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Nicole Santiago of Williamsburg won “Best in Show” in the Bethesda Painting Awards. She was awarded $10,000 for winning the top prize.
The $75,000 grant from Delta Dental will support the Arlington Free Clinic's efforts to provide more patients with oral health care.
This is the first time the D.C. area has recorded a Code Purple day for fine particle pollution, the type of pollution from the wildfires.
More than 3,000 students received college-sponsored National Merit Scholarships financed by 153 U.S. colleges and universities.
More than 3,000 students received college-sponsored National Merit Scholarships financed by 153 U.S. colleges and universities.
More than 3,000 students received college-sponsored National Merit Scholarships financed by 153 U.S. colleges and universities.
More than 3,000 students received college-sponsored National Merit Scholarships financed by 153 U.S. colleges and universities.
More than 3,000 students received college-sponsored National Merit Scholarships financed by 153 U.S. colleges and universities.
You Zhou, Ph.D., a Bethesda resident, won the 2023 Outstanding Young Scientist award, an annual honor given by the Maryland Science Center.
Chicken + Whiskey, a rotisserie chicken restaurant and whiskey bar, is holding a grand opening event in Arlington on Friday, June 16.
Costco has acquired a two-story commercial building next to one of its retail stores in Newington from Finmarc Management for $6.55 million.
A Juneteenth festival at Glen Echo Park on Sunday, June 25 will honor the people who worked to desegregate the park in the early 1960s.
VHC Health Physicians opened two new primary care offices this week, one in West Springfield and another in Kingstowne.
Maryland is aggressively working to address PFAS, seeking to remove the "forever chemicals" from drinking water and consumer products.
Arlington County police are investigating a shooting in Clarendon early Sunday morning that sent a man to the hospital.
Police arrested one of the four suspects in an April 29 burglary of a gun store in Springfield, where 53 long guns and handguns were stolen.
Chesterbrook Shopping Center in McLean recently welcomed two new businesses and plans to celebrate the opening of a third shop this Friday.
Fairfax County firefighters were able to bring a house fire under control in the McLean area on Friday, the fire department said.
Kate Clatterbuck, the reigning Miss Virginia Volunteer who hopes to win the national crown, has dedicated the past year to volunteerism.
A loud boom shook the DC area, from Annapolis to Woodbridge, shortly on Sunday, leaving residents worried. Fighter jets intercepted a plane.
