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UPDATED: Bishop O’Connell High School Evacuated Due to Threat

Published March 4, 2016 at 11:55AM | Updated March 4, 2016 at 5:58PM

Update at 6 p.m. — Arlington County Police have issued the following statement about today’s incident.

Staff at Bishop O’Connell High School contacted an Arlington County Police School Resource Officer after they received a bomb threat that was telephoned to the school. After the school was evacuated, canine resources from the US Park Police, WMATA Metro Transit Police, and Pentagon Force Protection Agency assisted Arlington County Police canine in conducting a thorough and systematic search of the school.

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UPDATED: Police Investigating Woman’s Death Near Virginia Hospital Center

By ARLnow.com

Published March 2, 2016 at 3:15PM | Updated March 2, 2016 at 11:22PM

(Updated at 5:10 p.m.) Arlington County Police and the county fire marshal are investigating the death of a woman in the High View Park neighborhood.

The 69-year-old woman’s son found her dead from in the kitchen of her home on 18th Street N., near Virginia Hospital Center, said Arlington County Police spokeswoman Ashley Savage. Three people, including the woman and her son, live in the home, she said.

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BREAKING: McAuliffe Announces Deal to Widen Eastbound I-66

By ARLnow.com

Published February 10, 2016 at 11:25AM | Updated January 16, 2018 at 2:31PM

The compromise is intended to appease lawmakers from outside the Beltway, many of whom opposed the idea of tolling I-66 without adding capacity to the often clogged highway. It’s likely to rankle some residents in Arlington, where in the 1970s a citizens group formed to oppose the construction of I-66 in the first place. That group now advocates for a “wiser, not wider” I-66.

According to various news reports, the compromise calls for eastbound I-66 to be widened to three through lanes between the Dulles Connector Road the Fairfax Drive/Glebe Road exit, within the existing highway right-of-way.

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JUST IN: Virginia DMV Office to Remain on Four Mile Run Drive

By ARLnow.com

Published January 15, 2016 at 2:15PM

We reported in November that the DMV was planning to end its lease this spring and move to the Barcroft Plaza shopping center in the Falls Church area.

The planned move was not particularly well-received in Arlington nor in Fairfax County, where the new DMV office was to open. Del. Lopez organized a community meeting in Arlington to hear concerns about the plan, while residents of Fairfax County’s Mason District lambasted the plan and the anticipated traffic and parking problems the new DMV would bring.

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BREAKING: Bank Robbery in Pentagon City

By ARLnow.com

Published January 7, 2016 at 10:20AM | Updated January 7, 2016 at 4:49PM

Photo courtesy Trevor W.

Update at 4:50 p.m. — The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward in the case.

Earlier: Arlington County Police are on scene of a bank robbery at the Wells Fargo in Pentagon City, across from Costco.

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BREAKING: Attempted Bank Robbery Reported in Rosslyn

By ARLnow.com

Published December 30, 2015 at 4:54PM | Updated December 30, 2015 at 11:23PM

(Updated at 5:15 p.m.) Arlington County Police are on the scene of an attempted bank robbery in Rosslyn.

The incident happened around 4:45 p.m. at the Wells Fargo Bank on the 1300 block of Wilson Blvd.

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UPDATE: Woman Dies After Five-Vehicle Crash in Whole Foods Parking Garage

By ARLnow.com

Published December 28, 2015 at 5:00PM | Updated December 29, 2015 at 1:42PM

(Updated at 1:40 p.m.) A woman has died following a crash in the Market Common Clarendon parking garage, which serves Whole Foods customers.

The crash happened around 4 p.m., in the underground garage at 2700 Clarendon Blvd.

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Two Arrested Following Shooting Near Pentagon City Mall and Police Chase

By ARLnow.com

Published December 18, 2015 at 5:15PM | Updated December 19, 2015 at 12:04AM

(Updated at 11:55 p.m.) Two suspects are in custody after leading Arlington County Police on a vehicle pursuit through the District of Columbia, following a shooting near the Pentagon City mall.

The alleged road rage incident happened around 3:10 p.m., at the 15th Street South exit of the mall’s parking lot. NBC 4 reported that a driver was having trouble using a credit card to exit from one of the gates. The driver was trying to get the car behind to let them reverse out, when someone in that car fired a gunshot in the air.

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BREAKING: Police Pursuit Ends in East Falls Church

By ARLnow.com

Published December 10, 2015 at 3:40PM | Updated December 10, 2015 at 4:59PM

(Updated at 4:55 p.m.) Three suspects are in custody after a vehicle pursuit ended near Benjamin Banneker Park in a quiet East Falls Church neighborhood.

The chase of a stolen vehicle that may have originated in Loudoun County was reported to Arlington authorities as it made its way down the Dulles Toll Road. The vehicle sped down toll road to I-66, with Fairfax County Police cruisers, the FCPD helicopter and Virginia State Police in pursuit, before exiting at East Falls Church.

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UPDATED: Overturned Vehicle on Columbia Pike

By ARLnow.com

Published November 16, 2015 at 5:35PM | Updated November 17, 2015 at 4:09PM

(Updated 6:35 p.m.) All lanes of Columbia Pike are blocked due to an overturned vehicle near Thai Square restaurant.

One person was reported to be trapped and injured. Firefighters removed the man from the vehicle, a Honda hatchback, and transported him to a local hospital.

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BREAKING: Multi-Vehicle Accident on Route 1 in Crystal City

By ARLnow.com

Published November 4, 2015 at 2:15PM | Updated November 4, 2015 at 4:25PM

(Updated at 3:10 p.m.) Southbound Route 1 was closed between 20th and 23rd streets, near Crystal City, due to a multi-vehicle crash this afternoon.

At least 9 vehicles were involved and medics responded for at least two injuries. One of the injured parties, a young mother, was transported to a local hospital after being trapped in her severely damaged Prius. Rescuers cut off the roof of the car to free her.

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BREAKING: Man Critically Injured After Jumping From Bridge While Running from Police

By ARLnow.com

Published November 3, 2015 at 11:05PM | Updated November 4, 2015 at 1:23PM

(Updated at 1:15 p.m.) A man has been badly injured after jumping off a bridge while running from Arlington County police.

The incident happened around 11 p.m. Tuesday on Shirlington Road, between the Shirlington and Nauck neighborhoods