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After more than a decade of planning, discussing with neighbors, and replanning, DC Water has finally begun work on a project to rehabilitate a mile of aging, leaky sewer pipes in Rock Creek Park’s Soapstone Valley. Trails in Soapstone…

Thus far, no blood has been shed. There has been no loss of life or property. No bombs have been found.

In D.C., Maryland and Virginia, one of the most vaccinated regions in the country, 7,100 people have died of covid-19 since Christmas

Another DC arts space bites the dust.

We are volunteers who led teams from two very different congregations to walk our very different D.C. neighborhoods with a gas leak detector. We were alarmed to discover a common threat: Methane is leaking all over our communities, coming…

The adage is that “nature finds a way.” However, when it comes to the healing of many of this country’s great rivers, such as the Potomac River, nature needs our help to repair the damage we have done.

The budget process is getting underway in earnest with this afternoon's DC Council briefing, which kicked off with opening statements from legislators citing issues they'll focus on in the upcoming slate of oversight hearings.

For about two weeks, a convoy of trucks, RVs and other vehicles, has slowly roved around the Beltway and on the interstate freeways in the District during the late morning and afternoon hours most days, and that’s led to a variety of…

How do you lower crime in DC? Mayor Muriel Bowser thinks the answer is, in part, stopping criminals before they start, and giving young people more positive outlets for their time and energy.

A year ago, DC's Office of Planning launched a process to create a new Small Area Plan (SAP) for Chevy Chase. Now, the draft SAP has been released, and with it, some specific concepts and guidelines for the design and streetscape…

Howard University faculty member Anthony Jackson lives in Woodbridge, Virginia — 25 miles away from where he works. He earns just above the average salary for non-tenured, full-time lecturers, which his union says is roughly $50,000 per…

Things in D.C. that last six months: the Capitol fencing, the 7000-series train shut-down (at least), and now, more excitedly, the celebration of the Smithsonian National Zoo’s giant panda program.

D.C. could have the funding to tear down part of its troubled jail complex and replace it with a new facility over the next six years, according to an overview of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed budget released on Wednesday. The proposed…

The District’s Main Streets program looks riddled with questionable accounting practices, all enabled by inaction from the agency overseeing it.

Greg O'Dell, the head of D.C.'s conventions and sports authority, is moving on after nearly 13 years overseeing major initiatives, including construction of the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Congress Heights.

It’s budget season again and DC Mayor Muriel Bowser released portions of the FY2023 budget proposal Wednesday. The proposal is a financial road map highlighting where the Bowser administration will invest dollars throughout the District.