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Most districts say they have no plans to reinstate masks districtwide

Amelie Balemaken wore a flowy dress and ballcap as she leaned against a giant orange tube and watched her delighted 3-year-old daughter collect water in a plastic bucket, dump it and start over.

D.C.’s Lincoln Memorial was closed for cleaning Saturday morning after National Mall officials said students from a local university celebrating their graduation left the area littered with trash.

Saturday morning clean-up of broken bottles and spilled wine came on the eve of a celebration for the memorial’s 100th anniversary

As the rail system struggles to lure back riders whose confidence is shaken, future service cuts are likely if passengers don’t return

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority recently announced that Randy Clarke will become the agency’s next general manager. Clarke is in an unenviable position, as the Washington region’s beleaguered transit agency has as many…

Atlas Brew Works is in discussions for a new production facility and brewpub at Poplar Point.

As coronavirus cases seem to be surging locally and nationally with much less surveillance than in earlier covid waves, D.C.'s legislators are arguing with local public health officials about how much case data the city should disclose to…

A D.C. law that limits how much an elected official can fundraise to pay off any personal loans they made to their campaign could be at risk in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling this week that overturned a similar federal regulation.

DC Health officials are defending their current COVID data reporting process, after two-weeks worth of missing case numbers prompted lawmakers to question the agency’s accuracy.

D.C. has activated its emergency heat plan through the weekend, ahead of a heat wave that’s expected to bring record-breaking temperatures to the D.C. region.

Metrorail says service on the Green and Yellow lines will improve next week after limited service on the two lines that typically see some of the heaviest crowding.

This will eventually make more sense, but this elections roundup was written by Martin Andres Austermuhle. With that being said, let’s get into it.

The District’s health director has responded to calls from the D.C. council to investigate why the health department didn’t report its COVID-19 data to the Centers for Disease Control for almost two weeks.

After seven months of reduced service, Metro’s oversight agency approved a request to bring back a limited number of 7000-series trains after one derailed last year. Metro says it’s on track to start restoring its fleet by no more than…

English says D.C. police handcuffed him and shocked him with a stun gun in his living room.

Before history is forgotten, it is often erased. On March 21, the bank Truist fenced off the historic open space at the heart of Adams Morgan, formerly known as SunTrust Plaza, at 18th Street and Columbia Road NW. On March 28, lifelong…

Amid a leadership shakeup at Metro, the transit agency says its plan to restore its long-sidelined 7000-series rail cars by late this summer remains on track.

D.C. council members undercut trust in DC Health when they probed why COVID-19 data wasn’t shared recently with the CDC over a two-week span, the agency’s director said in a letter to lawmakers that was obtained by Axios.

Four candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for at-large member of the D.C. Council took the virtual debate stage Thursday night, laying out their proposals to address issues such as public safety as well as the city’s tenuous…