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All students and staff at D.C. Public Schools will have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test before they head back to classrooms next week, city officials said Wednesday.

The Smithsonian will close four of its smaller museums through Jan. 2 because of coronavirus-related staffing shortages in its security and facilities departments.

Four Smithsonian museums in D.C. will be closed Wednesday through Monday to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 infections among staff.

Funds will support scholarships for students at the only public university in the nation’s capital.

Still have some outstanding parking or traffic tickets in D.C.? Time is running out to pay them off penalty-free.

Officials are still struggling to meet the high demand for testing

The most recent uptick in positive cases across the Washington region has hit D.C. Fire and EMS particularly hard, causing staffing shortages and prompting reports of long shifts for some first responders and an absence of some fire…

Advocates fear those who had trouble applying and receiving funds through the flawed program will be evicted in the new year.

When D.C. resident David Fridie needed a rapid COVID-19 test this week, he didn’t scour supply-starved local pharmacies or try his luck online. Instead he just drove over to the Capitol View Neighborhood Library in Southeast D.C.

On the December afternoon that I visited the Brooks, the short-term family housing building in Ward 3 was home to 26 families. By evening, that number would be 25.

The owners of Roots 657 Cafe & Local Market in Leesburg plan to open a new restaurant in D.C.’s Ward 7, one that also provides space, resources and guidance to others looking to get into the food service business.

George Washington University has submitted plans to modify a residence hall on its Foggy Bottom campus to limit what are currently public-facing dining options to those for students only, a proposal that is part of the university's work to…

The Washington Informer has added subscribers and staff in an era when many local newspapers are struggling

The city has collected $93 million through a ticket amnesty program that ends this month, but millions of dollars in fines go unpaid

To Fred Brown, the sale of his grandmother's house was a big mistake.

Construction looks set to begin soon on an affordable mixed-use project just across from the Shaw library, as a new developer takes over the transformation of a city-owned property that’s been stuck in limbo for roughly two decades.

Two defendants faced a murder charge in the stabbing of Tyshon Perry. Then prosecutors backed down.

New York-based luxury mattress maker Saatva, a pioneer in direct-to-consumer online sales, has opened its third brick and mortar location in the country in D.C.’s Logan Circle.

Right before the holiday break, high school teacher Laura Fuchs experienced firsthand the impacts caused by what was described by DCPS as an “operation impact of recent COVID-19 cases.”

A regional transportation planning body is trying to nudge the District, Maryland and Virginia toward dealing with the disconnect