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Micron CEO says expansion key to driverless car market 05/01/2019 10:55am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. The expansion of Micron Technology Inc.’s Manassas plant is key to maintaining the company’s place as a supplier in the growing aut Herndon Mayor Merkel: Meals tax increase not an ‘easy decision’ 04/30/2019 01:15pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, RestonNow.com, and republished with permission. The Town of Herndon’s 1.25% increase in its meal tax has generated some backlash from local residents — prompting Town of Herndon Mayor Lisa Merkel to clarify why the tax was increased from 2.5% Welcome to Fresno: How the Nats Triple-A team ended up in California’s farmland 04/10/2019 01:01am • Wait, Fresno? Really? What are we — and what is the Washington Nationals’ Triple-A team — doing in Fresno, California? Understanding the bizarre twists and turns that forged an unlikely marriage between the Nats and the Fresno Grizzlies requires some historical background on the decisions b New luxury shoe store 'Jus4thqtr' now open on Lee Highway 04/03/2019 03:35pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner ARLnow.com and republished with permission. Customers walking into the new luxury shoe store “JŪS4thqtr” on Lee Highway may be surprised to be greeted by a wall of juice bottles. The real way in is through a refrigerator door, which pushes Fairfax supervisors OK 420-unit mixed-use project in Tysons 03/28/2019 07:33am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Tysons will receive yet another new batch of residential units, following the Board of Supervisors’ unanimous approval March 19 of a 420-unit mixed-used redevelopment project. 1500 Westbranch Prince William County School Board advances budget with highest teacher pay increase in 10 years, large pay increase for school board 03/22/2019 11:45am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. The Prince William County School Board unanimously voted 8-0 on Wednesday to approve it's $1.5 billion budget for fiscal year 2020, whi Arlington County asking for feedback on Trades Center ahead of plans to address overcrowding 03/21/2019 03:30pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, ARLnow.com, and republished with permission. Arlington County and Arlington Public Schools are asking residents to share their thoughts about the Arlington County Trades Center, near Shirlington, as the county prepares to address longstanding spa Arlington County's recycling costs continue to rise; future of glass uncertain 03/20/2019 05:15pm • Arlington County’s costs for recycling is continuing to rise after a Chinese ban last year, officials said, but most of what residents place in the recycling bin is still getting recycled. Costs for processing recyclables have risen from $15.73 per ton to $28.62 per ton in the last six months a Pricy Lobbying and ‘Spilled Blood’: The Inside Story of How Arlington Won a Veto in Richmond 03/14/2019 03:30pm • (Updated at 10:45 p.m.) About a year ago at this time, Arlington looked to be in serious trouble down in Richmond. In mid-March 2018, county officials faced the decidedly unpleasant prospect that they’d come out on the losing end of a bruising legislative battle with two local golf and country Virginia Hospital Center prepares to close Glencarlyn childcare center, leaving parents ‘panicking’ 03/12/2019 03:30pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, ARLnow.com, and republished with permission. Virginia Hospital Center executives celebrated when they finally earned permission to expand the hospital’s North Arlington campus and execute a long-planned land swap with the county — but one of New Open Space Plan Sparks Bruising Fight Over the Future of Arlington’s Athletic Fields 03/07/2019 03:30pm • Arlington’s lengthy, detailed public space planning documents might seem dry and technical at first glance, but an impending update to those plans has sparked a bitter fight in the county. Though the sparring centers largely around reams of statistics and data, the debate cuts to the heart of Amazon feels 'welcome' in Arlington, but still plans more extensive outreach 02/28/2019 01:30pm • When Amazon first started seriously considering Arlington for a new headquarters, the company went so far as to send employees out to local coffee shops and bars to gauge how people around here felt about the tech giant moving in. The company’s head of worldwide economic development, Holly Sull Ballston Metro station to become home to colorful, motion-activated art project 02/20/2019 11:00am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, ARLnow.com, and republished with permission. Ballston’s Metro station could soon see a colorful, motion-activated, LED light display as part of a new public art project. Dubbed “Intersections,” the project is being backed by the Ballston Planners say DC region has enough room to meet Amazon-induced housing demands 02/14/2019 03:30pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, ARLnow.com, and republished with permission. Arlington and other localities around the D.C. region have enough room to add the housing necessary to keep pace with the Amazon-driven population influx expected over the coming years — but actually Hudgins calls for more streetlights in rapidly urbanizing Reston 02/12/2019 03:30pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, RestonNow.com, and republished with permission. Hunter Mill District Supervisor Cathy Hudgins says there’s a clear need around Reston for new streetlights. Hudgins believes residents are currently dissuaded from taking pedestrian paths throu