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D.C. once had plenty of accessible inpatient detox programs, but one by one, they have gradually been shut down. Now there is just one left. Since October 2017, the Psychiatric Institute of Washington (PIW), located in Tenleytown, has had…

As government officials across the country struggle to slow the death toll of America’s opioid epidemic, thousands of police departments from coast to coast have equipped their officers with naloxone, a lifesaving overdose antidote.

The In Series’ latest production at Source Theatre draws inspiration from the neighborhood just around the venue’s corner. From U Street to the Cotton Club, an experimental jukebox musical that premiered in 2009 at In Series, features jazz…

They formed a human chain to haul the discarded tires out of the muck and through the trees.

In response to the overflowing trash cans seen on the National Mall during the partial government shutdown, D.C. and community groups began stepping in to help keep parks clean. But now, their help may no longer be needed.

Nikki Peele, the writer behind one of D.C.'s longest-running and most notable blogs, Congress Heights on the Rise, has some news: She's moving out of the neighborhood she's called home for more than a decade.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has already issued her support for D.C.’s latest statehood bill, and now a member of Congress with more Twitter followers than the speaker has come on board, too: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

The familiar faces of your neighborhood police officers might be changing: the Metropolitan Police Department has officially instituted its new district boundaries, which it first announced last year.

The National Park Service announced that it would resume maintenance services in Washington-area parks on Friday, including the National Mall, George Washington Memorial Parkway, and Rock Creek Park. It will also reopen several bathrooms at…

Another former Sanford Capital property may soon be razed and replaced.

Slim’s Diner will close its doors for good on Sunday, the latest restaurant on the vaunted Upshur Street to shutter.

Whitman-Walker Health is making some changes this year.

The narrative of the regional housing market in the final months of 2018 was one of record prices and falling sales, and December was no exception.

School, sanctuary, fortress, incubator for greatness. A former student remembers Shaw in the 1980s.

The government's partial shutdown has turned Washington's National Mall into a bleak place. Trash cans are overflowing, museums and historic sites are shuttered. Park Service rangers and Smithsonian employees are furloughed as the shutdown…