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Amid forecasts of a record-setting heatwave this week, the DC Department of Parks and Recreation announced plans to keep two outdoor pools and 18 spray parks open past Labor Day.

After years of studying and discussing the idea of launching a curbside composting program, D.C. officials finally began rolling out a pilot program this month. Roughly 9,000 households will be participating — they’ll get food scraps…

After what felt like a blissful early autumn week, D.C. is under another hot weather emergency through Thursday. Temperatures nearing 100 degrees Fahrenheit are expected to sweep the region throughout most of the week, according to the…

It’s been about 17 months since Republican governors from Texas and Arizona started sending thousands of migrants to the District and other cities in protest of President Biden’s border policies, but questions and concerns remain about the…

To avoid shutting down an unprofitable store in Southeast Washington, Giant Food will check receipts and remove products

The complaint also alleges the District Department of Transportation abandoned the facility at Union Station and broke provisions in its lease

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s partial youth curfew went into effect Friday in areas of the city where police have found patterns of criminal activity by juveniles in the overnight hours. The U Street entertainment corridor in Northwest…

Gaps in performance between White students and children of color have grown larger since 2022

Federal infrastructure funding will be used to modernize D.C.’s Ivy City maintenance yard and five other sites across the nation ahead of delivery of new passenger trains

Mayor says she is considering restricting use of building where 10 dogs died, according to one dog owner

Kamari Felton has spent most of his life packing his bags.

Nicole Freeman Smith was working at St. Mary’s Court, a housing development in Northwest D.C. with about 100 affordable homes for seniors, when she gained access to the bank accounts of an elderly resident of the property — a woman in her…

Nicole Freeman Smith was working at St. Mary’s Court, a housing development in Northwest D.C. with about 100 affordable homes for seniors, when she gained access to the bank accounts of an elderly resident of the property — a woman in her…

As the school year begins, families have seen service improvements but remain frustrated by late, unprepared buses and a lack of communication

Mayor Muriel Bowser has long called for the federal government to return more of its workers to the office, and a new regional push organized by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments is seeking to make the same case.

While more and more tourists are coming to the District as the city recovers from the pandemic, tourists from abroad are noticeably absent. The city is now trying to lure back international travelers with a new slogan and ad campaign that…

Migration during the pandemic resulted in Washington, D.C., losing $1.6 billion in taxable income between 2020 and 2021, a 7.6% drop — in line with other big cities that lost residents to cheaper locales during the same time period.

Destination D.C. unveiled a $14 million marketing campaign Tuesday to draw more international and cross-country visitors to the nation’s capital, as tourism has shown promising signs of a comeback over the past year.

D.C. students are officially back in class, and many of them are taking Metro to get there.