ACT for Alexandria hosted another record-breaking Spring2ACTion, Alexandria’s Giving Day, on Wednesday (April 9).
Celebrating its 15th anniversary, this year’s Spring2ACTion engaged 7,254 donors to raise $2,935,983 for the 193 participating local nonprofit organizations (as of 5:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 10).
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) expressed outrage over what he calls the “dismissal and mistreatment” of national security officials during a media availability with Virginia reporters on Wednesday (April 9).
The Virginia Democrat criticizes recent firings of high-ranking military and intelligence officials, including National Security Agency Director Tim Haugh and a senior American NATO general, attributing these decisions to the influence of “conspiracy theorist” Laura Loomer.
Alexandria’s Office of Climate Action is only two-and-a-half years old, and now the City Council is considering eliminating half of its budget to partially fund a one-time, $1 million reallocation to Alexandria City Public Schools.
Multiple speakers both decried and supported the proposed move to eliminate $300,000 from the department’s budget during Tuesday night’s public hearing on proposed additions and deletions from the city budget.
Alexandria Police Chief Tarrick McGuire presented a comprehensive public safety update to the Alexandria City Council on Tuesday night (April 8), highlighting a 25% reduction in overall crime during the first quarter of 2025.
The Alexandria Police Department is reporting significant strides in reducing crime across the city, with violent crimes down 43% and property crimes down 23% in the first quarter of 2025, Police Chief Tarrick McGuire told Council.
Alexandria Police Chief Tarrick McGuire is focusing on six “micro areas” throughout the city as part of a targeted approach to reducing crime.
McGuire, who just finished his first 100 days in office, spoke about his plans with ALXnow in an exclusive interview after his presentation to the City Council on Tuesday (April 8). The specific locations have not been revealed, except he said that they are well-known crime hotspots.
Good Wednesday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect sunshine and a high around 55 degrees, with light winds shifting to southwest at approximately 6 mph in the afternoon. Clouds will increase during Wednesday night, along with a low temperature of about 42 degrees. There is a slight chance of showers after 2 am, with a 20% probability of precipitation. The south wind will maintain a speed of around 6 mph.
A bicyclist is facing life-threating injuries following a vehicle/bicyclist collision on Friday morning on Eisenhower Avenue.
The crash happened on the eastbound side of Eisenhower Avenue, forcing police to close the road between South Van Dorn Street and Metro Road.
Research colleges and universities in Virginia are at risk of taking significant cuts, state lawmakers in the House of Delegates and education experts revealed Tuesday, as the country’s executive branch continues to trim down operations and funding in the federal government.
According to data collected by the National Center for Science and Engineering, Virginia ranks 13th in the nation in research and development (R&D) performance.
Spoiler warning: Alice doesn’t make it back from her trip down the rabbit hole in the Alexandria Children’s Theatre’s (ACT) dual language production at Mount Vernon Community School (2601 Mount Vernon Avenue).
“Que curioso,” Alice says, bewildered. “Everything seems so much different since I fell into that rabbit hole.”
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced this week the arrest of a 40-year-old Salvadoran woman in Alexandria on Feb. 25.
Silvia Lorana Bonilla-De Jandres was arrested as part of an investigation by the Virginia State Police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. She was arrested more than a month ago, on the same day that a 41-year-old Salvadoran woman was arrested by ICE in Alexandria.
The Alexandria Police Department is looking for multiple suspects who allegedly stole debit and credit cards from a woman’s wallet in an Old Town coffee shop.
The victim spent about five hours in the coffee shop on the afternoon of Feb. 7 (Friday), located across the street from the Alexandria courthouse in the 500 block of King Street, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit. The victim told police that she was in the shop from noon to 5 p.m. She put her purse on the chair and she had her back toward it while speaking with a friend sitting on the other side of her.
