Washingtonian: Here Are the Washington Business Hall of Fame Laureates for 2018
The Washington Business Hall of Fame honors six people who have made the most of living and working here—and helping the community.
Yearly Archives
2018
WTOP: Georgetown, Adams Morgan gear up for Small Business Saturday
WASHINGTON — Nov. 24 is the annual Small Business Saturday, a nationwide promotion to encourage shopping at small, independent and locally-owned businesses.
Curbed: Scooter and bike companies say D.C.’s new rules for dockless vehicles are too restrictive
Mobility companies that deploy scooters and dockless bikes in the District are pushing back against new regulations for the vehicles that city transportation officials declared last week.
Amid reports of flourishing local trade, DC Council bill would ban sale of ivory, rhinoceros horn
The DC Council is considering legislation that would make the District the first jurisdiction in the Washington area to ban the trade of ivory and rhinoceros horn, over a year after the nation’s capital was exposed as a black-market hub for…
Rose Shelton: Gentrification and its polarizing effects on our neighborhood school
When I transferred my children from their DC charter school into our neighborhood school last year — Southwest’s Amidon-Bowen Elementary — I was seeking diversity and community.
But having made the switch to our racially diverse…
Local nonprofit aims to help DC’s Central American community with blend of direct services and…
After two decades, Karla still recalls traveling through the desert with her brother and aunt in 1998 on their way from El Salvador, reliant on a “coyote” to get the three of them where they needed to go. Her mother was already in…
WTOP: Dozens of children find new homes at annual DC Adoption Day
WASHINGTON — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser was the guest speaker at the Annual DC Adoption Day ceremony on Saturday.
Huff Post: D.C.’s Neo-Nazi Brothers Were Hiding In Plain Sight
A neighbor in Washington’s Bloomingdale neighborhood warned a cop about extremists Jeffrey and Edward Clark. It wasn’t enough.
WTOP: Night road closures planned around Rock Creek Park during deer management
WASHINGTON — Annual deer population management at Rock Creek Park in Northwest D.C. starts Tuesday, leading to possible, temporary road closures at night.
Washington City Paper: Judge to Order City to Start Collecting NEAR Act Stop-and-Frisk Data
The ACLU-DC and two local activist organizations sued the city over a data collection law that MPD isn't following.
Washington Post: D.C.’s Mount Vernon Square eyed for high-speed maglev train station
The District’s Mount Vernon Square area is in the running to be the home of the proposed high-speed maglev train that would take passengers from the nation’s capital to Baltimore in 15 minutes.
Washington Post: What’s going on with the D.C. mayor’s chancellor selection process?
A panel advising D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on the selection of a chancellor to lead the District’s public schools has disbanded, suggesting that the search for a new education chief may be nearing an end.
WTOP: DC punk legends Minor Threat reunite — for iconic photo only
WASHINGTON — ‘Baby has grown older,’ but still knows how to pose for a photo.
Washington Post: Metro Yellow Line riders: You’ll want to plan ahead for this shutdown
Metro Yellow Line riders basking in post-Thanksgiving bliss could be in for a rude awakening when they arrive at their stations the Monday after the long holiday weekend: There will be no Yellow Line trains to board.
WTOP: After early season snow, DC officials explain how they’ll fend off winter at ‘snow summit’
WASHINGTON — Normally, holding an annual snow summit in mid-November would be ahead of the game.
East of the River: Saving Lives with Narcan: The demand for the lifesaving spray grows as overdose…
Quietly parked on a side street, somewhere between St. Teresa of Avila Church and Ketcham Elementary School, the Family and Medical Counseling Services (www.fmcsinc.org) health van waited to serve neighbors and visitors of Ward 8. Tyrone…
WTOP: DC now has crews to clear bike lanes, wheelchair cuts after snow
D.C. is doing something different this season when it comes to snow removal: There's a new "non-motorized trail" work detail specifically assigned to clearing bike paths, bridge deck sidewalks and ramps compliant with the Americans with…
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board: The Play-Date Police
Conservatives often criticize the “nanny state,” but even we didn’t imagine it would get this bad. The District of Columbia is literally targeting preschool play dates, claiming that parents need city approval before they can baby-sit their…
Brian P. Darmody in The Post: D.C.’s original site competition
Amazon announced its HQ2 decision last Tuesday, splitting the decision between Crystal City and New York. But an earlier competition to site the nation’s capital makes the HQ2 contest seem like a cakewalk.
Kurt Gregory Erickson in The Post: D.C.’s drunken-driving laws are not tough enough
Much attention has been given to the troubling increase in the number of homicides in the city, but we also need to examine the equally troubling increase in the number of drunken-driving deaths in the District.