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Normally, local D.C. politicians bemoan the meddling of federal lawmakers in District affairs. But in the case of the Ward 2 D.C. Council primary race, some candidates are welcoming the opinions of senators, members of the House, and even…

About a third of the District’s covid-19 fatalities have been residents of skilled nursing facilities, the city announced Friday, further illustrating the devastating toll of the pandemic on the elderly, injured and sick.

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has filed an application for a D.C. alcoholic beverage license at its grocery store coming to 14th Street NW.

In the months since local leaders in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia first banned dine-in service at restaurants, some have pivoted to takeout and delivery, and others have gone temporarily dark, planning to return when it’s deemed safe to do…

As Catholic University of America (CUA) continues phasing out the low-rise dormitories on its campus, plans have evolved for a new campus residence hall.

The Adams Morgan property is waiting on a green light from the mayor.

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation has signed both Love and Care Development Center and Rocketship Public School to leases at Art Place, a mixed-use development project in Washington, D.C.’s Fort Totten neighborhood.

The District of Columbia has been drawn into a clash between a Trump administration that wants to install conservative filmmaker Michael Pack as head of the agency overseeing the Voice of America and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking…

“VOTE FOR no more than one.” Those are the instructions on the ballot in the District’s upcoming Democratic primary for the Ward 2 seat on the D.C. Council. If ever there were an election that needed ranked-choice voting (which allows…

One Friday this month, District authorities saw people congregating while waiting for take-out orders at a Mexican restaurant on the Wharf. Two days later, a group of people outside an apartment building in Brightwood Park refused to…

Last June, Emily Thompson, a doctoral student in Gallaudet University’s audiology program, went to her first D.C. pride parade. She previously lived in Washington in the early 2010s, but came back last year for school, and the event marked…

IN A few short months , interim U.S. attorney Timothy J. Shea, whom Attorney General William P. Barr installed, has presided over two extraordinary retreats from justice, in both cases to help associates of President Trump, and in both…

"We realized we had to explain to people what the sacrifice was about," says Local editor Mike Semel

Jason Reynolds isn’t a parent or teacher, but he does know how to spark the creativity of young people. The New York Times bestselling author of young adult fiction wants to make sure kids continue to imagine and grow while they’re at home…

Ward 8 is home to the District’s most underserved neighborhoods for health care. The only hospital outside of the Northwest quadrant — the whitest and richest — is United Medical Center in Southeast. The hospital is being forced to close…

Hugo and Rebecca Medrano aren’t strangers to hard times. Hugo, an actor turned producing artistic director of a D.C. theater for Spanish productions, started his career in exile from his native Argentina, after all.

“Every cleaner I see is selling them,” says Moon Whang, the owner of Georgetown Valet, a local chain of cleaning and alteration shops.

Like hundreds of small-business owners in the nation’s capital, Pixie Windsor knows her vintage furniture and home accessories shop is in peril.

As the sky over Meridian Hill Park darkened and a brisk wind thrust its way in, bride Jameila Roache and her groom, Andre Rambana, watched in fear as the laptop used to link them to the D.C. judge officiating their marriage began to slide…

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