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D.C. educators and school leaders are discussing how they plan to get more students to return to in-person learning, and they said it starts with building trust.

In 2020, the pandemic hastened the decline of Friendship Heights, a largely commercial neighborhood straddling the NW DC/Maryland border. On Friday, an Urban Land Institute (ULI) panel presented…

Washington tourist attractions have engaged in a seesaw battle with the coronavirus over the past year. After closing en masse in the space of a few days in March 2020, they began to cautiously…

Has masking guidance changed? What metrics are being used to make decisions?

The newly created panel tasked with investigating the Metro Transit Police Department released its first review of the department this week in a two-page document that’s drawing criticism from…

D.C. leaders expect all public and charter schools to open for full-time, in-person instruction this fall, and students must attend in person unless they can demonstrate a need to stay home, City…

The Smithsonian Institution has set reopening dates for the National Zoo, as well as seven of its D.C.-area museums.

ASB Real Estate Investments has sold a nearly fully leased NoMa office building for $201.75 million to Boyd Watterson Asset Management, not quite three and a half years after the Bethesda firm…

Several museums and the National Zoo are set to reopen next month, the Smithsonian Institution announced Friday.

Some of the biggest attractions in the District have announced reopening plans. The Smithsonian says many of its museums and zoo will reopen in May.

The Comprehensive Plan update currently being debated in the DC Council isn’t the only planning document in the works. Also on the Office of Planning’s to-do list are three Small Area Plans —…

D.C.’s public health measures — like mask mandates, indoor dining closures, and capacity limits on businesses — helped the city mitigate the spread of coronavirus last fall and winter better than…

WASHINGTON — If you've ever seen run-down houses and apartment buildings around the District and wondered what’s being done about them, you're not alone. DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is asking…

Residents of yet another DC neighborhood tell us they have stopped getting mail – and as it has done for months, Seven on Your Side is trying to help.

A new affordable development pitched for just north of the St. Elizabeths East campus in Southeast D.C. aims to offer homes exclusively for formerly homeless seniors diagnosed with mental illnesses. …

Karon Hylton zipped through streets and alleys of his old D.C. neighborhood on a rented moped. A police car, lights flashing, tailed him.

An unprecedented infusion of federal funds is flowing into school systems across the country, with the Washington region expected to pull in more than $1.8 billion for school districts planning…

Largely overlooked in President Biden’s economic recovery and infrastructure plan is a sweeping effort to reconnect communities divided by urban highways. The $20 billion in aid Biden proposed in his…

The State of Downtown report discussion was virtual for the second year in a row, and the overall consensus from the Downtown Business Improvement District is that economic recovery in D.C. from the…

While stars are career-changing for chefs, the spotlight is dimmed this year by all the restaurants that couldn't outlast the pandemic.