2020

The number of people in the Washington region filing for unemployment benefits spiked more than 1,000% in a single week in mid-March, paralleling a national trend brought on by the spreading coronavirus pandemic.

This year marks Diana Mayhew's 20th year running the National Cherry Blossom Festival, and it's been a doozy.

The ground-floor retail space in an Adams Morgan building has just traded hands despite one of its tenants being forced to close over the coronavirus.

The moment he stepped out of that tiny confining space every morning used to be the moment that changed everything.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Thursday that the coronavirus relief package expected to pass the House of Representatives on Friday deliberately classified the District as a territory instead of a state, which means the city will get less than…

A Florida congressman has been criticized by other lawmakers for complaining about Howard University receiving $13 million in funding in the $2 trillion federal relief bill—the historically black university operates a hospital designated…

The National Capital Planning Commission is scheduled next week to review preliminary site development plans for the 11th Street Bridge Park, the long-planned repurposing of the former local 11th Street bridge span linking the Navy Yard…

There are a few new looks for DC's planned 11th Street Park.

If you were in D.C. and near your smartphone or someone else’s around 8 p.m. Wednesday, you probably heard loud blaring and buzzing coming from the device.

Good Thursday afternoon. District leaders are furious over the $2 trillion Senate stimulus bill shortchanging the District by about $750 million, treating it as a territory rather than a state.

"If they buy food, they can’t pay rent. If they pay rent, they can’t buy food. It’s a complicated situation."

For more than two decades, the District has prided itself on its balanced budgets, with its surplus nearing $1.5 billion dollars.

A comprehensive list of which D.C. service providers are remaining open during the COVID-19 outbreak was published on Sunday by the Arlington-based nonprofit behind the District’s text-message alert system for the homeless community, Hope…

New guidelines aim to release detained parolees from DC Jail.

The 20-year-old male is being monitored in the infirmary.

And they're seeing increased engagement.

Until a few weeks ago, D.C.-based entrepreneur Mark Sussman was gearing up for the public launch of OurStreets, an app that allows users to report dangerous driving behavior and badly parked e-bikes and scooters. The app has been quietly…

"We are doing all we can so that residents don't get lonely or anxious.”