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The team behind Georgetown's West Heating Plant project is approaching the latest in a series of hurdles in its six-year effort to redevelop the World War II-era plant.

Plans for the former American City Diner building in upper Northwest include an addition to the back of the building to make room for more seats and a new enclosed patio and outdoor seating area.

There’s new legislation going through city hall that would allow small businesses that make wine, beer or spirits in D.C. to open locations outside of where they make their product.

Under a bill that D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton plans to introduce in Congress next week, D.C. would be able to purchase the RFK property at fair market value from the federal government, which currently leases the property to the…

At the intersection of Fourth and K streets NW earlier this month, a road crew filled a pothole that had caused headaches for motorists since it was reported days earlier. Minutes later, the eroded, crumbling patch of road was mended and…

D.C. developer Level 2 Development has filled in a piece of the retail puzzle at its new Highline Union Market apartment building, with Orangetheory signing on.

Several activists who live in the Deanwood section of the Ward 7, led by well-known political figure Dorothy Douglas, fell short last week in D.C. Superior Court in a bid to stop a fire station from being built in their immediate…

After six years of service from Patty Stonesifer, who announced her retirement in November 2018, Martha’s Table announced its new President and CEO Kim R. Ford, who will be the first Black woman to lead the organization when she begins on…

With pep in her step and a wide grin on her face, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser approached the podium Monday to deliver her fifth State of the District address with a distinct purpose in mind.

For nearly four years, Jaheim Byars found peace in National Collegiate Preparatory Public Charter High School that the streets and other schools couldn’t provide. By his senior year, he had encouraged his younger cousins to apply to the…

TGIF! Mayor Muriel Bowser this morning testified about her budget to the DC Council, where Chairman Phil Mendelson says her budget proposal gives "scraps" for public education.

The Kith and Kin chef gets personal about his background in "Notes From a Young Black Chef"

Eleven months after garnering a mixed judgment from the Historic Preservation Review Board, the team seeking to redevelop the Georgetown West Heating Plant is pivoting the project to tackle zoning concerns.

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is moving forward with legislation that calls for Congress to sell the federally owned RFK Stadium campus to the District.

How much do you know about the work of Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe? She’s an author and photographer, known best for documenting womanhood and the African-American experience through her art.

The D.C. Department of Human Services is planning to phase out the use of motels as emergency overflow shelters for families experiencing homelessness by the end of next year, agency leadership tells DCist. The news was first reported by…

Akridge has signed an anchor tenant for its second Downtown D.C. spec office project in as many months.

They’ve been successfully warding off liquor stores since at least 1964.

The District is facing an affordability crisis. Residents new and old, from all eight wards and of all races, ages and family sizes are finding it increasingly difficult to balance the costs of child care, utilities, transportation, health…