September 2021

The District is laying off the staff of the troubled firearms unit at the city's crime lab, WTOP reports.

Troy Donte Prestwood will seek reelection as the president of the Ward 8 Democrats but he faces a challenge from the club’s second vice president, Salim Adofo.

Lovell Walls is a third-generation Washingtonian.

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson recently voiced concern about STAY DC’s sluggish pace on distributing funds to needy tenants who face eviction but a key Bowser administration official says the program has worked well.

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton served as the host for the “A New Majority for D.C. Statehood” virtual issue forum for the 50th Annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference that took place on Sept. 13.

Ahead of the “Justice for J6” rally in D.C., officials started planning safety measures to guard the U.S. Capitol, which was the scene of a deadly and violent breach only eight months ago.

The exhibition will run from Friday through October 3.

Crews have started to put up perimeter fencing around the U.S. Capitol area in preparation for a rally in support of those arrested in the Jan. 6 attack.

Metro riders in the D.C. region can save up to 50% off their purchase of unlimited day passes at discounted prices starting Thursday morning.

Months after the District’s troubled crime lab lost its accreditation, the city is moving to essentially disband a key unit of the troubled forensic agency, planning to lay off nearly a dozen staff members of the Firearms Examination Unit.…

D.C. fire crews were out canvassing the Petworth neighborhood in D.C. Wednesday morning after a fire killed a 7-year-old girl the day before.

The afternoon was like any other Tuesday on Quebec Place. Until people on the Northwest D.C. street heard screams and saw smoke and fire billowing from a neighbor’s window.

The Capitol Police have requested the support of the National Guard on Saturday if events get violent at a rally of demonstrators supporting those arrested in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

A two-phase mixed-use development on the boards for Buzzard Point may bring the first full-service grocery store to the budding development neighborhood in DC.

Children’s National Hospital will provide health care for kids at a future hospital in Southeast D.C., city officials announced Wednesday.

After picking out a cookbook at Bold Fork Books, head to the neighborhood's new and seasoned markets for ingredients.

The Alcohol Control Board tossed The Dirty Goose's ludicrous cookie fine levied nearly a year ago.

Another Shaw block may be up for redevelopment.

Two children’s hospitals in the Washington region say they’ve recently seen a large number of children sick with RSV, a seasonal respiratory virus that usually hits during the winter months.