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The upcoming reconstruction of the Southwest Neighborhood Library building and grounds will incorporate many more windows, as well as new outdoor areas for both kids and adults, planners said at a recent library meeting. The roof will house…

In the fall of 1968 Valerie Bell Youmans started her junior year at Wilson High School, bused from DC’s Petworth neighborhood following a federal court case that paved the way for desegregation of the Northwest DC school. Just a few miles…

Two weeks after cutting the ribbon on Ward 4’s new short-term family homeless shelter, Mayor Muriel Bowser will join other DC officials on Tuesday for the debut of Ward 7’s counterpart. Dubbed The Horizon, the new building at 5004 D St.…

As Election Day nears, candidates forums scheduled this week and next will give voters a chance to learn more about the views of the six candidates vying for two at-large DC Council seats. On Wednesday evening, the Hill Rag will join…

A new measure hailed by advocates as one of the most ambitious local climate-protection bills in the country is now working its way through the DC Council, with two public hearings planned for this month. Up first, the council’s…

Following a summer spike in overdoses from synthetic drugs, the DC Council voted unanimously today to approve emergency legislation to help law enforcement officers crack down on suppliers of the drugs. Mayor Muriel Bowser proposed the…

The DC Council is set to hold its second legislative meeting since returning from summer recess, with a packed agenda on Tuesday that includes a measure to repeal Initiative 77 and new restrictions on short-term, Airbnb-style rentals. The…

With at-large DC Council member Anita Bonds having decided to depart the DC Democratic State Committee after 12 years as chair, party members elected fresh leaders Sept. 20 to head the group. The task before new party officers is tall.…

Two years after opening, management of the Arthur Capper Community Center in Navy Yard will transition this January from the DC Housing Authority to the DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR). Residents see the change as an opportunity…

The Meridian International Center has been planning for redevelopment of a plot of land on its 16th Street NW campus for the past seven years. But despite the forward momentum gained this summer, a newly organized group of residents is…

Paul Devrouax, the visionary African-American architect behind many landmark DC sites — including Nationals Park, the city convention center and the building that helped rejuvenate U Street NW — now has a street dedicated to his legacy.…

DC residents, nurses, doctors, union activists and a city council member showed up to a recent community meeting to voice concerns about Providence Hospital’s plans to shut down acute care services to transition into a new model focused on…

With Anita Bonds stepping aside as chair of the DC Democratic State Committee, a three-way race has ensued for leadership of the struggling local party. Committee members will cast votes Thursday evening to decide the winner among the…

At opposite ends of the Atlantic Ocean last week, both the European Parliament and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation discussed DC statehood. In Strasbourg, France, Alex Mayer, a member of the European Parliament for the East of…

When it pours like it has in recent weeks, it’s easy to see that stormwater is the biggest challenge facing Rock Creek. A cursory search for Rock Creek on social media shows visitors in awe, photographing the force and volume of water…

DC’s public school system has been plastered across scandal-driven headlines the past year, with city officials dealing with leadership turmoil, subpar graduation returns and allegations of attendance fraud. And, despite ongoing capacity…

Cultural Tourism DC has hosted diverse, multiday groupings of free guided tours of neighborhoods around the city once or twice a year since 2000. Now offered each fall, WalkingTown DC will showcase 50 neighborhoods over the next nine days —…

DC residents will have a chance tonight to weigh in on their priorities for the next schools chancellor as part of the search for a permanent leader for the DC Public Schools. The Sept. 11 community forum — the last in a series of three…

The DC Board of Elections disqualified independent at-large DC Council hopeful S. Kathryn Allen from the November ballot late Monday night, finding that her nominating petitions contained widespread forgery and too few valid signatures.…

When the DC Board of Education ran the city’s school system, the contests sometimes offered a prelude to future elections, with the positions offering a springboard to the DC Council or the mayor’s office for politicians such as Marion…

Dolores Kendrick — hailed as Washington’s “first lady of poetry” and a “deeply revered figure in American literature” — served for nearly two decades as DC’s second poet laureate until her death last November at the age of 90. Now, a search…

The Adams Morgan Day festival is set to celebrate its 40th anniversary on Sunday with an array of offerings for adults and children from noon to 6 p.m. The event, DC’s longest-running neighborhood festival, was on the brink of collapse just…

A new downtown center will open later this year at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church to provide daytime services for homeless men and women prior to the onset of winter weather, thanks to a $1.7 million grant announced last month by…

Built in the 1780s, Georgetown's Halcyon House has a rich history full of tales and mysteries that are a part of DC lore — as well as some that are just being brought to light. The landmark mansion at 3400 Prospect St. NW now houses an…

The Church of the Epiphany looks different on a Saturday afternoon. There are no robed choir members singing hymns. The black iron gate, usually wide open, is padlocked shut, and the only way in is through a back door in the alley, propped…

Northwest DC’s Columbia Heights is one of the fastest-gentrifying neighborhoods in the country, but a new project is promising to add affordable housing to the area. The National Caucus & Center on Black Aging Inc. (NCBA) plans on…

While kicking off the redevelopment of the RFK Stadium site during a ceremony Wednesday morning, Mayor Muriel Bowser made clear she wants the Washington Redskins to occupy a new football stadium on the campus. Bowser told reporters that…

The girls at Excel Academy in Anacostia weren’t sure whether they would have to change schools this year. But by the start of the school year last week, students navigated through a small crowd that cheered “Welcome back to school” and…