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Reagan National Airport to host full-scale emergency drill
Don’t be alarmed to see smoke, fire and emergency vehicles near Reagan National Airport. The airport will conduct a full-scale airport emergency drill from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
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County unveils ‘Housing Arlington’ initiative to tackle affordable housing woes
With 58,000 more residents expected by 2045 and current rent for a two-bedroom apartment averaging $3,000 per month, Arlington County staff said the squeeze for affordable housing is likely to worsen.
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Arlington County approves incentives to keep DEA headquarters
The county will give DEA’s headquarters landlord, Clarion Partners, a $11.5 million Economic Development Incentive grant, stretched out over the 15-year term of the DEA’s lease renewal for its headquarters space at 600 and 700 Army Navy Drive, to offset its below market lease terms to GSA.
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Arlington County ditches glass recycling
Glass will no longer be on the list of items that can be recycled in Virginia’s Arlington County. Instead of recycling glass, residents can either put it in the trash or dump it at one of two designated drop-off locations.
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Arlington Co. votes to change name of Jefferson Davis Highway
Leaders in Arlington County voted to change the name of Jefferson Davis Highway to either “Richmond Highway” or “Richmond Boulevard.”
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Weekend work zones planned for I-395
The work is planned over the next four weekends. Single and double lane closures are scheduled in the main lanes from late Friday nights into Sunday afternoons as crews rehabilitate five bridges.
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Blank slate: Park Service seeks public input for future of Claude Moore farm
The National Park Service is soliciting public input for future use of 69 acres of parkland inside the Capital Beltway, on the site of a former pre-Revolutionary War living history tenant farm.
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Arlington property taxes going up 3.2%
The Arlington County Board’s just-passed $1.4 billion fiscal 2020 budget includes an increase in property taxes.
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Arlington Co. to encourage biking with safer bike paths, more riding options
The new multifaceted plan calls for expanding and improving Arlington’s bicycle transportation infrastructure by adding new facilities along key bike paths such as Columbia Pike, Glebe Road and Lee Highway, and creating safer conditions for existing bike paths through additional education and enforcement of traffic laws.
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WVa man cited after loaded gun detected at Reagan National
A West Virginia man has been cited after a loaded handgun was detected in a carry-on bag at Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport.
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Arlington Public Library opens free makerspace
“The Shop” comes equipped with woodworking tools, soldering irons, 3D printers, sewing machines and other tools for creating.
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Motorcyclist killed in crash on I-395 in Arlington
A motorcyclist was killed in a crash in the predawn hours of Tuesday on I-395 in Arlington, Virginia.
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Why Amazon may struggle to fill its HQ2 jobs
Amazon is coming to Northern Virginia with thousands of high-paying IT jobs to fill, at a time when other companies are struggling to find enough qualified candidates to fill their own IT job openings.
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GW Parkway police chase ends in Potomac River plunge
Northbound lanes were closed at the George Washington Parkway before the Memorial Bridge due to police activity Sunday afternoon. Arlington County police said that a car crashed into the water and a suspect connected to a robbery was taken into custody. Roads reopened after almost five hours of investigation.
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Arlington, Montgomery County to formalize deal on airport-noise study
Arlington government officials plan to formalize their agreement with leaders in Montgomery County, Md., to fund a study on the northerly aircraft departure route out of Reagan National Airport.
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