Nearly 3,000 homes and businesses in the Ballston area are in the dark on a chilly night.
The outage was first reported late Saturday afternoon. As of 5:30 p.m., Dominion’s website listed 2,801 customers without power, in an area roughly bounded by N. Glebe Road, I-66, N. Quincy Street and Wilson Blvd.
Good Friday 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 — Jan 16, 2026.
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
Scattered snow showers will transition to rain showers between 10am and noon before the skies gradually clear up and become mostly sunny with a high of 47°F. A south wind of 8 to 10 mph and gusts up to 21 mph accompany a 50% chance of precipitation. On Saturday night, expect a chance of rain after 1am, mixing with snow after 4am, and a mostly cloudy sky with a low around 31°F. Light and variable winds will become northwest around 5 mph after midnight, with a 30% chance of precipitation. See more from Weather.gov.
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In the season of ghouls and goblins, Arlington yards transform into terrifying terraces. From 12-foot skeletons looming over county streets to plastic webs engulfing neighbors’ shrubbery, there is not a decoration missing this time of year. Though these faux-fright facades are temporary, legend says that Arlington is home to many year-round haunted locales.
Old Post Chapel, 204 Arlington Avenue, Fort Myer
Located on Ft. Myer, a location with the type of history that brews paranormal activity, The Old Post Chapel has had the most consistent report of creepy happenings. Built in 1935, the chapel has been used for church service and weddings for many service members, but the house of worship has also been the place of final honors for soldiers who have fallen.
Reports have stated that many service members have heard disembodied voices and footsteps. And it’s not just humans that get spooked, patrolling K9 units refuse to enter the building and bark at the door. Supposedly, there is a resident poltergeist— a young, grieving widow, who threw herself off the chapel’s bell tower, waiting for her love.
Arlington Hall Station, 111 S. George Mason Drive, National Guard Readiness Center
During the early 1940s, what started as an all-girls finishing school became an intelligence center decoding German and Russian code. The headquarters, an epicenter of secrets, has reported strange activity over the years. Many have reported hearing footsteps from empty rooms, but the spookiest dates back to the hall’s days as a women’s school. The story is that a student fell pregnant by a stable hand, unable to face the shame and embarrassment, she took her own life– now her phantom can be seen exiting and entering a ladies’ powder room, checking her makeup before she vanishes.
Febrey-Kincheloe House, 6030 Lee Highway, Overlee Community Pool
The ghost that haunts Overlee’s Febrey-Kincheloe House is more of the Casper-type. This friendly apparition, Margaret, was the daughter of Ernest Febrey– the builder and owner of the home – who died of tuberculosis in 1913. Many people, including construction workers, realtors, swimmers and children, have all reported to have had interaction with the outgoing ghost. Though her Victorian garb may seem out of place poolside, she is reported to just want to make new friends.
Wakefield High School Theater, 1325 S Dinwiddie Street
It is unknown where the Phantom of the Opera Wannabe has gone since the demolition of the old school theater in 2013, but Wakefield used to have a resident ghost that would make appearances to both students and staff. If you sat quietly in the balcony seats, the piano may start playing spontaneously, lights would begin to flicker, and equipment would move to impossible angles. The activity is rumored to be the spirit of a crewmember who fell off the catwalk to his death in the early 1960s. Supposedly, he would still hang around the catwalk reliving his final moments.
Though these are some of the most reported and popular sites for Arlington’s ghost population, it wouldn’t be shocking to hear that there are lesser known, but equally as spooky, haunted sites present in the county. Share in the comments any rumored, or first-person, accounts of paranormal activity in Arlington!
A constitutional amendment to codify abortion access has cleared the last major hurdle before likely going to Virginia voters for a referendum in November.
Today (Friday), the Virginia Senate advanced an amendment to protect abortion in the Constitution of Virginia 21-18, following an earlier 64-34 vote by the Virginia House of Delegates. A simple majority of voters would need to vote in favor for the legislation to be approved.
Falls Church Restaurant Week is back beginning next week, with the largest-ever number of establishments participating.
A record 66 restaurants will participate in the event Friday, Jan. 23 to Sunday, Feb. 1, offering restaurant week menus, special items and other exclusive offers. This is in addition to those participating in Metropolitan Washington Winter Restaurant Week, which returns on Monday.
“This little composition…is, alas, the final mortal sin of my old age. A little technique, a little heart, that is all.”
Gioachino Rossini’s "Petite Messe Solennelle" is neither little nor entirely solemn. Yet beneath the wit and irony of its title lies one of Rossini’s most personal creations, which blends the theatrical brilliance and unforgettable melodies of his comic operas—including extraordinary and virtuosic arias—with an almost uncharacteristic tenderness and spiritual depth.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia voters will decide whether to back a redrawn district map that favors Democrats in the tit-for-tat battle for the U.S. House after the left-leaning Senate advanced a proposed constitutional amendment on Friday that supports mid-decade congressional redistricting.
Such a congressional map has not been publicly released, though lawmakers say that will change by the end of the month. Officials have repeatedly vowed that voters would see a proposed map before the referendum is held, likely in April.
A 38-year-old Arlington woman has been charged with attempted arson after allegedly pouring gasoline in the office of an apartment building.
The incident happened around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday on the 3200 block of 24th Street S. in the Green Valley neighborhood. That corresponds with The Shelton, an apartment building with a years-long history of resident complaints about safety and living conditions.
A Wakefield High School student was sent to the hospital Friday morning after being exposed to fumes in a shop class.
The Arlington County Fire Department dispatched a hazmat team to the school around 10:30 a.m. after reports of people getting sick in the shop class.
Arlington is home to numerous galleries, studios and other opportunities to soak in culture and artistic talent.
Here are the nominees for “Best Visual Art Organization in Arlington” as part of our ARLnow Readers’ Choice awards.
A New Jersey-founded restaurant featured on Shark Tank is bringing its bold pizza, cheesesteak and homemade mozzarella stick options to Rosslyn.
Tony Boloney’s is planning a grand opening of its first permanent location in the D.C. area on Jan. 27 at Upside on Moore (1700 N. Moore Street). Started as a small restaurant in Atlantic City in 2009, the restaurant is known for pushing the boundaries of comfort food.
