A Baltimore man is facing multiple charges after a police chase ended in Shirlington late Thursday afternoon.
The chase started on northbound I-395 around 4:15 p.m. after a Virginia State Police trooper spotted a car that had earlier run from Alexandria police, according to VSP.
The Key Bridge was closed in both directions “for an unknown duration” at the start of the evening rush hour.
An Arlington Alert message about the closure was sent out around 4:45 p.m.
President Donald Trump has been floating plans for a new arch monument at a heavily trafficked roundabout near Arlington National Cemetery.
Depicting a winged “Lady Liberty” flanked by two eagles, the monument — called “Independence Arch” in mock-ups but now known by the informal name “Arc de Trump” — would stand in a traffic circle on the Virginia side of Memorial Bridge, about a quarter mile from the Arlington Cemetery Metro station.
A North Arlington community center may close as soon as next spring for a multimillion-dollar maintenance project.
That’s when the Madison Community Center will begin undergoing $6.7 million in renovations, bringing a new roof, climate control system, windows, better lighting and other improvements to the lower-level fitness center and adjacent restrooms, according to a county webpage.
Arlington voters are casting ballots ahead of Election Day in numbers that could set a new high for years that don’t include the presidential race.
“We’re on track to see record early voting turnout in a non-presidential election,” county election director Gretchen Reinemeyer told ARLnow. “As of the end of Monday, there’s been a 48% increase over the same timeframe in 2021.”
Some members of two Arlington advisory bodies are unhappy with changes being imposed on their groups’ responsibilities.
A joint meeting of the Bicycle Advisory Committee and Pedestrian Advisory Committee last week offered a chance for the groups reporting to County Manager Mark Schwartz to lay out the new ground rules that Schwartz has requested. But the general sentiment on those advisory groups was that the changes could be costly to transportation planning in the long run.
Thieves Pepper Spray Witness — “At approximately 6:36 p.m. on October 14, police were dispatched to the report of a larceny in progress. Upon arrival, it was determined two female suspects entered the business, collected merchandise and exited the store without payment. A witness confronted the suspects as they entered their parked vehicle, during which the passenger, Suspect Two, deployed pepper spray before both suspects fled the scene in the vehicle.” [ACPD]
Flyover Scheduled Today — From AlertDC: “The U.S. Military will conduct an Aircraft Flyover in the NCR over Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday, October 16 at approximately 11:10AM.”
More Federal Layoffs Planned — “The Trump administration could slash more than 10,000 federal jobs during the government shutdown, White House budget director Russell Vought said Wednesday. “We want to be very aggressive where we can be in shuttering the bureaucracy, not just the funding,” said Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget.” [CNBC, Axios, Associated Press]
Reporters Vacate Pentagon — “Nearly every Pentagon reporter from almost every major media outlet in America turned in their press badges Thursday, after refusing to endorse the Defense Department’s new rules that they say would make it impossible to do their jobs independently.” [Axios, WTOP]
No Info on Paused Federal Grants — “Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration is not providing Virginia legislators or the public details of hundreds of millions of dollars of paused federal grants, according to records requests and documents acquired by VPM News and WAMU.” [VPM]
GOP Shows Reply Texts — “We texted Arlington Democrats earlier this week about an 11-year-old victim of Richard Kenneth Cox. Here are some responses from Arlington Dems and the original text.” [NSFW: Arlington GOP/X]
Beyer Tackling Energy Costs — “Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) today led 21 U.S. Representatives representing districts within the PJM Interconnection service territory, the largest power grid operator in the United States, to demand that PJM take key steps to address skyrocketing energy bills for American households.” [Press Release]
Fintech Week in Pentagon City — “Promising to bring “the brightest minds in finance, technology, and regulation to explore the future of fintech,” DC Fintech Week got underway at Amazon HQ2 on Tuesday.” [DC News Now]
Doc Looks at W&OD Trail History — “A new PBS documentary is airing this weekend, and it features Northern Virginia’s own Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail… Harnik says the W&OD Trail — which partially opened in 1974 in the City of Falls Church with the help of NOVA Parks and Dominion Energy — was instrumental in pushing the national rails-to-trails movement forward.” [FFXnow]
Warm End to Month? — “Looking ahead at DC’s weather thru back half of October: Lots of highs in the 60s to near 70 — close to average or a little above. A few chances of rain (next one Sunday night); we need it!!! Watching tropics at end of month.” [CWG/X]
It’s Thursday — Expect sunny conditions and a high temperature around 62 degrees, accompanied by a north wind blowing at 9 to 14 mph and gusts reaching up to 26 mph. Thursday night will be clear with the temperature dropping to a low of around 42 degrees, while the north wind continues to blow at approximately 8 mph. [NWS]
As a 23-year-old voter in still-segregated 1960s Virginia, Portia Haskins was convinced she had followed all the rules in order to cast a ballot in Arlington.
Election officials disagreed, saying she had failed to pay the appropriate poll tax still required in the Old Dominion, maintained in part to disenfranchise Black voters.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration for now must stop firing workers during the government shutdown, a federal judge ordered on Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco said the cuts appeared to be politically motivated and were being carried out without much thought.
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is selling his Arlington home after it was repeatedly targeted by activists.
The nearly 6,000-square-foot house, custom built with interiors that “embrace a refined Southern California aesthetic,” is listed for $3.75 million. Located on a cul de sac adjacent to a park in a quiet northern Arlington neighborhood, it sold new in 2023 for $2.875 million, records show.
No racial or ethnic group in Arlington comes close to earning enough household income to afford median priced single-family homes in Arlington, and some groups struggle to afford median-priced condominiums, according to new data.
Even the county’s white population, which has by far the largest median household income, is “nowhere near” being able to afford median priced single-family housing, said Keith Waters of the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University.
Arlington County police are investigating shots fired in the Green Valley neighborhood.
The gunfire rang out around 10 p.m. Friday night near The Shelton apartment complex. No injuries were reported but a bullet damaged a window in a nearby residential building.
