December 2021

A Ward 4 elementary school will pivot to virtual learning for the final days before winter break as a result of an increase in coronavirus cases.

The Washington National Cathedral on Wednesday is honoring the 800,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

As coronavirus cases climb across the D.C. region, schools scrambled to adjust Wednesday, with several moving online ahead of the winter break.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Tuesday submitted a plan to the D.C. Council detailing her plan to split up the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) into two separate agencies — marking the first step of a transition…

The region’s Transportation Planning Board is asking governors in Virginia and Maryland and the Mayor of D.C. to create a task force and work together to accomplish ticket reciprocity for speed and red-light cameras in the region.

There are some major changes coming to Connecticut Avenue Northwest for both cyclists and drivers, starting with the city’s decision to get rid of reverse rush-hour lanes that confuse drivers and lead to crashes.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Capitol Police Chief is poised to gain new authority to call National Guard troops to the Capitol under legislation that passed the House and Senate this week.

Early estimates put the cost at $4.6 million

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday that the reversible lanes on Connecticut Ave. NW will be removed after years of accidents and confusion over the direction of the lanes during morning and evening rush hours.

Concerned that dangerous drivers aren’t being held accountable in the D.C. area, the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) wants nearby jurisdictions to enforce penalties for citations issued by each other’s speed and…

This week the region’s local officials and transportation agencies are facing the stark reality that they must quickly adopt major policy changes in the next several years if Greater Washington is to achieve its climate change target.

Mayor Muriel Bowser advanced plans to build protected bicycle lanes on Connecticut Avenue NW on Wednesday, part of a 2.7-mile remake of the major commuter thoroughfare.

George Washington University and American University in D.C. have announced a booster shot requirement for their communities ahead of the spring semester.

Georgetown University saw its largest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases, with 34 members of the community testing positive, school health officials said Wednesday.

The Anacostia River has a trash problem; in fact it’s one of the few rivers in the U.S. that is officially considered impaired by trash by the Environmental Protection Agency, which implemented a “trash diet” on the river more than a…

Right now, all across the land, there are babies in desperate need of changing. Each one is sitting uncomfortably in a contraption that is a marvel of modern engineering but is, ultimately, no match for a baby’s, um, output.

“The car just came almost drifting around the corner so fast that my mind couldn’t process exactly what was happening.” That was 9-year-old Peter Dziekan, describing being hit by a car while riding his bicycle home from his Northeast D.C.…

There’s a new leader in place for D.C.’s New Communities Initiative, a roughly 20-year-long effort to redevelop four aging public housing complexes, giving yet another official a chance to lead the troubled program as its projects near key…

“If it so happens that we bankrupt them, then that’s a good day when hate is dispatched and eliminated,” Racine said.

By 2026, the D.C. Streetcar could extend out to the Benning Road Metro stop, part of a new construction and rehabilitation project. Once complete, it would add five new Streetcar stops, improve intersections, and upgrade bridges, among a…