BREAKING: Covid case count in Arlington spikes amid Omicron worries
Covid cases in Arlington as of 12/17/21 (via Virginia Dept. of Health) (Updated at 4 p.m.) Arlington County just recorded the second- and third-highest single-day Covid case totals of the pandemic. The...
View ArticleBREAKING: Covid cases rocket upward, shattering record, with hospitalizations...
Covid cases in Arlington on 12/20/21 (via Virginia Dept. of Health) (Updated at noon) It’s a tale of two Covids: the rate of new cases has shattered the previous record in Arlington, but so far there...
View ArticleUPDATED: Massive fire at former Va. governor’s Chain Bridge Road mansion
Massive house fire on Chain Bridge Road, as seen from D.C. (via @jlilley626/Twitter) (Updated at 1:25 p.m.) The long-time mansion of former Virginia Senator Chuck Robb is ablaze just over the Arlington...
View ArticleUPDATED: Police investigating after two people found dead in apartment
(Updated at 10:45 a.m.) Arlington County police are investigating after two people were found dead in an apartment near Ballston on Wednesday. The investigation is taking place at the Clarendon Court...
View ArticleUPDATED: Crash in Clarendon critically injures pedestrian near Whole Foods
(Updated at 2:15 p.m.) A woman suffered potentially life-threatening injuries after a crash in front of the Clarendon Whole Foods on Wednesday. Initial reports suggest that the woman was walking in...
View ArticleBREAKING: Arlington Public Schools closed Monday due to winter storm
Yorktown High School in the snow (file photo) (Updated at 6 p.m.) Arlington Public Schools will be closed Monday, the school system announced Sunday evening. The closure decision was made as Arlington...
View ArticleBREAKING: Arlington schools will be closed Tuesday, too
Snow in Westover (staff photo by Jay Westcott) (Updated at 3:30 p.m.) Students at Arlington public schools will have another snow day on Tuesday. School was also cancelled today, which would have been...
View ArticleBREAKING: Lee mansion suffers water damage after sprinkler malfunction
Arlington House, the historic former mansion home of Robert E. Lee at Arlington National Cemetery, suffered significant water damage Thursday night, ARLnow has learned. The Greek revival style mansion...
View ArticleUPDATED: Anonymous threat prompts lockdown, evacuations at Yorktown High School
Update at 4:15 p.m. on 2/11/22 — Arlington police have released more information about the threat. Police say an anonymous caller claimed to be armed with hostages inside one of the Yorktown High...
View ArticleBREAKING: Two arrested on Columbia Pike amid murder investigation
Two people were arrested along Columbia Pike today after a man was shot to death Saturday morning a few blocks away. Arlington County police say a 46-year-old woman has been charged with murder and a...
View ArticleBREAKING: Masks optional at Arlington Public Schools as of March 1
(Updated at 4:10 p.m.) Arlington Public Schools is effectively repealing its mask mandate for all students and staff. The move, which takes effect tomorrow (March 1), responds to new Centers for...
View ArticleBREAKING: Masks optional in Arlington County facilities starting Thursday
Leaves and a face mask on the ground in Crystal City (Staff Photo by Jay Westcott) Arlington County is making masks optional in county facilities — from community centers to County Board meetings —...
View ArticleBREAKING: Firefighters battling sauna blaze at Ballston mall
(Updated at 3:40 p.m.) A large fire department response is on scene at the Ballston Quarter mall for a fire on the third floor of the building. Initial reports suggest that the fire was in a sauna...
View ArticleBREAKING: Multiple injuries, one reported trapped after crash in Ballston
(Updated at 10:45 a.m.) Several people are injured and one is reported to be trapped in their vehicle after a two-car crash in Ballston. The crash happened shortly after 10 a.m. at the intersection of...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police searching for suspects after car chase ends with crash in...
30th Street S. and S. Abingdon Street (via Google Maps) (Updated at 6:30 p.m.) Police swarmed the Fairlington neighborhood Friday afternoon after a car chase came to an end near Abingdon Elementary....
View ArticleBREAKING: Police on scene of a reported bank robbery in Ballston
(Updated at 2:30 p.m.) Police are investigating a bank robbery in Ballston. Initial reports suggest that a man robbed the Truist bank at 920 N. Taylor Street, a block from the Metro station, after...
View ArticleBREAKING: Arlington landing Boeing corporate headquarters
Boeing office complex and the Crystal City and Pentagon City skyline (Staff photo by Jay Westcott) (Updated at 4:45 p.m.) Aerospace and defense giant Boeing is moving its corporate headquarters from...
View ArticleBREAKING: Police investigating pair of bank robberies in Ballston
(Updated at 3:30 p.m.) Expect significant police activity in the Ballston area following a pair of bank robberies. The Citizens Bank at 4075 Wilson Blvd was the scene of an attempted robbery shortly...
View ArticleBREAKING: Arlington scores another major corporate headquarters
Raytheon building in Rosslyn (staff photo by Jay Westcott) (Updated at 10:35 a.m.) Hot on the heels of Boeing moving its corporate headquarters to Arlington, another Fortune 100 company is about to...
View ArticleBREAKING: Parent worried about active shooter may have brought gun to middle...
(Updated at 2:15 p.m.) A robbery at a convenience store may have led to a panic about an active shooter at a nearby Arlington middle school. It started at the 7-Eleven at 201 S. Glebe Road. Police...
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