Arlington’s average home sales price hit an all-time high in April, surpassing the million-dollar mark for the second month in a row.
The average sales price of $1,061,497 for all 224 transactions exceeded March’s total of $1,004,052, according to figures reported May 11 by MarketStats by ShowingTime.
K9 Cop Wins 5K — “Over the weekend, Corporal Doescher of the K9 Unit was the top finisher in the 20th Annual National Police Week 5K with a finish time of 15:21. The 5K honors law enforcement officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice while in service to their communities.” [ACPD/X]
Local Man Charged in Killing — An Arlington man, 26, was arrested in connection with a fatal stabbing in Laurel, Md., over the weekend. The 48-year-old victim was found with multiple stab wounds Saturday and later died at a hospital. Police said the men knew each other and described the incident as domestic-related. [WJLA]
Abduction Arrest Fallout — A man charged last week with an attempted abduction at a Pentagon City shopping center could face additional jail time for two assaults committed in Reston last year. Koby Berry, 28, pleaded guilty to those incidents in April and received suspended sentences; the Arlington arrest would count as a probation violation, triggering a Fairfax County revocation hearing. [FFXnow]
Bridge Closing Saturday — The Mount Vernon Avenue/Arlington Ridge Road bridge between Arlington and Alexandria will be fully closed in both directions from May 16–23 (excluding Sunday). Construction hours are 9 a.m.–3 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday. Traffic will be detoured to Glebe Road and Richmond Highway (Route 1). [ALXnow]
FedTech Lands Alexandria Gig — “The Alexandria Economic Development Partnership has tapped Arlington business development firm FedTech to run its first startup accelerator as the city seeks a more deliberate approach to retaining high-growth tech companies.” The Ballston-based company has worked with roughly 1,000 startups since its 2015 founding. [WBJ]
Arlington Reading List — “Arlington has shown up in more literary settings than people may realize. These books use the county as more than a backdrop, whether it’s a staycation guide, a neighborhood history, or a crime novel.” The roundup includes works by Charlie Clark, Kim A. O’Connell and Ann Patchett. [N. Va. Magazine]
Voting Rights Concerns — “The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling weakening a key enforcement tool of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is fueling new concerns in Virginia over the future of Black political representation, particularly if Republicans regain full control of state government after the next census.” [Virginia Mercury]
More Rain Still Needed — Recent rains in the D.C. region have been hit-or-miss. The District picked up 0.22 inches, with 0.2–0.4 inches common south of the city, but northern suburbs saw little. D.C. is about 1 inch below average for May and 4 inches down for the year. [CWG/Bluesky]
It’s Tuesday — Expect sunny skies today with a high near 72 and light winds out of the northwest at around 5 mph. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low around 55. Winds will shift to the south at 6 to 11 mph, and gusts could reach up to 21 mph. [NWS]
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USCIS administers immigration benefits. In the time-honored tradition of government agencies since the days of Ur and Uruk, USCIS uses forms to collect, store, and interpret information. Immigrants complete these forms in order to obtain benefits. Most U.S. citizens have no idea what reams of paperwork these forms require. An ordinary green card application is comprised of ninety-seven pages of bare forms, which typically are supported by several hundred pages of supporting documents.
In better times, forms are a necessary evil. In the times we actually live in, forms are just another weapon with which to thwack your political opponents.
In the second iteration of the Trump Administration, USCIS has discovered a new, extremely petty way to make immigrants’ lives more difficult – by releasing new form versions which make utterly minute changes, and then decrees that yesterday’s official version is obsolete as of today.
The Office of Management and Budget, by the way, requires that all government forms have an ‘edition date’ and an ‘expiration date.’ USCIS evades this neatly by making the expiration date purely notional – the form can be valid after the expiration date, and it can be decreed obsolete at any time before or after the expiration date. (The edition date is notional, too – in the first months of the Trump Administration, USCIS persistently released forms backdated to January 20, 2025, seemingly just for the inaugural vibes.) The forms altered in the last two weeks are highlighted below.
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 — May 11, 2026.
Here is what’s going on Tuesday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
Expect sunny skies today with a high near 71°F, accompanied by a light north wind that will become variable. Tonight will see increasing cloud cover, with temperatures dropping to around 55°F. Winds will shift to the south at 6 to 11 mph, and gusts could reach up to 21 mph. See more from Weather.gov.
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Pentagon MMA has brought a special honor home to Arlington from the birthplace of Muay Thai.
The Arlington Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu Academy is now officially a certified and registered Muay Thai Gym Partner through the Sports Authority of Thailand and the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand, making Pentagon MMA the only Muay Thai academy on the East Coast to have earned this distinction.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on Monday filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to halt a Virginia ruling invalidating a ballot measure that would have given their party an additional four winnable U.S. House seats.
The move came after the Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a constitutional amendment that voters narrowly passed just last month. The 4-3 state court decision found that the Democratic-controlled legislature improperly began the process of placing the amendment on the ballot after early voting had begun in the Virginia’s general election last fall.
Join us as Signature Theatre joins MoCA Arlington to create a space for mingling, art-making, and discovery! Guests can move through the galleries and enjoy a range of programmed activities, including:
Vintage rack hosted by local sellers — Nicole Lanteri Designs + Thrifted To Be Here
Shop curated selections of vintage art, homewares, clothing and jewelry. A mix of styles, eras + price points!
A Maryland man is facing a serious felony charge after police say he got out of his car and struck a pedestrian.
The apparent road rage incident happened just after 10 a.m. Friday on Shirlington Road near the W&OD Trail, between the Shirlington and Green Valley neighborhoods. It was captured on traffic camera video, below.
Arlington will remain in a single congressional district after the Virginia Supreme Court on May 8 invalidated redistricting approved by Virginia voters just weeks before.
Unless the U.S. Supreme Court decides to intervene or Democrats can conceive another end-around to overturn the decision, district boundaries revert to where they had been. For Arlington voters, this means all of the county remains in the 8th District, where Rep. Don Beyer will attempt to fend off several primary challengers in August.
A pair of infrastructure projects are getting underway in Rosslyn, seeking to improve pedestrian safety and restore the structural integrity of a major sewer line.
Both projects, which seek to avoid potentially serious consequences for local residents, may bring temporary road and sidewalk closures.
Pike Cornerstone has closed its doors for the last time after just over two years in business.
The restaurant and bar, which aimed to create a “home away from home” atmosphere with hearty bar fare, cocktails and a dog-friendly patio, held its “final call” on Saturday. It opened at 2900 Columbia Pike, at the former site of Rebellion on the Pike, in April 2024.
As anticipated, the championship game of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference girls softball tournament was a close contest.
Top seed St. Paul VI Catholic Panthers battled it out with second-seeded and four-time defending champion Bishop O’Connell Knights. During the regular season, the high-school rivals had split two low-scoring, one-run games, the first in extra innings.
