Washington Post: After near-fatal incident, K9 Kylie is back on the job, helping to find bones along…
Kylie, the D.C. fire department’s German shepherd, has returned to work after a nearly fatal accident while helping in the search for human remains along the Potomac River in Northern Virginia.
11th Street Bridge Park closes in on capital fundraising goal
DC residents and visitors are one step closer to a pedestrian-friendly walk from Navy Yard and Capitol Hill to historic Anacostia and Fairlawn without cars whizzing alongside them — via Washington’s first elevated public space, a park that…
The DC Lineup for this weekend: Shop local, play arcade games, and go back in time
It's the first weekend of August, and local businesses are on display in DC: The annual MidCity Dog Days street festival is here, showcasing local stores and restaurants throughout the U Street NW and 14th Street NW corridors. Meanwhile,…
UrbanTurf: AIA Exhibit Offers Futuristic Vision for Dupont Underground
Each year, the American Institute of Architects mounts a digital "Emerging Professionals Exhibit." This year, one of those exhibits centers around envisioning an equitable design approach to the Dupont Underground.
City Paper: Ron Moten Would Get $2 Million for Anacostia Land Deal Under Council Bill
“First thing’s first. We must get buildings before we are put out!”
Washington Post: At 53, she is becoming a D.C. firefighter
It’s commonplace around firehouses to see firefighters transition to new career paths after two decades of service.
Washington Post Express: At Gallery Place, a picture of how technology is changing life for blind…
Pat Sheehan, a blind man with a white and red cane, descended into the bedlam of the Chinatown side of Metro’s Gallery Place station during Tuesday afternoon’s rush hour.
District Links: New public financing program for campaigns boosts council challengers; Ron…
TGIF! The District’s new public campaign financing is making a force out of small-donor campaigns, helping close the fundraising gap between challengers and incumbents.
City Paper: D.C. Set to Publish Stop & Frisk Data In September, Three Years After Law Requires…
ACLU says it’s too soon to say the city is complying with the NEAR Act.
WAMU: Why Parking Prices Are Changing Again In Chinatown/Penn Quarter
The price for parking in parts of Chinatown and Penn Quarter depends, in part, on how many people are trying to park.
WAMU: ‘This Is My Spot’: D.C. Gallery Helps Artists With Disabilities Sell Their Work
Vanessa Monroe sits at a desk in a light-filled art studio. She’s working intently on a brightly colored painting.
WTOP: Yeah, Baltimore has rats, but DC has more — and more; record-breaking year expected
D.C. has a rat problem that’s got nothing to do with politics, and the city expects another record-breaking year for rodent complaint calls.
WTOP: DC cadaver dog returns to work after injury
The German shepherd that was injured last month during a search near Reagan National Airport in Virginia and airlifted by a medevac helicopter that stopped traffic on the George Washington Parkway is back at work.
Bo Shuff in The Hill: Why Washingtonians need to have statehood for District of Columbia
The residents of the District of Columbia are equal to all other residents of the United States. We pay taxes, serve on juries and in wars, participate in our communities, go to work and run businesses, and raise our families. However,…
Washington Post: In his first public statement, Washington’s new Catholic archbishop slams Trump for…
Washington’s new Catholic leader — the country’s lone black archbishop — on Thursday issued his first public statement since his installation, accusing President Trump of “diminishing our national life” with his recent tweets about…
WTOP: Double-parking headaches in DC? New app hopes to curb congestion
D.C. is trying something new to fight congestion that involves getting commercial drivers to use a new app to reserve parking in loading zones.
Washington Post: Community organizers call for end to shootings after 11-year-old’s death
Yolanda Fields lost her two brothers to gun violence. She lost her stepson. Several friends. A cousin. Another cousin’s son.
Washington Post: Challengers to Jack Evans flex financial muscle under new D.C. public finance law
Challengers to embattled D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) appear poised to reap hundreds of thousands of dollars under the District’s new system for public funding of political campaigns, a potent demonstration of how recently…
Washington Post: Man paid two D.C. police employees $40,000 in bribes for crash reports
A Washington-area man pleaded guilty to one count of felony bribery Wednesday, admitting he paid more than $40,000 to two D.C. police employees to obtain confidential information from traffic crash reports after police restricted the…
DCist: Georgetown Program Teaches Returning Citizens To Be Entrepreneurs: ‘It Gave Me A Goal’
Homeless, scared, and lost, Corey Pollard had been out of jail for less than a year when he nearly gave up hope of ever returning to a normal life.