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DC's Department of Employment Services Director Unique Morris Hughes answered questions Friday morning about her Department's performance during the pandemic in front of City Council members.

The D.C. Court of Appeals has ruled against a legal challenge to a developer’s plans to revamp Brookland Manor in Northeast D.C.

We still don't know the official launch date for the pre-registration program, or answers to other key questions.

Our small delegation of World Bank executive directors arrived in Calcutta (now known as Kolkata) close to midnight on the last leg of a week-long visit to India to review bank-supported development projects. En route from the airport to…

After a temporary setback last month, Sandlot Northwest appears to be back on track to pop up in Georgetown this year.

The last time periodical cicadas emerged in Washington, blanketing sidewalks and lawns with their large shiny bodies and creating a deafening chorus, John Kerry was running for president, Barack Obama was an obscure state senator, and…

They’re not making the infamous feta pasta, or posting “random things in my Wilson Building office that just make sense” TikToks yet — but two D.C. Council newcomers are trying to spur public participation in local government through their…

29 locals tell their stories of surviving the first confirmed COVID case, managing a shuttered music venue, writing obituaries, driving Metrobuses, performing comedy …

Days before the scheduled launch of a preregistration system for making COVID-19 vaccination appointments, D.C. has selected Microsoft as the vendor to host the system, the mayor’s office told WTOP.

How the DC group Thrive East of the River is offering a different kind of help.

Dogs, kittens, guinea pigs—and a chicken—are all taking part.

Two firefighters loaned to Washington for the day were the only medics on the Capitol steps Jan. 6, trying to triage injured officers as they watched the angry mob swell and attack police working to protect Congress.

Following concern from the D.C. Council over the pre-registration system DC Health said it would implement as early as next week, city officials confirmed on Friday that Microsoft is hosting the new system. As of Thursday evening, it was…

The restaurateurs sent shockwaves through DC when they announced the closure of seven spots last fall

D.C.’s vaccine registration website once again sparked frustration for users on Friday, despite assurances from the city’s chief technology officer that issues related to heavy traffic to the portal were resolved.

I am an 83-year-old great-great-grandmother and president of the Brookland Manor/Brentwood Village Residents Association. As a civil rights activist, I marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and in the years since, I’ve organized…

D.C.’s public school system has welcomed back thousands of students to its classrooms in recent weeks, but that only accounts for about 20% of its overall student population.

At least four prominent D.C. LGBTQ organizations, including the D.C. Center for the LGBT Community, are working on plans to seek D.C. government support for the purchase of a building in which more of the city’s LGBTQ groups can share…

Building Blocks DC Feted as Innovative But Criticized as Lacking

U.S. Capitol Police have requested a 60-day extension of some of the 5,200 National Guard members activated in the District in response to security threats and the Jan. 6 assault on Congress, opening the door to a military presence in the…