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The D.C. Public Library’s Board of Trustees voted this week to name the main auditorium in the renovated Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library after Amazon co-founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos.

Good news, D.C. museumheads: The National Geographic Museum is reopening on Feb. 16 after being closed for nearly two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And for the month of February, the museum will be offering free admission to any…

Employees at three Union Kitchen stores in D.C. filed union petitions with the National Labor Relations Board Thursday, becoming the latest local chain to organize for better working conditions.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled a plan Thursday she says will bring a new grocery store to a long-vacant plot of land on the eastern edge of the city, where few fresh food options currently exist.

Washington is well known for its multitude of memorials, a vast portfolio that includes tributes to the likes of Jefferson and Lincoln, veterans of World War II, the passengers who perished on the Titanic and even Sonny Bono.

Many cities opted out of the process in 2021. This year’s will be the first to capture the impact of the pandemic on homelessness nationwide.

Mandate extensions should help keep area cases trending downward, experts say

An H Street restaurant that has repeatedly violated D.C.'s mask and vaccine mandates may have its liquor license yanked this week.

The local party is launching an internal investigation of its communications director as questions swirl about his work with a teachers’ union faction.

On Wednesday, volunteers throughout D.C. and the region hustled to facilitate the annual point-in-time (PIT) count. The survey, which is mandated by the federal government, aims to count the number of people experiencing homelessness both…

Almost as quickly as it began, omicron’s surge appears to be waning in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.

D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee said at a briefing Thursday that juvenile crime in the District is still a serious concern and called for more accountability.

On Wednesday, the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board voted to draft a summary suspension notice for The Big Board, a bar on H Street NE that has received multiple warnings and citations for violating Mayor Muriel Bowser’s mask and…

For this week's development rundown, UrbanTurf catches up on the latest news regarding developments in the pipeline on and just off Howard University's campus.

As D.C. continues to open new COVID Centers, and extends its indoor mask mandate, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday that residents can pick up free masks.

For five years, Walmart has been paying more than $1 million a year to lease a vacant lot near the edge of the District, where the company once caused hard feelings by vowing to build a store, then reneging on that promise.

A new D.C. Council proposal would create a grant program for undocumented students in the District who want to attend college

The U.S. Green Building Council’s annual ranking of the Top 10 states for green buildings would have D.C. as No. 1 if it were a state — and by a long shot.

And a new COVID Center opens inside the Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ on 13th Street NW in Ward 4.

The hospitality group that's weeks away from opening an arcade-themed bar at The Wharf is also opening a wine bar just a short walk down the same Southwest D.C. waterfront promenade.