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Ice storm ends early for DC area, but slippery conditions remain 02/13/2021 10:04pm • Another round of precipitation is causing ice to glaze the D.C. area. Here's what you need to know. The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory until 7 a.m. Sunday for much of the D.C. region. But an ice storm warning was ended around 9 p.m. Saturday night, with most of the p Prepare for ice this weekend 02/12/2021 07:28pm • Another round of precipitation that will cause more than a quarter-inch of ice to glaze the D.C. area is in the forecast for this weekend. Here's what you need to know. "The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory as well as a serious ice storm warning for most of the area s Presidents Day 2021: What’s open, what’s closed 02/12/2021 06:36am • Presidents Day is Monday, Feb. 15. Break out that biography of George Washington (or the president of your choosing) that you've been itching to read, because many area services are shutting their doors, on top of pandemic-related closures. What’s open, what’s closed and what else is changing Next storm expected to hit southern parts of region through the evening 02/11/2021 01:45pm • An overturned vehicle on the northbound George Washington Memorial Parkway before the Key Bridge in Northern Virginia amid slick roads from winter weather on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (WTOP/Steve Dresner) After a surge of moisture brought some morning snow and rain to the D.C. area, there's a bit DC teachers' union votes against authorizing strike 02/09/2021 09:43pm • The Washington Teachers' Union has voted against authorizing a strike, but in a letter to D.C. officials, members said they want a way to address emergency issues in a timely manner. In a letter to schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee and Mayor Muriel Bowser, the union said the decision demonstrates Union Market’s new The Gift Shop features Black-owned brands and designs 02/09/2021 08:57am • The Gift Shop's 1,700-square-foot space also doubles as the headquarters for Creative Theory Agency in D.C.'s Union Market. (Courtesy Creative Theory Agency) D.C.-based marketing firm Creative Theory Agency has opened The Gift Shop at Union Market, exclusively featuring brands and products from District invites troops back for deals, discounts for 'DC Salutes You' 02/04/2021 01:40pm • D.C. wants the brave men and women who helped secure the U.S. Capitol after the deadly Jan. 6 riot to come back and enjoy what the city has to offer. And there are big discounts in store for those who do so. "We are grateful for the many Guardsmen and women and law enforcement officers who played Amazon PenPlace plans in Arlington include nature-infused double helix tower 02/02/2021 08:00am • Amazon construction plans in Arlington, Virginia, made public Tuesday include a 350-foot-tall corkscrew tower with a nature trail on the outside that follows the building's curves as it reaches toward the sky. The PenPlace project aims to create a community uniting people and nature within an 18- Weekend mass vaccination planned for Prince William Co. teachers 01/28/2021 08:11am • More than 2,400 teachers and staff in Prince William County — the second-largest school district in Virginia — are scheduled to get their first doses of COVID-19 vaccine in mass-vaccination events Saturday and Sunday, according to School Board Chairman Dr, Babur Lateef. The doses are being ma Armed National Guard will remain in DC for weeks 01/25/2021 09:40pm • It will be weeks before members of the National Guard are no longer securing D.C. There are still 13,000 National Guard troops in the District, but that will be decreased to 7,000 by the end of this week, according to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson. Those member Man dead after shooting near Fredericksburg motorcycle clubhouse 01/21/2021 10:34am • A man is dead after a shooting near a Fredericksburg, Virginia, motorcycle clubhouse last weekend. The Stafford County Sheriff's Office said Ely Grimes, 47, of Fredericksburg, died of his wounds after a shooting around 10:15 a.m. Sunday in a business parking lot at 1130 International Parkway. Inauguration 2021: Joe Biden takes oath in presidential transition like no other 01/20/2021 11:54pm • It was an inauguration like no other. In a city on high alert and amid a still-raging pandemic, Joe Biden took the oath of office Wednesday, becoming the 46th president of the United States, declaring it a victory for "the cause of democracy." "This is America's day. This is democracy's day, Inauguration in DC: Widespread road, bridge closures; Metro service changes 01/20/2021 08:24am • Widespread bridge, road and Metro closures are making it difficult, if not impossible, to travel through parts of D.C. ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration. The 3rd Street Tunnel is now open between the freeway and New York Avenue. It had been closed earlier Wednesday. In the wake of the deadly a Alexandria’s annual Warehouse Sale will be different this year 01/19/2021 08:40am • City Hall in Old Town, Alexandria, is seen in this file photo. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/qingwa) Alexandria, Virginia’s annual Warehouse Sale, which brings dozens of Old Town retailers together in one large venue for a weekend each year, will be held as scheduled, but pandemic protocols mean t Editorial: A peaceful transfer of power is the foundation of good government 01/15/2021 05:02am • This weekend, I dropped my daughter at the airport for a return flight to college after a monthlong break. We talked about what she might do if she encountered anyone acting problematically given the tragic and unprecedented actions on Capitol Hill, but I assumed this would be a hypothetical warning