2021

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton heralded the scaling down of the U.S. Capitol fence on Tuesday. She said the Architect of the Capitol and Capitol Police will move fencing closer to the building to allow more pedestrian access.

Acting Police Chief Robert Contee joined DC Police in 1989 and he's been with the department ever since. But he wants to be a different kind of leader.

D.C.’s attorney general has asked the Federal Aviation Administration to make changes to its policy on aircraft noise near airports, saying the agency uses inadequate and outdated information to set its rules.

The District has failed to collect and publish robust data tracking public school students’ performance, attendance and school transfers despite receiving more than $30 million in local and federal funds since 2007 to do so, according to a…

The new terminal at Reagan National Airport is set to open next month.

Some of the fencing around the U.S. Capitol that was put up after the deadly Jan. 6 riot is coming down, and D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton said it’s a win for residents.

On Friday, Chris Gordon, the longtime local TV news anchor and reporter, will retire from NBC4. But that doesn’t mean he’s going to stop working. Gordon’s just trading news conferences for bench conferences, a press pass for a pleading.…

While we await news of what could be headed to the Reeves Center at 14th and U Street, developer Eastbanc has plans for a prominent corner just above the Metro a block away.

A mobile recording studio is rolling through D.C.-area neighborhoods to provide a creative space for artists in search of a studio.

The weather is warming. The sun is shining. The trees are budding. Cherry blossom season is nearly here, D.C.’s rite of spring.

A little more than a year ago, we hugged and shook hands without fear. We laughed without masks covering our faces. We ate together, danced together, worked together and enjoyed each other’s company less than six feet apart. Then it all…

The last time fans got to go inside Nationals Park for a baseball game was on October 27, 2019 — the fifth game of the World Series. José Andrés threw out the first pitch, and fans booed then-President Donald Trump in his luxury ballpark…

The Washington Nationals’ opening day will have at least a bit of the flavor of a normal baseball game as the team welcomes fans to Nationals Park for the first time in more than a year.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says she “couldn’t be prouder” of the District health department’s response to the coronavirus pandemic over the last year and said the nation’s capital is poised for a comeback.

The Army initially pushed to reject the D.C. government’s request for a modest National Guard presence ahead of the Jan. 6 rally that led to the Capitol riot, underscoring the deep reluctance of some higher-ups at the Pentagon to involve…

DC opened vaccine eligibility this week to more essential employees who must report for duty in person despite the public health emergency, including those who work in food service or for local government agencies, public utilities, public…