September 2021

D.C. is on a roll.

In recent months, many educators have sounded a call: We can’t go back to what was normal for students and schools before the coronavirus pandemic turned education upside down. Though the pandemic has been destructive, now is the time to…

On Aug. 23, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) traveled to a site in King George County, Va., where thousands of gravestones lie along the Potomac River’s shoreline and underwater. The stones marked the burial sites of some 37,000 Black…

Scofflaws who have accumulated debts in unpaid tickets in the District need to act soon to save on paying late fines. The city’s ticket amnesty program is ending this month.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) informed law enforcement partners they are aware of a "small number of recent online threats of violence" connected to the "Justice for J6" rally outside the U.S. Capitol, Saturday, including…

Walker Lunn has a different idea about a way to sell newbies on shooting guns.

According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 660,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

A highway harm-reduction initiative along a DC dividing line is stirring up debate as two concepts to improve the North Capitol Street corridor are seeking to gain momentum.

Martita Fleming keeps things running at Washington Latin Public Charter School. As director of operations, her job encompasses a lot — she makes sure classes have textbooks, that lights stay on, and the copier is running.

A D.C. church vandalized during a pro-Trump rally late last year is calling on police to amp up security as the city prepares for a weekend rally supporting those who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

The good times will be rolling in the District this weekend: More than 1,000 people have registered for DowntownDC On Wheels, a first-of-its-kind roller-skating jamboree.

Some of D.C.’s largest landlords say they’ve received less than half of the rent relief money they’ve requested for tenants, as challenges in distributing the federal aid continue ahead of the sunsetting of many of the city’s eviction…

The Washington Nationals are hosting a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at their stadium this Saturday ahead of their 4 p.m. game against the Colorado Rockies. Any unvaccinated people who attend can receive a vaccine, as well as two free…

Roxane Gay, George Saunders, and Nikki Giovanni are among the authors taking part.

PARK(ing) Day, an annual event that turns some curbside parking spaces across the city into temporary parks, is returning to D.C. on Friday. The event runs from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The Library of Congress hosts the National Book Festival this Friday through Sept. 26.

In his 10 years living in a tent along the L Street NE underpass in NoMa, Mike has been forced to move his stuff plenty of times, usually when D.C. crews would come through to clean up the sidewalks.

The Fairfax Embassy Row Hotel on Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, near Dupont Circle, has been acquired by Omega Healthcare Investors and Maplewood Senior Living, and will be converted into an ultra-high end senior living apartment…