A former substitute teacher has been found guilty of engaging in a sexual relationship with a Washington-Liberty High School student.
Timothy Thomas McGhee was found guilty of taking indecent liberties with a minor after a three-day trial, the Arlington County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office announced in a press release. The verdict followed a previous trial in December, where a mistrial was declared due to a hung jury.
Another Arlington post office has scaled back access to its lobby over concerns about crime and homelessness.
The Pentagon City post office (1301 S. Fern Street) introduced new restrictions on the hours for both its lobby and its P.O. boxes on July 30, citing “increased safety issues because of vagrancy and crime.”
Arlington’s commercial real estate market has many challenges, but one factor working in its favor may be D.C.’s tax code.
Taxes across the Potomac have come into the crosshairs of Republican lawmakers since a wave of progressive politicians swept the Democratic primaries in D.C.
Local Man Stops Sexual Assault — A man riding his electric unicycle home to Arlington after an early-morning viewing of the latest Spider-Man movie interrupted an apparent sexual assault at Georgetown Waterfront Park. “I heard a cry for help over and over, repeated,” he told News4. Park Police took a suspect into custody. [NBC 4]
Kayak Launch Floats Away — The $500,000 floating kayak launch at Four Mile Run Park broke from its moorings after weekend rainstorms and is now resting under the Route 1 bridge. “We will make sure it is stronger than it ever was before,” conservancy president Kurt Moser told ALXnow. [ALXnow]
Data Centers to Pay More — State regulators ordered Dominion Energy to develop a policy assigning transmission infrastructure costs directly to data centers and other large-load customers. “This order… makes sure that data centers are paying the full cost of the transmission infrastructure their developments require,” Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) said. [Virginia Mercury, Fox 5]
Beyer on Data Center Backlash — Rep. Don Beyer (D-Arlington) said data center growth is now a top voter concern heading into the midterms. “Most things in America, you’re trying to build a new road, it takes six or eight years. Data centers are going up in a matter of months, and that’s freaking people out.” [E&E News]
Self-Driving Rules Take Shape — A state work group is weighing permitting and liability rules for self-driving vehicles ahead of a Nov. 1 report to the General Assembly. “I don’t think that we want to go down the path of allowing localities to determine where, when, or how autonomous vehicles are going to be used,” Del. David Reid (D-Loudoun) said. [Virginia Mercury]
Reentry Program Expands — “Reentry programming should not stop at the doors of our maximum-security facilities,” Gov. Abigail Spanberger said of a new Intensive Reentry Program at Red Onion State Prison, the 15th such program in Virginia and among the first in the nation at a maximum-security facility. [Press Release]
It’s Thursday — Expect mostly sunny skies today with a high near 91 and a south wind of 6–10 mph gusting as high as 18 mph. There’s a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5 p.m. Overnight lows will be around 75. [NWS]
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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why a plane was allowed to take off as President Donald Trump’s helicopter was approaching Reagan National Airport.
The incident appears to be a violation of safety procedures put in place after last year’s midair collision over the Potomac River. It occurred Tuesday afternoon as Marine One left the White House for Andrews Air Force Base with the president aboard for the first leg of a West Coast trip.
Just before they could complete an extensive journey across much of the country, a man and his goats ran into trouble with Arlington animal control.
Animal control has taken custody of the livestock that arrived in Arlington last week, citing a “legal matter,” Jennifer Toussaint, chief of animal control in Arlington County, told ARLnow.
Arlington Democrats and Republicans will each gather tonight (Wednesday) to dissect last night’s primary results and plot road maps to the Nov. 3 general election.
The meetings follow local primaries that played out mostly as expected.
A trio of townhomes is hitting the market at the site of a former duplex destroyed in a house explosion in December 2024.
An open house for the townhomes will take place on Aug. 15 on the 800 block of N. Burlington Street, developer J. Alex Wilson told ARLnow. Wilson lives nearby in the Bluemont neighborhood and will be moving into one of the new homes.
A proposal for a senior living facility on Langston Blvd received mixed marks at a site plan review committee (SPRC) meeting last week.
The project by Kensington Senior Living won praise from some for generally meeting the spirit of the 2023 Langston Boulevard Area Plan. However, others criticized some design elements, a lack of affordable units and insufficient retail space along Cherry Hill Road.
Ballston Office Conversion Scrapped — “Jemal Real Estate Strategies recently bought 4100 N. Fairfax Drive… Arlington officials approved an application to convert the office building into 269 residential units and ground-floor retail last fall. Jemal scrapped the approved project and instead plans to renovate the 26-year-old building to maintain it as an office.” [WBJ]
Barnes & Noble Replacing Walgreens — “Barnes & Noble will fill the retail vacancy at Pentagon City’s Westpost left by Walgreens, which shuttered in May… The store is expected to open in early 2027… This will be Barnes & Noble’s second Arlington location, joining a 14,000-square-foot outpost in Clarendon.” [WBJ]
Arlington Baseball a Century Ago — “There were several men’s baseball leagues, generally organized around Arlington neighborhoods (e.g., the Ballston Eagles, the Cherrydale Cherries)… Yes, there was a KKK team, and its nickname really was ‘the Klansmen.’ Obviously, those leagues were ‘whites only.’” [FCNP]
First Local Va. Dengue Case — Virginia health officials, working with the Fairfax and Loudoun county health departments, are investigating “a confirmed case of dengue virus infection in a resident who did not have known travel outside of Virginia… This is the first documented case of locally acquired dengue in Virginia.” [VDH]
Oppressive Humidity Arriving — “An unusually intense surge of tropical moisture… may linger for more than a week… Highs should average around 90, producing afternoon heat indexes near 100 on many days.” The city is also nearing its annual average of 40 days at or above 90. [Capital Weather]
It’s Wednesday — A Flood Watch is in effect until 11 a.m., with showers and thunderstorms likely this morning and rain heavy at times. Otherwise, expect patchy fog, mostly cloudy skies and a high near 87. The low tonight will be around 74. [NWS]
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Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and County Board Chair Matt de Ferranti are cruising to victory in tonight’s Democratic primaries, with returns showing both incumbents far ahead of their challengers.
The Associated Press called the 8th District race for Beyer at 7:34 p.m., 34 minutes after Virginia polls closed.
An Arlington woman is alleging that a Tesla dealership’s negligence was responsible for her crashing into a Crystal City storefront in September 2024.
Alemzewd Lawgalet, 59, filed a federal lawsuit last month over the crash, in which a Tesla Y slammed into a salon on the ground floor of the Lenox Club apartment building at 401 12th Street S., catching fire and prompting an evacuation.
