Washington Post: Mayor’s crime fighting initiative, Building Blocks DC, is shifting its structure
Some worry the program has lost its focus and urgency as the emergency center stands down while gun violence continues.
WTOP: DC police begin search for new Chief Equity Officer
D.C. police have begun their search for a Chief Equity Officer under the Executive Office of the Chief of Police.
WTOP: DC activist preserves legacy of city’s Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence
Nadine Seiler began protesting at the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence in Lafayette Square in 2018. She eventually became known as the memorial’s caretaker and curator when she began collecting pieces of artwork.
Washington Post: Enrollment in virtual schools is exploding. Will students stay long term?
D.C.'s only fully virtual charter school saw an enrollment spike. So did schools across the country.
WTOP: Study: DC gun crimes involve ‘small number’ of people
A study finds that suspects in violent crime in the District share a lot of characteristics.
WTOP: UDC renames sports complex after Dr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson, the ‘grandfather of Black…
What used to be building 47 at the University of the District of Columbia will now be called The Dr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson Sports Complex, after the D.C. native credited with bringing basketball to Black youth in the early 1900s.
WTOP: Roosevelt Bridge repair restricting access for DC Fire and EMS units
Emergency repair work on the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, which links D.C. to Virginia’s Arlington County, will require restrictions on D.C. Fire and EMS vehicles that respond to emergencies on the bridge.
WTOP: DC’s 11th Street Bridge Park taps mother-daughter sculpting duo to design public art
Sculptor Martha Jackson Jarvis and her daughter, fellow sculptor Njena Surae Jarvis, received an email this week.
Washington Post Editorial Board: Public officials shouldn’t hide behind private messaging systems
The end-to-end encrypted messaging service WhatsApp is awfully handy for the everyday texter, providing a degree of built-in privacy for those wary of snoops and even offering an auto-delete option that ensures chats disappear into the…
Washington Post: Metro’s prospects rise as omicron fades, but looming financial shortfall will shape…
The transit agency is likely to face two obvious but unappealing paths forward: Find financial help or cut service.
WTOP: National Arboretum bald eagles could get a ‘nestful’
Eagle-eyed fans may soon spot another egg in the nest of Mr. President and his new partner Lotus — the National Arboretum’s resident bald eagles.
WTOP: DC police ready for possible anti-mandate trucker caravan
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has asked D.C. police to prepare for a convoy of truckers set to arrive in Washington next month with plans to protest vaccine mandates.
Washington Post: D.C. police chief faces litany of complaints
Chief Robert J. Contee III is also challenged by rising carjackings and gun violence in the area
WTOP: DC targets ‘violent crime’ in Ward 8 with new partnership
Amid the announcement of a new partnership aimed at curbing violent crime in four specific areas of Ward 8, a suspect has been identified in a shooting that killed one and wounded several others at a D.C. hotel.
Washingtonian: A Mother-Daughter Duo Will Create the 11th Street Bridge Park’s First Public Artwork
The women will build an interactive sculpture meant to amplify the beauty of the Anacostia River.
City Paper: Go-Go City Chronicles Gentrification’s Role in the Erosion of D.C.’s Black Communities
The documentary airs on MPT on Feb. 20 and will stream on the PBS website.
Washington Post: New legislation could bring mobile voting to the District
Experts, however, warn the technology isn’t ready
Colbert King in The Post: It’s not about masks or mandates. It’s about public trust.
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) lifted the one-month-old vaccine mandate for D.C. businesses this week and plans to end the indoor mask mandate as of March 1 — and some in this city have freaked out. Chief among them is Council member Brianne…
Washington Business Journal: Unity Health’s new CEO wants to achieve health equity. Here’s what…
When Dr. Jessica Henderson Boyd became Unity Health Care's new president and CEO, she was no stranger to the organization — or to stepping up.
Washington Post: With mounting pressure to address violence, D.C. unveils another…
The homicide reduction partnership will bring representatives from local and federal agencies to four police areas in Wards 7 and 8