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D.C. lawmakers will hold a public hearing to examine failures in the city’s response to surging heroin deaths in African American neighborhoods and to assess future strategies for combating the opioid epidemic.

WASHINGTON — Couples are again able to get married in the District.

Nestled in the northwest corner of D.C.’s diamond, Spring Valley’s rolling landscapes are home to diplomats, prominent journalists, and even a young Kermit the Frog. American University consumes most of the Northwest neighborhood, with…

When Frank Smith was a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta during the civil rights era, he often drove across the south to take part in various rallies and campaigns. Of course, traveling meant risking bloodshed—or sometimes even…

TGIF! Herroner today signed into law emergency legislation to allow the District to issue marriage licenses during the federal shutdown, elevating the Secretary of the District of Columbia's power to oversee weddings. License applications,…

A new family homeless shelter set to open in Upper Northwest in roughly the next year will have a smaller patio deck for children and their guardians than initially envisioned following a protracted legal fight over plans for the facility.…

It’s official: some 800,000 federal workers missed their first paycheck on Friday. Federal contractors haven’t been paid since the partial government shutdown began three weeks ago. But their bills continue unabated.

In DC’s historic preservation process, all nominations start with an application. Often composed by professional historians and/or architectural experts, the application lays out the history of the property and explains how it meets the…

A special police unit identified a man they say has dumped hundreds of old tires around the District and is trying to track down the suspect.

Metro officials are concerned the government shutdown is cutting into the agency’s revenue as the system that carries a sizable share of the federal workforce runs full service despite thousands of employees staying home on furlough.

Illegal dumping is a problem in parks, vacant lots, alleys, all over Washington. You may have seen a tire or two in your local creek. But 1,000-plus tires?

D.C. once had plenty of accessible inpatient detox programs, but one by one, they have gradually been shut down. Now there is just one left. Since October 2017, the Psychiatric Institute of Washington (PIW), located in Tenleytown, has had…

As government officials across the country struggle to slow the death toll of America’s opioid epidemic, thousands of police departments from coast to coast have equipped their officers with naloxone, a lifesaving overdose antidote.

The In Series’ latest production at Source Theatre draws inspiration from the neighborhood just around the venue’s corner. From U Street to the Cotton Club, an experimental jukebox musical that premiered in 2009 at In Series, features jazz…

They formed a human chain to haul the discarded tires out of the muck and through the trees.

In response to the overflowing trash cans seen on the National Mall during the partial government shutdown, D.C. and community groups began stepping in to help keep parks clean. But now, their help may no longer be needed.

Nikki Peele, the writer behind one of D.C.'s longest-running and most notable blogs, Congress Heights on the Rise, has some news: She's moving out of the neighborhood she's called home for more than a decade.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has already issued her support for D.C.’s latest statehood bill, and now a member of Congress with more Twitter followers than the speaker has come on board, too: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

The familiar faces of your neighborhood police officers might be changing: the Metropolitan Police Department has officially instituted its new district boundaries, which it first announced last year.

The National Park Service announced that it would resume maintenance services in Washington-area parks on Friday, including the National Mall, George Washington Memorial Parkway, and Rock Creek Park. It will also reopen several bathrooms at…