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D.C.’s Office of Unified Communications, which handles 911 and 311 calls, has been much maligned and criticized over the years for the way it handles and dispatches emergency requests.

D.C. officials have struggled for months to narrow the gap in vaccination rates between the city’s most affluent neighborhoods and those hit hardest by the coronavirus — prioritizing certain Zip codes, launching clinics at churches and…

A Maryland resident would be able to ride MARC commuter trains to a job in Northern Virginia, and a Virginia resident could catch the Virginia Railway Express on the weekends, then travel to Baltimore in a one-fare, one-seat trip as part…

DC officials on Wednesday dismissed the idea of seeking one of FEMA’s federally operated vaccination centers because the District’s main focus is acquiring more vaccine doses.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, impoverished and homeless children are in disproportionate need of wellness support. Without access to in-person learning, child development can be stunted, leaving students of color, homeless students, and…

SMYAL, short for Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders, is launching a third Extended Transitional Housing program for LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness that will provide residents with up to six years of shelter, mental…

Silver Diner has inked a lease to open a two-story restaurant and bar in the shadow of Nationals Park.

The District is offering up a series of additional development opportunities on the St. Elizabeths East campus and promising to anchor the new construction by leasing some office space to D.C. government agencies.

Every day for the past 11 weeks, Gum Tong has opened up Pete’s Diner and looked out the front window at her new view: National Guard troops carrying rifles, and a black 7-foot fence.

In homeless encampments just blocks from Capitol Hill, the routine pretty much never changes. Those living in tents pitched beneath two railroad underpasses north of Union Station not only battle poverty, the pandemic and the weather; they…

The District will soon partner with CVS pharmacies to administer COVID-19 vaccines to teachers, school staff, child care workers, health care workers and residents 65 and older, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday.

Skyland Town Center will get an outpost of D.C. fried chicken sandwich favorite Roaming Rooster, local fast-casual chain &pizza, and several other quick-service restaurants in the next year and a half, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said…

Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto circulated legislation to limit the ban on rent increases, after the mayor’s group on the rent crisis couldn’t reach agreement on this issue.

A bright green truck painted with fruits and vegetables is hitting the road, stocked with fresh foods for Ward 8 families who only have one grocery store that serves 80,000 residents.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser was all smiles at Wednesday’s “March Madness” event at the Washington Convention Center.

It’s been more than a year since D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) declared a public health crisis and closed school buildings to students. The past year has devastated our community in Anacostia. Still, at Thurgood Marshall Academy Public…

Keith Carr was not trying to spark a confrontation, much less a fistfight. The 38-year-old landlord was at one of three apartment buildings he owns on Longfellow Street in Northwest Washington’s Brightwood Park on Thursday afternoon.