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Bookworms, behold: D.C.’s central library reopened its doors Thursday after a three-and-a-half year, $211 million modernization.

The growls and whines of World War II-era planes were loud and the flying precise as dozens of planes ranging in size from one-seaters to a restored DC-3 airliner Miss Virginia did a dress rehearsal for Friday’s Arsenal of Democracy…

Washington City Paper will temporarily reduce its print publication schedule to one edition per month. In an announcement Thursday, the alt-weekly cited a major drop in ad and event revenue in the wake of the pandemic.

The renovation and remodeling of the Whole Foods Market in Glover Park, which has been closed for more than three years due to a legal battle between the grocer and its landlord, is set to start this fall, according to the project's…

Dozens of protesters marched along the street in front of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s home in D.C.’s Stanton Park neighborhood early Thursday morning.

Roller skating has been ingrained in Black communities for decades.

The D.C. Council unanimously voted in a Sept. 22 session that landlords cannot issue notices telling tenants to vacate their units until the current eviction moratorium ends.

Alexa Jade Southwick was picking up free lunch from the D.C. Downtown Day Services Center last Friday when she saw a voter registration tent right by the door. Southwick is experiencing homelessness and recently arrived in the District by…

Residents of Washington, D.C., have been advocating for more representation for generations. But the push for full statehood is now getting more attention than ever before, in part due to the diligent work of a new generation of activists.…

After six months of reinvention, some pivots are proving more successful than others in D.C.

An early voting supercenter may be set up east of the Anacostia River in D.C.

The prospects of statehood for Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., have never been greater, but many significant obstacles loom.

It’s not for the faint-hearted, Christina Henderson says

As some of D.C.’s private and charter schools implement outdoor learning plans, can DC Public Schools do the same across a diverse school district?

The former D.C. Council staffer faces more than 20 challengers.

While the District of Columbia, at 62.6 percent, falls slightly below the 2020 U.S. Census national self-response rate – 68.9 percent, or 97.4 million households as of Sept. 19 – D.C. does have an overall enumerated response rate of 92.1…

After nearly seven months, and an untold number of hours on the phone, Zina Ford recently found out, for the third time, that she wouldn’t receive unemployment benefits anytime soon, though she contends the reason seems unclear at the…

On any given day, for several hours at a time, one can find a meandering line of dog and cat owners that starts on the front steps of the Animal Clinic of Anacostia and stretches along Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue for at least half a…