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Ohio man pleads guilty to defrauding local governments
An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $750,000 from state and local governments by submitting phony invoices to them.
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Free Alexandria pop-up space for 3 lucky small retailers
The Alexandria Economic Development Partnership’s three-year-old pop-up program, which finds temporary space for home-based businesses or micro-retailers to test a brick and mortar presence, is taking applications for its latest free pop-up space in Old Town.
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Overturned truck on Inner Loop cleared in Maryland, residual delays remain
A tractor trailer carrying diesel fuel overturned on the Capital Beltway, stopping traffic at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge for close to four hours while police and hazmat teams worked to clear the crash.
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Plan for new Virginia Tech campus in Alexandria to jump-start Potomac Yard development
Virginia Tech announced Monday that Potomac Yard will be the location for the Innovation Campus it plans to build in Alexandria, Virginia, as part of the deal bringing an Amazon headquarters expansion to Arlington.
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Will Potomac Yard Metro have a 2nd entrance?
As Virginia Tech finalized the location of a new campus Monday near the future Potomac Yard Metro station, Alexandria officials are still trying to figure out whether the station will have the two entrances originally promised.
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Seniors more likely to work longer in big metropolitan areas
Falls Church, Virginia, and Alexandria, Virginia, are among the nation’s leaders in terms of senior labor force participation, with rates of nearly 37% and nearly 30%.
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Officer’s lawyer: Criminal investigation of Bijan Ghaisar shooting will be resolved in 20 days
A lawyer for one of two U.S. Park Police officers who shot and killed a northern Virginia man after a traffic stop says he expects a resolution to the criminal investigation soon.
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Prosecutors fail to prove probable cause in arson case against man who shot Va. officer
A former cab driver who was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the 2013 shooting of an Alexandria, Virginia, police officer now faces arson charges, but a district court judge found prosecutors didn’t meet their burden.
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Mueller report witness to remain jailed in child porn case
Businessman George Nader made an initial appearance Thursday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Alexandria fire chief to retire in July
Alexandria, Virgnia, Fire Chief Robert C. Dube on Thursday announced his retirement, effective July 3. Assistant Fire Chief of Administration Corey A. Smedley will step up as acting fire chief.
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Alexandria issues Metro shutdown progress report, surveys commuters
Overall, the city said it looks like the worst traffic delays were not directly connected to the summer shutdown of six Metro stations south of Reagan National.
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Metro riders react to Huntington-Pentagon express shuttle changes as Alexandria shutdown continues
Riders expressed a range of feelings toward the changes. For some, the sting of last week’s debacles are still fresh in their minds.
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Metro tweaks shuttle bus service between Huntington and Pentagon
Looking to recover from a less-than-stellar start to the summerlong Blue and Yellow Line Metro shutdown, WMATA has announced that changes are coming to the shuttle buses that run between the Huntington and Pentagon stations.
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Manning renews effort to be released from Virginia jail
Chelsea Manning’s lawyers filed court papers Friday asking a federal judge to reconsider his decision to send Manning to the Alexandria jail for refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks.
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How are Alexandria commuters doing 3 days into Metro station closures?
The third workday into Metro’s shutdown of the six stations south of Reagan National Airport, commuters are still working out the best way to get to work.
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