A local resident says someone carved a swastika into his Tesla.
The resident, who lives along a busy street in the Courthouse area, says the vandalism happened overnight Thursday into Friday.
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Winter weather, economic jitters and the fatal Jan. 29 aircraft collision combined for a challenging start to 2025 at Reagan National Airport.
Acknowledging 2025 has opened as “a turbulent year,” the president of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) told the body’s board of directors he believed the long-term outlook remains positive — despite ongoing uncertainty.
The proposed $845 million fiscal 2026 budget to fund Arlington Public Schools (APS) for the 2025-26 school year has again brought up concerns over how much funding should go into classrooms and how much is needed to provide central-office oversight.
Given fiscal challenges faced by the county government and school system, and the ongoing uncertainty over the region’s economic future, those concerns may be more pronounced this year.
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A cyclist was seriously injured after being struck by a driver in Clarendon this morning.
The crash happened just after 8:30 a.m. on eastbound 10th Street N. at N. Irving Street, across from Fire Station No. 4.
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Two measles exposures were reported at Reagan National Airport and on the Yellow Line last Friday.
Exposures were possible on the airport’s terminal shuttle bus between noon and 2:30 p.m., the Virginia Department of Health announced in a press release yesterday. They were also possible between 12:15 and 3:15 p.m. on the Yellow Line train from the airport, transferring at the L’Enfant Plaza station to the Silver Line train heading toward Downtown Largo.
The Arlington County Board has joined a chorus of regional voices asking Dominion Energy to be more judicious in tree removal efforts.
The Board unanimously voted on Tuesday in support of a resolution calling on the energy company to avoid draconian efforts to manage the landscape along Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) Regional Park and adjoining power lines.
The D.C. area’s restaurant community is warning of closures as economic pressures and federal actions raise fears of less spending and higher costs.
Impacts may be less severe in Arlington and Falls Church than in D.C., as some businesses are considering leaving the District for “better deals” in Northern Virginia. However, Shawn Townsend, president of the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW), cautioned that Arlington restaurants remain vulnerable to issues involving federal job cuts, rising costs and a possible meals tax increase.
Ousted AIM CEO Alleges Bias — “[Kernodle] points the finger at basically everyone else: the county board and staffers who balked at her request for funds, the AIM board of directors, volunteers at WERA, and even the media outlet ARLnow … ‘my grave mistake was telling people that’s what my goal was. I told them I was going to undo White patriarchy and White privilege through the media.'” [Washington City Paper]
Armed Robbery of Lighter — “The male victim was outside when the male suspect approached him and asked for a lighter. The victim loaned the suspect their lighter and the suspect began to walk away with it. When the victim verbally confronted the suspect, he lifted his shirt exposing what appeared to be a firearm before fleeing the scene on foot.” [ACPD]
Limbo for Feds — “All over the country, fired federal workers got a bit of good news this week — they’re getting their jobs back. For now, anyway. The recently rehired could soon become the newly re-fired, and the productivity of the entire federal workforce is taking another hit.” [Axios]
Architect for DCA Project — “On Wednesday, the airports authority board awarded an initial two-year contract not to exceed $35 million to Houston architecture and engineering firm PGAL Inc. to provide design and planning services for a new concourse within Terminal 1 at DCA.” [WBJ]
Plea in Classified Doc Case — “A civilian electrical engineer for the Department of Defense pled guilty today to unauthorized removal and retention of classified material. According to court documents, Gokhan Gun, 51, of Falls Church… without permission, removed at least five classified documents from his Department of Defense workspace.” [DOJ]
Gov: Va. Can Take Over for DOE — “Governor Glenn Youngkin and Virginia education leaders expressed support for the Executive Order issued by President Donald J. Trump returning education to the states. The Executive Order directs U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to take all steps within her authority to return education to the states.” [Press Release]
It’s Friday — Expect sunny and breezy conditions with a high of 57 degrees and northwest winds blowing between 17 to 21 mph, gusting up to 36 mph. Friday night will have increasing clouds and a low of around 37 degrees. The west wind will calm to 5 to 7 mph. [NWS]
The spotlight is on South Arlington in an upcoming episode of WETA’s local real estate television series, “If You Lived Here,” which airs next week.
The episode and season finale showcases three homes in the Four Mile Run area and in the Fairlington and Claremont neighborhoods. Part of the series’ fourth season exploring D.C.-area homes, the episode premieres this Monday, March 24.
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A Georgetown scholar living in Rosslyn has been detained by immigration authorities, prompting an outcry, including from Arlington’s congressman.
The arrest happened Monday night at the Rosslyn home of Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national, as first reported by Politico. It has continued the national debate about the intersection of free speech and immigration, which started with the arrest of a pro-Palestinian Columbia graduate student.
Arlington County’s water pipes are receiving their annual cleaning starting next week, bringing temporary changes to tap water’s taste and odor.
Starting Monday and continuing through May 5, tap water will be treated with chlorine instead of chloramine “to clean water mains and clear them of any flow issues.”
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Over $400,000 in funding for immigration-related services is included in a package of grants that the Arlington County Board approved for local nonprofits this week.
However, one Arlington-based organization focused on immigrant communities — the Ethiopian Community Development Council — pushed back at a County Board meeting on Tuesday after a selection panel declined to recommend funding the nonprofit. Board members declined to bend the rules to help, but said they would help the group find additional streams of funding and other support.