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A mulberry tree on the grounds of the Washington Monument in D.C. that toppled due to saturated ground from heavy rain was raised by the National Park Service. But not by much.

Mayor Bowser says she will reintroduce a tax-increment financing bill in June

As of last week, the unofficial dog park at 11th and Park Road NW in Columbia Heights looked like its days were numbered. Now, it has a new leash on life.

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital has taken the lead in the local proton therapy arms race.

D.C. lawmakers have overhauled a package of affordable-housing initiatives that Mayor Muriel E. Bowser highlighted as central to her second term, setting up a showdown over the direction of housing policy in the nation’s capital as a final…

A few days into the Treasure Trove’s going-out-of-business sale, the framed photo of Jerry Broder was quietly taken down from the wall.

What if, in 15 minutes time, you could walk from Kenilworth Park to the U.S. National Arboretum?

Jennifer Sumler has lived in her apartment building on Cedar Street in the Takoma section of Washington, D.C., for her entire life, but the sound she heard one late November evening a few years ago was like nothing she’d ever experienced. …

And children in Wards 7 and 8 see higher asthma rates than the rest of the city.

I come from a line of strong, black, Washington women who fought for high-quality education.

A nine-building, 1.5 million square foot development near the Anacostia Metro station (map) recently got a promising nudge forward. Mayor Bowser recently announced that the administration is poised to move ahead with Tax Increment…

A new website offers free listings for go-go bands, with hopes to attract new fans to D.C.'s hometown sound.

The next time you’re strolling near the Howard Theatre, watch where you’re going — you might be stepping on a piece of D.C. history.

The General Services Administration has sold a sliver of land just south of the National Mall in Southwest D.C. for $4.1 million, the second transaction tied to federal legislation aimed at helping the federal government shed excess real…

Doug Fruehling, veteran journalist and editor-in-chief at the Washington Business Journal for a decade, will soon be taking inventory of the Bay Area business community.

D.C. snagged the top spot on this year’s ParkScore, the Trust for Public Land’s annual ranking of urban parks and recreation opportunities in the 100 largest cities in the country.

Nearly all District residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park

On the 200th anniversary of the poet's birth, Washingtonians reflect on his time in D.C.

The U.S. government has just sold a half-acre property one block south of the National Mall that it marketed as a "prime development site."

When not being criticized as a swamp that must be drained, Washington is occasionally praised for its arboreal charms.