“Georgetown, fix your priorities”: As Georgetown’s facilities workers ratify new contract, workers and organizers...
Georgetown’s facilities workers voted to approve a new contract with the university on March 10. The contract includes a 15% pay increase over the course of two years and a $5 increase in meal voucher payments when working overtime, while most other components of the previous contract remain the same.
ROGERS SENTENCED TO OVER 7 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
A VIRGINIA MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 7 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON, AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO A WEAPONS CHARGE. 37-YEAR-OLD CAPRI ROGERS, FROM ALEXANDRIA VIRGINIA, WAS SENTENCED TO POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A FELON. LAST JULY 4TH IN SIOUX CITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF...
D.C. Cops Rip Three From Burning Wreck by Jefferson Memorial
Late Thursday night, a car slammed into a tree near the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, burst into flames, and turned a quiet stretch of the Tidal Basin into a chaotic rescue scene as officers pulled three people from the burning vehicle. Eyewitness video shows firefighters and police racing in as the...
Landlord drops lawsuit against Del Ray beer garden owners
The landlords of a popular beer garden in Del Ray have dropped their eviction lawsuit against their tenants. Despite the win, Jeremy Barber and Justus Frank, the owners of The Garden (1503 Mount Vernon Avenue), are still suing their landlords at Twenty-Third Street Corridor LLC, and plan to go back to Alexandria...
Class-action lawsuit filed after the Potomac sewage spill
A class action lawsuit has been filed after a sewer line collapsed and spilled contaminated water into the Potomac River, near Washington, D.C. In January, the collapsed section of the 72-inch Potomac Interceptor dumped about 243 million gallons of raw sewage into the river. The suit was filed against DC...
Mid-Atlantic Weather Monday: 70 MPH Wind Gusts and Tornado Threat Stretch From North Carolina...
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Richmond, Virginia – Commuters across Virginia could face rapidly changing conditions Monday as a powerful storm system pushes east, bringing the risk of tornadoes, damaging winds near 70 mph, and large...
WEATHER ALERT: Wind Advisory issued for Arlington
Hold on to your hats, it’s about to get even breezier. A Wind Advisory was just issued for Arlington and the D.C. area. Gusts up to 50 mph are expected through 7 p.m. today, forecasters say. More from the National Weather Service:. Wind Advisory issued March 13 at 3:27PM...
Person found with stab and gunshot wounds in roadway in Silver Spring
SILVER SPRING, Md. - Police say a person was found with apparent stab and gunshot wounds in the roadway early Saturday in Silver Spring. According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, officers responded to the area of Georgia Avenue and Silver Spring Avenue around 3:12 a.m. Police say officers...
FAA Issues Ground Stops at Airports in D.C., Maryland Area over ‘Strong Odor’ from...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued ground stops at several airports in the Washington, D.C. and Maryland area over a “strong odor” coming from a government facility. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy revealed in a post on X that there were ground stops at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport...
DC’s Extreme Weather Shift: Record 80s Heat Crashes into Slushy Snow
Temperatures Plunge in Record Fashion (Image Credits: Flickr) Washington, D.C. – A ferocious cold front barreled through the capital region on Thursday, shattering a brief ... Read more The post DC’s Extreme Weather Shift: Record 80s Heat Crashes into Slushy Snow appeared first on Climate Cosmos .
