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Officials say the properties need at least $2.2 billion in deferred maintenance

Nearly two years ago, DC's Office of the Deputy Mayor of Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) selected a development team for the 3.5-acre “Northwest One” parcel, located at North Capitol between K and L Streets NW (map). Now, the…

For its latest pop up on 7th Street NW, Drink Company teamed up with Events DC, the District’s convention and sports authority, to bring an esports-themed bar to Shaw. But it’s game over for “Levels Unlocked: House of D.C. Heroes,” a month…

Little Wild Things just joined Cultivate The City inside W.S. Jenks & Son in Trinidad.

An in-depth conversation with the institution's president.

Over the past year, discussions have increased about how the DC area can address the local housing shortage, the housing affordability gap, and the question of how to ensure DC proper can handle a potential one million residents 25 years…

The first week of school can often involve a meticulous quest to find the “perfect” outfit to wear. After rifling through their wardrobes, students settle on the crème de la crème, or at least something comfortable.

It’s close to 8 p.m. on a recent weeknight, but at Anthony Burley’s home in Columbia Heights it’s “Round Midnight,” or at least it is on his stereo.

Roughly 220,000 families across the D.C. region could be forced to leave their homes in the coming years as housing costs rise, according to a new study of the area’s housing market.

Last year the Washington region came together to fix a 40-year-old problem by providing Metro with dedicated funding. Now elected officials and business and nonprofit leaders are preparing a push to overcome another challenge: the critical…

Good Wednesday morning. Ward 4 DC Council hopeful Janeese Lewis George has raised $17,994 since launching her candidacy on Aug. 1, her campaign announced yesterday.

D.C. sports betting parlors are expected to open their doors late this year or early next, but first, questions must be answered about the company contracted to do the work and the way the D.C. government approved the no-bid contract.

She requested information about hate crimes in D.C. and got no reply. So D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton sent a second letter to the U.S. Attorney for the District.

At DC Scholars Stanton Elementary School, Assistant Principal Shaunte Daniel gave each student a hug as they entered the building on Tuesday morning. They smiled, some blushed, and hugged her back.

The protests are timed to take place around the U.N. Climate Action Summit

A 46-year-old Baltimore man pleaded guilty on Tuesday morning to killing two women crossing the street in downtown D.C. last December, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of D.C. announced in a press release.

A prominent newspaper columnist giving a talk at a local university isn’t even slightly out of the ordinary. But in the case of New York Times columnist Bret Stephens accepting George Washington University’s invitation to speak on campus…

(And Dolly Parton Is Very Happy About It)

A retail property in Northwest D.C. sold below its asking price, showing potential investor concerns about the economy.