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Morning Notes

Published July 29, 2021 at 7:30AM

Manafort Home Up for Sale — A house in the Clarendon area that was once sought as a forfeiture to the federal government as part of the case against Paul Manafort is now up for sale. The house is owned by Manafort’s daughter, though the feds once argued that it was paid for by Manafort with money transferred from a shell company in Cyprus. The 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath home is listed for $2.35 million. Manafort was pardoned by President Trump late last year. [Realtor.com]

Northam Announces Mental Health Funding — “Governor Ralph Northam today announced that the Commonwealth will commit $485 million in federal and state funding to address pressing challenges in Virginia’s behavioral health system. The plan includes targeted investments to alleviate pressure on state mental health hospitals, strengthen community-based services, and increase support for substance abuse treatment and prevention programs. The Governor made the announcement at the Arlington County Community Services Board and was joined by Senator Adam Ebbin and Delegates Mark Sickles, Patrick Hope, and Alfonso Lopez.” [Press Release, Twitter, Twitter]

Around Town

ARLnow Welcomes New Team Members

By ARLnow.com

Published June 21, 2021 at 10:45AM

Soccer and field hockey at Long Bridge Park, with the Boeing building and Crystal City/Pentagon City skyline in the background (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Two new full-time employees and a summer intern have joined the ARLnow team, helping to produce a greater breadth and depth of local news coverage on our sites.

David Taube started last month and is primarily focused on reporting for our Fairfax County news sites: Reston Now and Tysons Reporter. He joins us from the Hearst Television national desk in Pittsburgh.

News

ARLnow Parent Company Announces Three New Hires

By ARLnow.com

Published October 5, 2020 at 3:30PM | Updated October 5, 2020 at 4:03PM

ARLnow’s parent company, Local News Now, is proud to announce three new full-time hires.

These hires, two of which are for newly-created positions, are made possible by a strong recovery in LNN’s advertising business since the depths of the pandemic-induced recession. We were further emboldened to add to our team, despite uncertainty about the economy and the pandemic, by our ARLnow Patreon community and the support provided by readers.

Around Town

Thank You for Getting Us Through, Arlington

By ARLnow.com

Published July 1, 2020 at 3:00PM

The Rosslyn skyline in the spring (Staff Photo by Jay Westcott)

At least for now, ARLnow has weathered the storm caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and we’ve done it with your help.

Back in March and April, things were looking bleak. For a time, advertising sales were down over 40% and new sales had nearly stopped. We were staring into a void of financial losses and a worsening economic picture. But then things started going right.

Feature

Local Businesses Can Promote Themselves on ARLnow for Free

By ARLnow.com

Published April 2, 2020 at 11:00PM

Do you operate a small business in Arlington that is open but struggling amid the coronavirus shutdown?

We know the feeling. And we want to help.

Around Town

Thanks, Arlington, We’re Continuing to Work Hard for You

By ARLnow.com

Published March 25, 2020 at 11:55PM | Updated March 26, 2020 at 12:41AM

A week ago, we leveled with you: a deterioration in the advertising business is putting ARLnow in a tough spot.

Tonight we’re happy to say that readers have answered our call for temporary support and provided a meaningful level of donations via Paypal and monthly pledges via Patreon.

Around Town

How ARLnow Plans to Continue Covering the Coronavirus Crisis

By ARLnow.com

Published March 18, 2020 at 9:45PM | Updated September 23, 2020 at 11:22AM

Last month, ARLnow set a new all-time readership record: 1.45 million pageviews. In the nine days since the first coronavirus case was reported in Arlington, we have blown that away, setting fresh records every night.

For the past 30 days, we’ve served 600,000 readers and just under 2 million pageviews.

Opinion

ARLnow Removes Old Crime Reports from Search Engine Indexing

By ARLnow.com

Published March 6, 2020 at 1:30PM | Updated June 18, 2020 at 3:03PM

Police car at night (file photo courtesy Kevin Wolf)

ARLnow is moving to remove old crime reports from internet searches.

After a review of past articles, we made the decision to keep the crime report articles on our site, but to mark each as pages that should not be indexed by Google, Bing and others.

Around Town

ARLnow, Sister Sites Set New Traffic Records

By ARLnow.com

Published February 13, 2020 at 11:15AM | Updated March 13, 2020 at 12:32PM

Maybe it’s the lousy weather keeping everyone glued to their phones and computers. Maybe it’s people tiring of the endless stream of national political news. Or maybe there’s just been a lot going on locally.

Whatever the explanation, ARLnow has officially set a new 30-day web traffic record.

Events

Join ARLnow to Celebrate Our 10th Anniversary

By ARLnow.com

Published January 14, 2020 at 10:00AM | Updated January 14, 2020 at 11:20AM

On Jan. 29, 2010, ARLnow.com launched with an inauspicious post that basically no one except the family and friends of the site’s owner read. It was followed by a post about 2-4 inches of snow in the forecast.

Ten years later, despite major challenges in the local news biz, this site is still around. A quarter million people read it each month. We have a dedicated, full-time team; a newly-formed alumni group; a long list of fantastic advertising clients (thank you for supporting local journalism!); and an office in a Ballston high-rise complete with a mini fridge stocked with Diet Coke and a granola bar drawer.

Around Town

Some Changes in the Works at ARLnow

By ARLnow.com

Published December 23, 2019 at 4:30PM

An ARLnow reporter is leaving but a familiar face and a new intern will be joining the team in January.

ARLnow’s Kalina Newman is leaving to pursue a new career in organized labor as the Press Secretary for the AFL-CIO. Her last day is today.

Opinion

A New Slate of Opinion Columns is Debuting Next Week

By ARLnow.com

Published October 25, 2019 at 11:20AM | Updated October 25, 2019 at 11:54AM

ARLnow’s mission is to connect and improve our local community — residents, workers, local businesses, nonprofits and government — via high quality, original journalism and photography.

In addition to our own reporting, we seek to fulfil our mission via contributions from community members. As part of that, we’re debuting a new slate of opinion columns, focused on specific local topics, starting Monday. These columns will alternate every other week with our existing columns: Progressive Voice, The Right Note, Peter’s Take, and What’s Next With Nicole.