An extreme athlete from Arlington has broken the world record for the fastest time in a series of 50K races on all seven continents.
Michael Wardian, 51, completed a seven-day string of back-to-back ultramarathons in every corner of the world on Friday morning, a spokesperson told ARLnow. His net time of 26 hours, 40 minutes and 16 seconds smashed the record of 31 hours, 25 minutes and 37 seconds that Christian Brown Johnson set during the Great World Race the previous year.
The procession of monks walking for peace was on the move again today (Tuesday), leaving Arlington for their final destination in D.C.
The Buddhist monks, who progressed through Arlington yesterday as part of a 2,300-mile journey on foot from Texas, stayed the night at Marymount University and continued northbound on N. Glebe Road around 7:30 a.m.
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Special Election Today — “A Special Election for Member, Senate of Virginia 39th District will be held on February 10, 2026 to fill the vacancy of Adam Ebbin. Only registered voters of Virginia Senate District 39 are eligible to vote in this special election. The Senate of Virginia 39th District roughly covers Pentagon City, Crystal City, Aurora Highlands, and east Arlington Ridge.” [Arlington County]
Other Va. Elections — “The final makeup of Virginia’s state legislature is still unknown three months after the general election as a slew of appointments by Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) triggers a domino effect of special races across the commonwealth.” [Washington Post]
WaPo Layoffs Bigger Than Thought — “News reports about the layoffs, including this one from the New York Times, generally agreed that about one-third of the Post’s newsroom would be eliminated by the layoffs. However, an accounting by the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, the union that represents Post journalists, finds that the paper’s management eliminated closer to half of the journalists it used to employ.” [Washingtonian]
Gun Dealers Blast Bills — “Firearms dealers at a Northern Virginia gun show said a slew of proposed state gun laws could force them out of business, while attendees and event organizers accused lawmakers of trying to trample their Second Amendment rights… General Assembly Republicans and trade associations representing sport hunters said the legislation effectively bans all modern firearms from being sold in the commonwealth.” [Washington Times]
Local Chocolate Shops — “Chocolates make perfect Valentine’s Day gifts. And it’s always a sweeter deal when you support local businesses. So, this Valentine’s Day, consider gifting handcrafted sweets from these Northern Virginia chocolate shops.” [N. Va. Magazine]
The Cold, Quantified — “DC just had their coldest half-month period (16 days) in THIRTY-TWO years! Accounting for missing data…since the day before our snow/sleet event (January 24th) though yesterday (February 8th) the average temperature at DCA was 23.1°F. This passes the Christmas-New Years cold outbreak of 2017-18 and moves us just behind 1994 in recent history.” [Mike Thomas/X]
Warmup Coming — “The next few days will see a good deal of sun, with temperatures rising to the mid-40s, with a good deal of sun — generally still below average, at 47 for a high on Feb. 9 in D.C. It’ll be somewhat chillier for a time late week but more typical instead of memorable. Then it’s 40s until a storm chance detailed below. Next week, the weather could turn legitimately warmer than average.” [CWG/X]
It’s Tuesday — Expect partly sunny skies today, a high near 48, and a south wind at 3-7 mph. Tuesday night will be mostly cloudy with a low around 35. The south wind will increase to 7-9 mph before turning northwest after midnight. [NWS]
Good Monday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.
The following articles were published earlier today — Feb 9, 2026.
Here is what’s going on Tuesday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
Expect partly sunny skies today, a high near 48, and a south wind at 3-7 mph. Tuesday night will be mostly cloudy with a low around 35. The south wind will increase to 7-9 mph before turning northwest after midnight. See more from Weather.gov.
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.”
– Walt Whitman
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Avant Bard Theatre’s Resistance Readings Project continues with a staged reading of Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Tom Stoppard’s darkly comic and sharply political examination of authoritarianism, censorship, and dissent, directed by Avant Bard Artistic Associate, Kathleen Akerley.
Set inside a Soviet psychiatric hospital, the play follows a political prisoner whose resistance to the state becomes inseparable from questions of sanity, truth, and personal freedom. Blending absurdist humor with urgent political commentary, the play remains strikingly relevant in moments of cultural and political uncertainty.
Arlington County police are investigating an attempted bank robbery in Ballston.
The robbery was reported around 3:30 p.m. at the Wells Fargo Bank at 1011 N. Stafford Street, near the Ballston Metro station.
A procession of Buddhist monks has been passing through Arlington this afternoon, drawing crowds of onlookers and rolling road closures.
The monks, who are nearing the end of a 2,300-mile journey on foot from Fort Worth, Texas, arrived in Arlington via Richmond Highway after spending the morning in Alexandria. They were passing by S. Fern Street on Army Navy Drive around 3:30 p.m.
With only a few days to go until Valentine’s Day, reservations are filling up at many restaurants in Arlington and Falls Church.
Below is a non-exhaustive list of establishments where tables are still available during typical dinner hours on Saturday, Feb. 14. Other restaurants only have options for those willing to come before or after the dinner rush.
Starbucks no longer has a presence at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City after shuttering two kiosks.
Starbucks spots in the mall’s Macy’s and food court have closed. The food court location is vacant, while the other has signage indicating that the cafe is gone and the area is “temporarily closed for construction.”
An Arlington man is behind bars after police say he stabbed another man Saturday night in the Buckingham neighborhood.
The stabbing happened on N. Thomas Street, shortly before 6:30 p.m. Police say the victim, who knows the suspect, suffered serious injuries.
