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D.C.-area cities keep pace with Sun Belt growth
Matt Connolly
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
The nation's fastest-growing cities may be in the Sun Belt, but the District and nearby Alexandria and Gaithersburg are gaining residents at a blistering pace, according to census data released Thursday. D.C.'s population grew by 5.1 percent to 632,323 from 2010 to 2012, according to the...
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Off-duty deputy sheriff fatally shoots man in Alexandria
Naomi Jagoda
Updated: 18 hr ago
A 22-year-old man is dead after being shot by an off-duty Arlington County deputy sheriff in Alexandria, police officials said. Family and friends identified the victim as Julian Dawkins, who worked for the "PBS NewsHour" program. The deputy sheriff, 44-year-old Craig Patterson, was questioned...
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Northern Virginia leaders plan wish list of road projects for new funds
Liz Essley
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
Northern Virginia transportation officials have a long wish list for the first $180 million expected to flow into their coffers in the next year from tax increases in Gov. Bob McDonnell's new roads package -- including widening traffic-clogged Route 28 and Route 1. The Northern Virginia...
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Officials: Only handful of Capital Bikeshare bikes stolen
Kytja Weir
Updated: 18 hr ago
Capital Bikeshare has shiny red bikes on street corners all over the region, with plans to expand. But surprisingly, those cherry red numbers haven't been stolen very often. Only 15 bikes have gone missing out of the 1,900 bikes ordered for the bikesharing service since it began in fall 2010,...
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Appeals court allows retrial in Virginia capital murder case
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
A federal appeals court in Richmond will allow prosecutors to pursue a capital murder case against a man whose conviction in Prince William County had previously been overturned, the Associated Press reported. Justin Wolfe had previously been sent to death row for the 2001 murder of his...
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Prominent swim coach Curl faces sentencing for child sex abuse
Scott McCabe
Updated: 22 hr ago
Rick Curl, whose Northern Virginia swim club has produced dozens of Olympians, is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday for sexually abusing a child he coached more than 25 years ago. Curl, 63, faces up to 15 years in prison and will have to register as a sex offender, according to the Montgomery...
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Washington area spends big bucks on its students
Matt Connolly
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
D.C. public schools spent $18,475 per student in fiscal 2011, more than any state outside of New York, according to census data released Tuesday. Among the country's 100 public school systems with the most students, Montgomery and Prince George's counties placed fourth and ninth.
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D.C. residents have highest student loan debts
Kate Jacobson
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
D.C. residents have the highest student debt in the country, according to a new study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, but the data also show D.C. residents paying off their loans quicker than the rest of the nation. People in the District have on average of about $41,000 in student...
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Virginia to take step toward express lanes for Interstate 66
Liz Essley
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
Virginia is moving toward putting express lanes -- or possibly rail -- along traffic-clogged Interstate 66. The commonwealth next month plans to issue a request for ideas from companies on how to install tolled express lanes, bus or rail along the highway, from the Capital Beltway to...
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Suspects indicted in Alexandria cop shooting, eldery man's slaying
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
An Alexandria grand jury has indicted a man in the shooting of a police officer and a woman in the slaying of a 94-year-old man, officials said. Kashif Bashir, 27, was indicted for shooting Alexandria Police Officer Peter Laboy during a Feb. 27 traffic stop. Bashir is charged with attempted...
