WTOP: DC Art All Night festival paints the District red once more
D.C.’s Art All Night festival returns this weekend for its 11th year, featuring more than 100 local artists, as well as live performances, interactive art activities and more spanning all eight wards.
DCist: A First Look At The New Metro Map, Featuring Silver Line Extension And Name Changes
Metro is rolling out a new version of its iconic Metrorail map today ahead of the Silver Line Phase II extension opening later this fall, potentially in November.
City Paper: Blockbusting Developer Settles With AG For $300,000
But in the end, developer Hossain Kamyab will get what he wants. He plans to turn a duplex in the Palisades into a 17-unit apartment building.
Washington Post: D.C.’s last trolley trestle is saved from demolition, for now
The fate of the old streetcar bridge in Georgetown is again in the spotlight as historic preservationists push to save it
Kathy Hollowell-Makle in The Post: D.C. recognizes how much early-childhood education matters
The District’s policymakers have begun to recognize what the science of early-childhood education has been telling us for decades: Early-childhood education is the foundation of all learning for school and life.
District Links: DC Health shifts to walk-ups for monkeypox vaccine; reforms eyed for Rapid Rehousing…
As of this morning, the District's three monkeypox clinics are offering only walk-up vaccination services, with no need for pre-registration for either the first or second dose.
DCist: Art All Night Brings Concerts, Galleries, And Food Specials To All 8 Wards This Weekend
What do silent discos, fashion shows, restaurant discounts, wing-eating contests, and art galleries have in common? They’re all offered as part of D.C.’s Art All Night event, which hits all eight wards this Friday and Saturday.
Washington Post: Fallout grows from Metro’s train shortage amid safety probe
A train shortage is threatening the transit system’s ability to open the long-awaited Silver Line extension in Northern Virginia
WTOP: Metro says root cause of rail-car problems may never be known
Metro officials said Thursday they’re committed to safely returning more troubled 7000-series railcars to service, though they’re still at a loss as to what’s caused the wheel-set issues that sidelined much of its fleet.
Washington Business Journal: D.C.’s business partnership to take more active role in bringing…
The Washington D.C. Economic Partnership is beefing up its staff as it looks to take a more active role in attracting companies to the city's business districts.
DCist: Art All Night Brings Concerts, Galleries, And Food Specials To All 8 Wards This Weekend
What do silent discos, fashion shows, restaurant discounts, wing-eating contests, and art galleries have in common? They’re all offered as part of D.C.’s Art All Night event, which hits all eight wards this Friday and Saturday.
DCist: No Pre-Registration For Monkeypox Vaccines Needed In D.C. Starting This Friday
Starting this Friday, monkeypox vaccine appointments at D.C. clinics will be available on a walk-up basis only — no pre-registration is required. Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Health made the announcement today. Eligible individuals can visit…
WTOP: DC Council bill would provide free social work master’s degrees at UDC
The mental health care field needs more social workers, and a proposal in front of the D.C. Council might help provide them.
WTOP: DC monkeypox vaccine clinics to become walkup-only
Starting Friday, you no longer need an appointment to get a monkeypox vaccine in D.C.
DCist: Metro To Pair Mental Health Experts With Transit Police And Staff In New Public Safety…
Metro plans to pair mental health experts with transit police and operating staff to respond to emergencies where extra support is needed. The new public safety initiative announced Wednesday aims to provide the appropriate response to a…
DCist: Like Sisyphus Pushing A Boulder Up A Hill, Republicans Again Battle The Odds To Run In D.C.
When David Krucoff knocks on a door in D.C. and introduces himself as a Republican running for local office, he’s often ready to deliver a set of quick additional disclosures.
DCist: D.C. Health Struggles To Overcome Pandemic Delays in Wastewater Surveillance Project
DC Health continues to grapple with its wastewater surveillance project to support the CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS). Despite joining the national program in December of 2020, D.C. has contended with limited funding,…
DC encampment residents say engagements don’t meet city’s stated goals
Sitting outside the bright red doors of the Church of the Epiphany, Colleen peered at her tent on the sidewalk. Soon, city workers would order her to remove it in preparation for the day’s encampment engagement. Colleen’s friends were…
District Links: Delays beset DC Health’s efforts to participate in COVID-19 wastewater…
Amid the arrival of the third fall since the start of the pandemic, DC Health is still struggling to get its COVID-19 wastewater surveillance program underway, DCist reports.
DCist: Metro Wheel Problems Existed Earlier And Affected Older Trains, Safety Commission Says
The Metro wheel problems that caused a train to derail outside Arlington Cemetery nearly a year ago and prompted WMATA to sideline its newest 7000-series trains may also have been the result of issues with the tracks themselves. And the…