Good Wednesday morning, Alexandria!
🌧️ Today’s weather: Expect scattered sprinkles and flurries before 8am, followed by more scattered sprinkles from 8am to 2pm. The sky will be mostly cloudy and the high temperature will be near 46, accompanied by a northeast wind at around 6 mph. Wednesday night will also be mostly cloudy, with a low temperature around 35 and a light, variable wind.
An Alexandria City High School student suffered a suspected non-fatal overdose inside the school, Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt announced to parents this afternoon.
“I am writing to make you aware of a suspected school-connected, non-fatal student overdose that happened today at Alexandria City High School — King St. Campus,” Kay-Wyatt wrote.
Alexandria City Public Schools officials want to reach a collective bargaining agreement by the end of this year, and a resolution to approve the process will be presented to the School Board next week.
The draft collective bargaining resolution was reviewed last Thursday by the Board’s Collective Bargaining Committee, and Board Chair Michelle Rief said that the school system has a goal of coming to an agreement with staff by the end of this year. Such a deadline means that any major changes to staff benefits and compensation would be realized with next year’s passage of the Fiscal Year 2026 budget.
It got a little lost among the rush of news late last year, but we finally have an answer to what shut down the Alexandria Library’s electronic services last year.
For several weeks in July, the Alexandria Library was crippled by a ‘data incident’ that led to the city’s audiobooks, wifi, library card signup and more being shut down.
If it seems like a lot of folks are coming down with Covid, you’re not just imagining it; Alexandria has seen an increase in Alexandria Hospital admission levels for Covid this month.
Hospital admissions for Covid hit their peak for the last year during the week of Jan. 13, with roughly 10 hospital admissions per 100k residents.
Soma Yoga Healing Center, a new yoga studio at 2560 Huntington Avenue just south of Hunting Creek, held its grand opening this weekend.
The yoga studio offers a mix of private classes, group classes and workshops. The studio’s focus, according to the website, is using yoga to reduce anxiety and depression along with benefits like increased respiratory efficiency and gaining a better range of motion.
Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!
🌥️ Today’s weather: Expect partly sunny skies with a high around 45 degrees, accompanied by a light southeast wind of 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Heading into Tuesday night, there is a 30% chance of rain and snow between 1am and 4am, transitioning to a chance of rain after 4am. The night will be mostly cloudy with a low near 36 degrees and a southeast wind of 3 to 6 mph.
Alexandria’s political scene is heating up, as a number of Democrat candidates formally launched their campaigns over the weekend.
City Council Member Alyia Gaskins held a packed kickoff at Indochen in Cameron Station on Sunday, following her opponent Vice Mayor Amy Jackson’s kickoff on Jan. 21 at Doyle’s Outpost in the West End. On Saturday, City Council Member Kirk McPike launched his campaign at Pork Barrel BBQ in Del Ray and City Council Member John Taylor Chapman did the same at Port City Brewing Company.
Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) is having a tough time finding a new logo.
At a School Board meeting earlier this month, the Board voted to direct Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt to redesign the logo yet again.
Sam I Am is an adorable senior dog searching for his forever home!
This 12-year-old is up for adoption at the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria.
Alexandria Police Chief Don Hayes is stepping down to take a new federal job, the city announced today. His last day is Feb. 9, and Assistant Chief Raul Pedroso will be interim police chief until a replacement is hired in a national search.
Hayes has been police chief since 2022, before which he was acting chief for a year after the departure of former Chief Michael Brown. He started his career with the Alexandria Police Department in 1981.
