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Back in February, Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh upended DC's local political season when she announced that she had decided to retire rather than go through with her reelection bid. Now she has announced Tricia Duncan as her favored…

Northwest D.C. is getting a Lidl discount grocery store, and it will be right next door to the soon-to-open Wegmans grocery store.

She’s about seven months from retiring from the D.C. Council, but any plans Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) may have had to visit every country in the world have now been tossed out the window.

Lidl plans to open a new location in upper Northwest, its third outpost in D.C., as the discount grocer continues to expand its footprint across Greater Washington.

The mixed-use development dubbed Art Place, at Fort Totten, has brought on a new, high-profile partner to help visualize and develop the project, including its performing arts anchor, set to open in 2025.

If, as many are predicting, Republicans win the House in November’s midterm elections, the District of Columbia will likely be in for some hard times. The Republican Party has been brazen about using the city as a political punching bag.…

Friends of Fletcher’s Cove face down climate change and a man-made river blockage in an effort to save an iconic D.C. recreation spot.

Most districts say they have no plans to reinstate masks districtwide

Amelie Balemaken wore a flowy dress and ballcap as she leaned against a giant orange tube and watched her delighted 3-year-old daughter collect water in a plastic bucket, dump it and start over.

D.C.’s Lincoln Memorial was closed for cleaning Saturday morning after National Mall officials said students from a local university celebrating their graduation left the area littered with trash.

Saturday morning clean-up of broken bottles and spilled wine came on the eve of a celebration for the memorial’s 100th anniversary

As the rail system struggles to lure back riders whose confidence is shaken, future service cuts are likely if passengers don’t return

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority recently announced that Randy Clarke will become the agency’s next general manager. Clarke is in an unenviable position, as the Washington region’s beleaguered transit agency has as many…

Atlas Brew Works is in discussions for a new production facility and brewpub at Poplar Point.

As coronavirus cases seem to be surging locally and nationally with much less surveillance than in earlier covid waves, D.C.'s legislators are arguing with local public health officials about how much case data the city should disclose to…

A D.C. law that limits how much an elected official can fundraise to pay off any personal loans they made to their campaign could be at risk in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling this week that overturned a similar federal regulation.

DC Health officials are defending their current COVID data reporting process, after two-weeks worth of missing case numbers prompted lawmakers to question the agency’s accuracy.

D.C. has activated its emergency heat plan through the weekend, ahead of a heat wave that’s expected to bring record-breaking temperatures to the D.C. region.

Metrorail says service on the Green and Yellow lines will improve next week after limited service on the two lines that typically see some of the heaviest crowding.

This will eventually make more sense, but this elections roundup was written by Martin Andres Austermuhle. With that being said, let’s get into it.