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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has declared a state of emergency and public health emergency in the District in response to coronavirus.

The coronavirus continues to postpone events around the D.C. area.

You might have heard there’s an election this year. We’re not talking about the presidential contest; we’re talking about the various D.C. Council races in our own backyard. The June 2 primary is less than 12 weeks and, as far as the local…

Jack Evans appears to qualify for public campaign funding in his bid to reclaim the D.C. Council seat he gave up amid an ethics scandal, according to new filings.

British hotel chain Yotel has unveiled new details on its D.C. debut later this year on Capitol Hill.

Another missing middle example is being proposed in Truxton Circle.

Monumental Sports & Entertainment, the managing group of the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards, announced Wednesday its plans to continue hosting games inside Capital One Arena in light of concerns over the covid-19 pandemic. …

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser declared a state of emergency Wednesday that allows her to enforce quarantines and cancellations to slow the spread of coronavirus, as major churches organizations in and around the nation’s capital said they…

D.C. is under a state of emergency and a public health emergency, a move that comes after health officials announced a jump in the number of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday.

The District’s public school system will close Monday so staff members can plan how they will continue teaching if the coronavirus forces schools to shut down for an extended period.

The D.C. Health Department is calling for the cancellation or postponement of “non-essential mass gatherings, including conferences and conventions,” where 1,000 or more people congregate in one location.

They stand on the wrong side of escalators. Their buses take up valuable street space. Some of them even swan around in MAGA hats! Yes, student tour groups often break the unwritten rules of DC-area life. But for the region’s hundreds of…

The peak bloom date for the cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin has been moved to a new range: March 21-24. That’s about a week earlier than the original peak bloom projection.

The head priest of a historic Georgetown church said Tuesday his condition is improving after he became D.C.’s first resident to test positive for the new coronavirus.

Staff at a Bethesda theater are learning how to disinfect cloth theater seats. A D.C. contemporary dance company just cancelled its annual fundraising gala. And a choral group in the city now allows its singers to attend rehearsals via…

As the number of COVID-19 cases in Maryland, Virginia and the District continued to mount, government officials, employers, schools — and even the storied Gridiron Club — were ducking and covering Tuesday in an effort to slow the spread…

It’s endangered but not extinct, as organizers have found a creative way to preserve it.

Mercy Me is slated to debut in West End in April.

Plenty of drivers have complained about getting speeding tickets in D.C., but two are taking it a step further: they’re suing.

The longtime friends were looking forward to their regular game of bridge at Washington’s posh Metropolitan Club on Monday afternoon, a bit of welcome routine in a world slowly spinning out of control.