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WASHINGTON — Walking some of D.C.’s most dangerous streets, a yellow T-shirt-clad team of ex-convicts and former gang members are being paid to root out and mediate problems in neighborhoods before they escalate.

The next phase of Southeast D.C.'s major redevelopment of the St. Elizabeths East campus is coming into focus.

For years, D.C. officials and members of the public have struggled with transparency issues within the ballooning charter school system.

We have witnessed technology transform our cities and government services through new methods of transportation, networks of connected devices and accessible digital services. These efforts have made our communities healthier and more…

Since launching in 2010, the Capital Bikeshare program has increased its offerings to hundreds of bikeshare stations across the city and region. But whiter, high-income neighborhoods generally have more stations than others, and the docks…

An affiliate of Ogden Cap Properties, the owner of the 450 K St. NW apartment building, filed an appeal with the D.C. Court of Appeals last week to contest the approval of a hotel development around the corner at 925 Fifth St. NW.

A “town square” development by Redbrick LMD would include a hotel, housing, offices, retail, and a plaza

A new downtown day services center for the homeless will remain shuttered for another two weeks due to construction delays, according to the Downtown Business Improvement District, which is managing the center.

The latest person to throw support behind statehood for Washington, D.C., is a freshman delegate from Montgomery County.

Maggie Garrett walks her dog, Finn, each day to a small lot on a Columbia Heights corner that residents have long used as an unofficial dog park.

Design nerds, brace yourselves: custom framing e-retailer Framebridge is expanding its online services into an actual brick-and-mortar shop. The 1,200-square foot storefront will open at 1919 14th Street in March. The DC company is also…

A team led by Redbrick LMD has been selected to redevelop a 4.2-acre portion of the D.C.-owned St. Elizabeths East campus into a mixed-use town square located between the Entertainment and Sports Arena and Congress Heights Metro station.

The five weeks that the federal government was shutdown were quite taxing to the local economy, and the January numbers for the regional housing market aren't much better.

WASHINGTON — The nation’s capital once boasted the highest number of taxis per capita of any city, but in 2019, the number of taxi rides in the District are plummeting — leaving some wondering if the industry is doomed.

Most glass in recycle bins ends up in landfills. Overzealous “wishful recycling” is straining the system. Recycling in the D.C. region is at a turning point.

WASHINGTON — D.C. is getting more emergency calls than ever before, but the city has no backup ladder fire trucks if one goes out of service, the city’s fire chief said.

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - People who live in the area near the former site of Walter Reed National Medical Center in Northwest Washington are concerned about their health due to an overwhelming odor.

WASHINGTON — The Metro Board is moving toward extending current rail service hours for at least another year, over the District’s objections to continued service cuts.

Cases will proceed against a Southeast Washington advisory neighborhood commissioner accused of threatening to shoot a rival commissioner and separately threatening to kill the mother of his child.

Two proposals would give the District more control over the independent agency than it has now