The GW Parkway is back open after closing Sunday morning due to expected snow.
The commuter route had been closed between Spout Run and the Beltway since 6 a.m. Sunday. Currently, only one lane is open in each direction through the Parkway’s construction zone.
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 — Jan 20, 2025.
Here is what’s going on Tuesday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
Flurries possible after 10am, with a cloudy high of 22 and west wind at 5-7 mph. At night, there’s a slight chance of snow showers before midnight, with clouds clearing and a low of 9 but wind chill values as low as -3. Expect light, variable wind becoming northwest at 5-10 mph in the evening and a 20% chance of precipitation. See more from Weather.gov.
“It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”
– Abraham Lincoln
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Question: How has the Arlington single-family home market performed in the first half of 2026?
Answer: Arlington’s single-family detached (SFD) market got busier and more competitive in the first half of 2026, yet prices increased at their slowest pace since 2023.
More Competition, Modest Appreciation (Resale Market)
Note: this data is for resales of single-family detached (SFD) homes; I have a separate analysis of the new construction market further down.
Dig Deeper: Performance Varied by Size, Price Point
The appreciation gap between the average price (3.5%) and median price (1.9%) matters. The average is more sensitive to expensive sales. In 2026, 15.7% of closed resales sold for $2M or more, up from 12.7% in 2025. At the other end of the market, only 21.7% sold below $1M, down from 24.4%. That shift toward higher-priced homes helped lift the average faster than the median.
Average and median prices are useful, but neither tells us whether gains were shared evenly across the market. To test that, I divided the closed resale market into four sold-price quartiles for each year. Each quartile represents one-fourth of that year’s sales, from the least expensive 25% to the most expensive 25%. (more…)
Very cold weather over the next few days has prompted advisories from the National Weather Service.
Overnight low temperatures in the single digits or low-to-mid teens are expected all week. A Cold Weather Advisory — in effect starting tonight (Monday) and extending through Thursday morning — notes that wind chills could reach -10 degrees.
A car was driven into the Four Mile Run creek near Shirlington this afternoon.
The crash happened shortly after 2:30 p.m., near the intersection of S. Walter Reed Drive and Arlington Mill Drive.
Join the Rosslyn BID and Arlington Arts at the 34th Rosslyn Jazz Fest 2026 featuring live jazz, food trucks, local vendors, and family-friendly activities in the heart of Rosslyn! This year’s lineup is bringing a diverse mix of performers and bands redefining the jazz music genre including Plena Libre, Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars, Parlor Greens, and Dogo du Togo & the Alagaa Beat Band.
It’s still mostly rain that’s falling outside as of 1:30 p.m., but that’s likely to change soon.
Temperatures are dropping and forecasters say the immediate D.C. area should expect heavy snow and deteriorating conditions, starting around 2-3 p.m. The big threat later tonight, as frigid temperatures set in, is ice.
Home losses in consecutive conference basketball contests over a four-day stretch snapped a six-game winning streak for the Bishop O’Connell Knights boys team.
O’Connell (13-5, 3-2) shot poorly in both outings as it lost to the Bishop McNamara Mustangs, 59-39, then to the Gonzaga Eagles, 56-47, Friday (Jan. 17) in high-school action.
The GW Parkway is closing early Sunday morning due to expected snow.
The National Park Service announced Saturday night that the Parkway would close between Spout Run in Arlington and the Beltway, starting at 6 a.m. A reopening time has not yet been established.
A sex offender is facing numerous charges after he allegedly exposed himself inside the girls’ locker room at the Washington-Liberty High School pool.
The incident on Monday, Oct. 21 is coming to light now and receiving national attention after WJLA reported that Richard Kenneth Cox was allowed to access the girl’s locker room at the W-L aquatics center, which is open to the public for certain portions of the day, after identifying as a transgender.
A Winter Weather Advisory was just issued for Arlington, the District and much of the D.C. area.
The National Weather Service says it expects 2-4 inches of snow to fall Sunday, making travel “very difficult.” Plunging temperatures may also lead to icy conditions Sunday night.
