taranto)

A new four-way traffic signal has been installed at a high-crash intersection near Lubber Run Community Center, capping off years of efforts to improve safety.

As of this week, the intersection of N. George Mason Drive and N. Park Drive also has curb extensions on all corners, more street lighting and marked crosswalks at all crossings, according to a county webpage. These replace the interim safety measures previously installed to guide vehicles through the intersection.

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Agency envisions bus rapid transit along Columbia Pike and across the Potomac

By Dan Egitto and Scott McCaffrey
A proposed network of bus rapid transit lines across Northern Virginia (via NVTA)

A new long-term “blueprint” to dramatically expand Northern Virginia’s bus rapid transit lines calls for significant investment along core Arlington routes.

A draft Bus Rapid Transit Action Plan, unveiled yesterday (Wednesday) is meant to guide agencies throughout the region as they consider future transit investments. A proposed map of possible BRT lines envisions two routes connecting Columbia Pike to Crystal City and D.C., and another route running east from Falls Church into Rosslyn, across the Potomac River and into Georgetown.

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Regional ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ finalists include three Arlington residents

By Dan Egitto
Felix Brandon Lloyd of Zoobean, alongside co-founder Jordan Lloyd Bookey (file photo)

Three Arlington County residents are among the finalists for the 2025 Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Mid-Atlantic region.

Qu CEO Amir Hudda, Symplicity CEO Matt Small and Zoobean CEO Felix Lloyd have all been recognized by the program that “honors entrepreneurs whose innovations shape the future and pave the way for a thriving economy and hopeful tomorrow.”

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JUST IN: Driver in fatal Ballston crash suffered ‘medical emergency,’ will face no charges

By Dan Egitto
A crash at the intersection of Wilson Blvd and N. Glebe Road in Ballston (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

The driver in a Ballston crash in January that killed a 32-year-old woman will not face any criminal charges, police have announced.

Investigators determined that the driver of the pickup truck that struck and killed a car driven by Xuewei He of McLean “experienced a medical emergency prior to the crash,” the Arlington County Police Department announced in a press release today (Wednesday).

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Retired County Board member leads daily ‘rush hour resistance’ at Fairlington’s I-395 overpass

By Dan Egitto
Protesters over I-395 in Fairlington (courtesy of Libby Garvey)

Every weekday for the past seven weeks, a small but determined crew of anti-Trump protesters has gathered on a Fairlington overpass to greet rush hour commuters.

With signs, a banner reading “No Kings!” and flags of the United States, Ukraine and the European Union, the demonstrators on the S. Abingdon Street bridge wave at the crowded lanes of vehicles driving south on I-395.

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