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A man who last month entered pleas in connection with a series of assaults in Reston is facing new charges after an abduction attempt in Pentagon City last night.

The latest incident happened just before 8 p.m. Wednesday on the 1400 block of S. Hayes Street.


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A major development project straddling the Arlington-Fairfax county line on Wilson Blvd took another procedural step forward this week.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday (May 5) gave the owner of a key Seven Corners residential parcel the ability to more than double units on the site while also adding retail space.


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Arlington and Fairfax officials went in two different directions in adopting their fiscal year 2027 budgets.

The Arlington County Board on April 22 approved a 2-cent increase in the real estate tax rate, to $1.053 per $100 assessed valuation, to help fund the county’s $1.7 billion budget.


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Six Arlington vape stores were raided by local, state and federal law enforcement last week as part of a regional investigation.

The Arlington County Police Department, with the assistance of Virginia State Police and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, executed search warrants at six tobacco shops on March 18, ACPD spokeswoman Ashley Savage told ARLnow.


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Efforts to improve pedestrian safety amid a planned redevelopment project could bring a reduction to the number of lanes on Wilson Blvd just west of Arlington.

In the Seven Corners area, west of the Arlington/Fairfax county line, the Fairfax County Department of Transportation has floated the idea of reducing westbound Wilson Blvd from two lanes to one.


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Two LGBTQ+ advocacy groups are calling for Arlington Public Schools to defy federal attempts to dismantle the school system’s anti-discrimination policy for transgender students.

Both Equality Arlington and the Arlington Gender Identity Alliance (AGIA) issued statements this week on the results of a U.S. Department of Education investigation into five Northern Virginia school districts.


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The team behind a Vietnamese restaurant in a closing Annandale food hall is dropping hints about its upcoming project in Crystal City.

Balo Kitchen, which is closing this summer along with the rest of the vendors at The Block in Annandale, has teased a new “project” in Crystal City this fall. Its owners, Huy Nguyen and Long Lai, are slated to design the menu of the upcoming Scapegoat Beer Garden at 556 22nd Street S.


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A man was found dead today along the Custis Trail in Arlington, prompting a police investigation.

The man’s body was found shortly after 11 a.m. near the trail and the intersection of N. Kensington Street and Fairfax Drive, according to an Arlington County police spokeswoman. That’s just east of Westover Park.


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What could be Falls Church’s next major redevelopment project has taken a small but key step forward.

At a meeting last week, members of Fairfax County’s Planning Commission signaled that they will recommend that the Board of Supervisors authorize further study of a 2.4-acre parcel fronting Route 7.


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Ash is falling on parts of Arlington and Fairfax County due to a “very large controlled burn” nearby.

“We live in Ballston and a few large pieces of ash have fallen in the past couple of minutes,” an ARLnow reader told us around 5 p.m.


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The Arlington County Board has joined a chorus of regional voices asking Dominion Energy to be more judicious in tree removal efforts.

The Board unanimously voted on Tuesday in support of a resolution calling on the energy company to avoid draconian efforts to manage the landscape along Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) Regional Park and adjoining power lines.


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Arlington’s U.S. congressman is hosting a resource fair for federal workers and contractors this weekend.

The event — hosted by Rep. Don Beyer (D-8) in partnership with Arlington County, Fairfax County, the City of Alexandria and the City of Falls Church — will run from noon to 5 p.m. at Wakefield High School on Saturday.


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