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Published May 25, 2022 at 7:30AM

"End Road Work" sign in Ballston (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Welcome to Our Summer Interns — Two interns have joined ARLnow for the summer. Mavis Chan of the University of Missouri will focus on local news reporting while Pia Kramer, graduate of Virginia Tech and Arlington’s Washington-Liberty High School, will focus on audience engagement.

Passengers Spend Hours on Planes at DCA — “Thais Austin wanted to get home to the District after a weekend visit with family in Jacksonville, Fla. Instead, she said, she and other passengers were stuck on the Reagan National Airport taxiway for three hours Sunday night, unable to exit their plane… Hundreds of passengers on at least a half-dozen other flights reported similar delays after thunderstorms downed trees, flooded roads and left thousands without power in the Washington region.” [Washington Post]

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ARLnow seeking summer interns

By ARLnow.com

Published February 16, 2022 at 4:45PM

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam answers reporters' questions at Amazon announcement in Pentagon City in 2018 (file photo)

Can you turn a quick story on a hen loose outside the Pentagon? Do debates over gondola transit between Arlington and D.C. captivate you? Are you the first to ask about a new business in town?

Arlington-based Local News Now, the publisher of ARLnow, is looking for energetic, creative and detail-oriented interns at our growing online news company. Interns will get hands-on local news reporting experience while working closely with editors and learning how to write interesting stories that encourage reader loyalty and engagement.

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By ARLnow.com

Published October 18, 2021 at 7:30AM | Updated October 18, 2021 at 2:52PM

Major Metro Delays — “Following an investigation into the derailment of a Blue Line train, the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission has ordered Metro to put roughly 60% of its rail fleet ‘out of service’ starting Monday. This will bring the total amount of Metro cars available to 40 and shift train service to departures every 30 minutes on all lines.” The delays may stretch beyond today as the 7000 series railcars are inspected. [WTOP, Twitter, Twitter]

County Board Roundup — “The Arlington County Board took action at its October meeting to ensure the safety of its youngest residents and secure quality housing. It also took steps to plan for Arlington’s priorities of housing and land use, transportation, sustainability efforts and more in the 2022 General Assembly legislative session.” [Arlington County]

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Former County Intern Helps Workers Get Masks

By ARLnow.com

Published April 21, 2020 at 11:15AM

Former Arlington Dept. of Environmental Services intern Lucie (photo via Twitter)

A former intern in Arlington’s Dept. of Environmental Services has helped the county obtain 1,400 masks for workers.

The intern, Lucie, interned for DES in 2016 and has since been attending school in Hawaii, though she is currently back in her native China amid the coronavirus outbreak. Through a friend who runs a trading company in Hong Kong, she heard about a shipment of 1,400 face masks sitting in Los Angeles and immediately thought of her former colleagues.

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ARLnow Seeking Interns to Join Our Team

By ARLnow.com

Published October 24, 2018 at 4:15PM

ARLnow.com — one of the top independent, online-only local news sites in the country — is seeking talented interns to join our crew in Arlington.

We’re looking for a go-getting, up-and-coming journalist who wants to work in a fun, small team environment. You’ll be writing, photographing and reporting several original articles per day on various local topics, ranging from business blurbs to deeper dives into government policies, while receiving daily editing feedback from our managing editor.

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By ARLnow.com

Published October 1, 2018 at 8:35AM

Arlington Holds Disaster Drill for Cyclists — “On Saturday BikeArlington and the Office of Emergency Management held the county’s first Disaster Relief Trial, modeled after such events in Oregon, Washington, and California… 70 registered families, teams, and individual bikers traveled throughout Arlington, stopping at four checkpoints and completing eight challenges.” [Local DVM]

Marymount Launches Internship Fund — “Marymount University has announced plans to financially support students who intern at non-profit organizations that do not have the resources to pay them. The new ‘Sister Majella Berg Internship Fund’ is a way to solidify partnerships between the university and local safety-net organizations, new Marymount University president Irma Becerra said.” [InsideNova]

Opinion

A New Yorker in Arlington: An Outsider’s Perspective

By Katherine Berko

Published August 11, 2017 at 3:35PM

The beautiful drive past the Air Force Memorial.

When I first began my ARLnow internship, I knew nothing about Arlington. A native New Yorker, to me, Arlington was just some place across the river from D.C. I was a bit of a “big city” snob, so I expected very little from the area.

Three months later, as my internship comes to a close, my view could not be more different. After writing dozens of articles about Arlington, from covering the opening of a Clarendon tattoo parlor to a piece about the county’s decreasing homeless population, I’ve developed quite a fondness for the community.

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By ARLnow.com

Published November 28, 2016 at 8:45AM | Updated June 29, 2018 at 11:10AM

Reminder: Metro Surge Starts Today — Metro’s SafeTrack Surge 11 starts today, bringing what officials say will be “the worst of anything our riders have experienced so far” to the Orange and Silver lines. [ARLnow]

Critical Missing Person — On Friday the Arlington County Police Department put out an alert for a missing person who is “unable to care for herself and is in need of medical attention.” The woman, Amanda Pham Pulver, is described as “5’4″, 115 lbs, black & white hair with dark eyes. Last seen in 3800 block of N. 13th St.” [Arlington County, Twitter]

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ARLnow Seeks Fall 2016 Intern

By ARLnow.com

Published July 19, 2016 at 5:30PM | Updated July 20, 2016 at 2:18PM

(Updated at 2:15 p.m.) ARLnow.com is seeking an ambitious intern to join our small team in Clarendon this fall.

We’re looking for a college intern who is pursuing a career in journalism and has relevant academic and extracurricular experience. Interest in local news in particular is a plus.

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ARLnow.com Seeking Summer Interns

By ARLnow.com

Published March 31, 2016 at 11:00AM

ARLnow.com is seeking an ambitious intern to join our small team this summer.

We’re looking for a college intern who is pursuing a career in journalism and has relevant academic and extracurricular experience. Interest in local news in particular is a plus.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published February 22, 2016 at 9:15AM | Updated February 22, 2016 at 9:58AM

Home Values Jump 14 Percent — Arlington County saw a big bump in the sale price of homes, at least according to one data set from January. Long & Foster says the median price of a home sold in Arlington last month was $590,000, up 14 percent from one year prior. [WTOP]

Wakefield Boys Win Conference — The Wakefield High School boys varsity basketball team captured the Conference 13 championship on Saturday, after defeating Marshall 50-47. [Twitter, Twitter]

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ARLnow.com Seeks Summer Interns

By ARLnow.com

Published March 24, 2014 at 10:00AM

We are looking for an intern on the news side, who will write bylined articles for the site while helping out with research, note-taking and some administrative tasks. We are also looking for an intern on the business side, who will help support our sales team while working on some marketing projects.

The ideal candidate for each will be a self-starter with clear career goals, who has extracurricular experience and a strong drive to succeed. Those who have worked on either the editorial or sales side of a student newspaper or broadcast operation are encouraged to apply.