Another week, another busy news cycle with plenty of local stories to cover.
Next week, as we head into the long Memorial Day weekend, looks to be busy as well, though holidays have a way of slowing things down.
weekend discussion
As predicted, the slow news cycle of the last couple weeks reversed this week, with more to cover than time to cover it.
With a County Board meeting this weekend and on Tuesday, and lots going on, next week’s coverage plan is already filled up through Thursday.
Arlington seems stuck in a relatively slow news cycle, with few significant breaking stories to speak of over the past few weeks, but that may change next week.
First, we have a County Board meeting next weekend that should keep us busy with coverage. Second, these slow cycles never last for long and we’re due for a big story or two. Third, you’ll be seeing a new byline here over the next couple of weeks, and more staffing allows us to cover more local stories.
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It wasn’t the busiest of weeks for local news in Arlington, but this evening’s windstorm was a chaotic coda.
As this post publishes (late) there are about 600 Dominion customers still without power, down from a peak of more than 6,000. Trees and tree branches were reported down throughout Arlington after the storm
We know what you’re thinking: why do we even bother writing any copy for the weekend discussion post?
Each week we scratch our heads and try to come up with something original, but it usually ends up being some generic musings on the weather and the fact that it was a busy week.
It’s a sunny, if a bit chilly end to the work week.
On a more somber note, today is also a day to remember those killed and wounded at Virginia Tech on this day in 2007.
It’s a soggy start to what should be at least a half-decent weather weekend.
The past five days haven’t been the busiest for Arlington local news, but there still have been some big stories nonetheless. Below are the most-read ARLnow articles of the past week.
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Warming temperatures should make for a sunny and pleasant holiday weekend, weather-wise.
Happy Easter and end of Passover to our readers who observe either faith. Due to the holidays, we’re getting started on today’s weekend discussion a bit early.
The weekend is here, along with what should be a very nice Saturday, weather-wise.
Whether you’re heading out to check out Arlington’s cherry blossoms, to go for a long-overdue bike ride around the Arlington loop, or to spend time with friends or family you haven’t seen in awhile, we hope you enjoy some quality outdoor time.
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It’s been a busy week here and, frankly, we’re all exhausted.
That being said, let’s get right to the most-read Arlington articles of the week.
It was a week for retrospectives, as we marked the one-year anniversary of the first coronavirus case in Arlington.
The virus has so far claimed 242 lives in Arlington County, but there’s hope that the quickening pace of vaccinations will help prevent the kind of mortality that we saw last spring and this past winter. There’s also hope that this spring and summer life will increasingly return to something approaching normal.
Our stretch of dry weather is set to continue, and after a chilly weekend we’ll have warming temperatures next week.
While we look forward to the spring-like weather, you can peruse the most-read ARLnow articles of the past week, below.