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ALXnow Daily Debrief for Jan 21, 2026

Good Wednesday evening, Alexandria. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

πŸ•— News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Jan 21, 2026.

Here are today’s most-read articles:

  1. Metro closures will affect weekend rail service in Alexandria this spring (1123 views)
  2. Alexandria residents plan for Sunday snowball fight as winter storm forecasts loom (1075 views)
  3. Preschooler with measles led to potential exposures in N. Va. last week (806 views)

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Thursday in Alexandria, from our event calendar.

🌀️ Thursday’s forecast

Expect mostly sunny skies and a high near 51, with southwest winds at 7 to 10 mph shifting to the west in the afternoon and gusting up to 20 mph. As for Thursday night, it will be partly cloudy with a low around 29 and a light northwest wind at 3 to 6 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Out of difficulties grow miracles.”
– Jean de La BruyΓ¨re

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

Thanks for reading!

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  • This is the staff byline for ALXnow, used by editors and other full-time staff. Launched in October 2019, ALXnow is the place for the latest news, views and things to do around Alexandria, Virginia.