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School Board seeks staggered elections

Proposals for reducing board size, eliminating districts draw less support BY AMY WILL Nearly 30 years after its first election cycle, Alexandria City’s School Board is...

Bus lanes on Duke Street?

Vice mayor, former DASH director raise concerns as proposal nears council By Amy Will A potentially $100-million-dollar project intended to increase bus ridership, build bike lanes...

City readies for Metro ribbon-cutting; Environmentalists seek post-remediation soil reports, lament...

By Amy Will | [email protected] Opening day for the Potomac Yard Metro Station has been set for May 19 – proving that environmental obstacles, controversies...

Inside the Taylor Run restoration: Passionate residents collaborate with willing city...

By Amy Will  | [email protected] Three million dollars slipped through the city’s fingers last week after City Council announced it would rescind two grants backing...

Alexandria man convicted of rape

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Steven Orellana, a 32-year-old Alexandria resident, was convicted of rape by a jury in Alexandria Circuit Court yesterday, according to...

Three suspects arrested in shooting that injured bystander

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] The Alexandria Police Department has made three arrests in connection to a shooting that occurred Sunday afternoon in the West...

DASH reduces bus service due to staffing shortage

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Commuters will have to wait a little longer to catch a bus this year, as DASH announced on Dec. 30...

Snow brings closures to Alexandria facilities and services

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Snow has come to Alexandria and with the National Weather Service estimating between 5 and 10 inches of snowfall, the...

COVID-19 cases reach new highs

By Denise Dunbar | [email protected] Alexandria is experiencing a spike in confirmed cases of COVID-19 that is unprecedented since the city’s first residents were diagnosed...

High school SROs put on leave amid investigation

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The two school resource officers at Alexandria City High School were put on leave on Dec. 16 after a “serious...