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As coronavirus cases in the Washington region hit their lowest levels in months, area school systems are inching toward reopening and normalcy — pledging to gradually usher students back into classrooms, and onto sports fields, over the…

The creation of Rock Creek Park involved a rogue cartographer and a missed coffee break. Yet the District of Columbia’s signature oasis — created as America’s fourth national park — was never supposed to exist.

As part of its Phase Two entertainment plans, D.C. is going to allow live music at six venues in a pilot program.

The 36th annual Helen Hayes Awards were supposed to be May 18 at The Anthem.

The Entertainment and Sports Arena will be a voting supercenter in the District, the city’s elections board said Friday — granting neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River a large-scale location to cast their ballots in the upcoming…

D.C. MAYOR Muriel E. Bowser’s (D) plan for D.C. schools to start providing in-person learning by the end of this month has some teachers, parents and students worried about health risks. Concerns that reopening schools could speed the…

The coronavirus is far from over in the D.C. region and elsewhere. And as the weather gets colder, it’s going to be joined by another, more familiar scourge: the seasonal flu.

It’s evening rush hour in the nation’s capital, and the McPherson Square Metro station on a September Tuesday is all but empty. Thousands once squeezed at this time onto the trains departing from the heart of downtown Washington, two…

The DC Council Committee on Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization held a nearly nine-hour hearing on Thursday that covered five pieces of legislation related to rent control in the city. However, testimony at the hearing was less about…

Malik Sneed has lived in Ward 7 all his life, but says he’s never seen a market in the ward or in the region specifically for Black-owned businesses. He says that some markets and stores are not welcoming of Black businesses, which is why…

A formerly homeless veteran who served as vice chairwoman of the D.C. Housing Authority board said the city terminated her last month after she sought to learn whether the agency inappropriately spent $22,000 on KN95 masks falsely…

The National Park Service has awarded a $50,000 grant to D.C. for a study about women’s history and suffrage in the District.

A month ago, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) stood on a balcony overlooking the bright yellow words “Black Lives Matter” painted on the pavement of the recently renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza. She spoke as part of the opening night of…

Taste of Georgetown, a one-day event that draws crowds to Georgetown for big restaurant deals, will not be held this fall, for the first time in 27 years. But it’s being replaced by a more pandemic-conscious event called Taste and Shop…

The event is being moved because of visibility concerns.

The District of Columbia’s Office of Unified Communications will be investigated by the Office of the DC Auditor after “recent events call into question the effectiveness of OUC’s 911 Operations Division.”

A long-simmering conflict over accusations of racial insensitivity at the Eckington studios boiled over last week. Now the arts community is taking sides.

Tenant advocates have been pushing to overhaul rent control in D.C. for about a year. But over more than nine hours of public testimony Thursday, it became clear that those advocates do not like most rent control legislation the D.C.…

A flyover of vintage planes in the Washington region scheduled for Friday morning is being postponed a day because of weather.

As Douglas Development looks to move forward with its massive New City development in Ivy City, DC is looking to give the project a boost.