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ALXnow Daily Debrief for Aug 4, 2026

By ALXnow.com
Voters seated at a polling station with I Voted ballot boxes on a table in the background.

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

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Aug 4, 2026.

Here are today’s most-read articles:

  1. New kayak launch washes away after rainstorms at Four Mile Run Park (1363 views)
  2. West End townhouse project lauded as a regional model for affordable housing (1211 views)
  3. APD seeks suspect in struggle over vehicle in Old Town (857 views)
  4. Morning Notes for August 4, 2026 (510 views)

📅 Upcoming events

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

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⛈️ Wednesday’s forecast

Expect showers and thunderstorms, especially before 3pm and again after 4pm, with mostly cloudy skies and a high of 87°F. Winds will be light, becoming south at 5 to 7 mph, and there’s a 60% chance of precipitation, with rainfall amounts between a quarter and half an inch possible. Wednesday night will have a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers until 2am, with a low around 74°F and a south wind at 6 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”
– Marie Curie

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

Thanks for reading!

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Latest turnout shows Democratic primary far outpacing Republican primary in Alexandria

By James Cullum
Red political sign reading 'VOTE HERE' with a white arrow, placed outdoors near a brick building entrance.
Voting sign at Leonard “Chick” Armstrong Recreation Center in Arlandria, Aug. 4, 2026 (staff photo by James Cullum)

With just hours left until polls close, participation in the Democratic primary for Virginia’s 8th Congressional district is far outpacing turnout in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate.

As of 4 p.m., 10,772 ballots were cast citywide in the five-candidate Democratic primary, about 10.7% of the city’s 99,811 registered voters, according to figures released by the city’s general registrar. The numbers include 6,346 early and mail-in ballots, leaving the total number of in-person votes cast at just 4,426.

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Live brilliantly at Eisenhower Pointe. The final homes now selling in Alexandria.

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New kayak launch washes away after rainstorms at Four Mile Run Park

By James Cullum
Under a concrete highway overpass above a river, a pile of rusted metal debris and broken fencing rests against the pier with water in the foreground.
The floating kayak launch at Four Mile Run Park broke from its moorings and floated beneath the U.S. Route 1 Bridge, Aug. 4, 2026 (staff photo by James Cullum)

The floating kayak launch at Four Mile Run Park washed away from its moorings after heavy rainstorms over the weekend.

On Sunday afternoon (Aug. 2), a stabilizing cable that kept the kayak launch in place snapped after too much pressure during high tide from trees and other floating debris. City staff were at the park on Tuesday afternoon to close the walkway leading down to the vacant space. The launch is now resting underneath the Route 1 bridge, and caution tape and a construction sign have been erected to bar anyone from using the walkway.

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Alexandria General District Court launches eviction diversion program

By James Cullum
The Franklin P. Backus Courthouse in Old Town, Alexandria (staff photo by James Cullum)

Tenants facing eviction in Alexandria have a new resource available.

The city’s General District Court launched an eviction diversion program on July 1, giving residents being evicted three chances to pay back rent to their landlords.

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Presentation – The Marvels of the Cosmos – Seen Through NASA’s Eyes

Event poster for a space talk: The Marvels of the Cosmos Seen through NASA's Eyes, with speakers Wiseman and Grofic, at David M. Brown Planetarium.”

David M. Brown Planetarium

1426 N Quincy St

Arlington, Virginia 22207

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For over 400 years, humans have studied the cosmos through telescopes anchored to the ground. That changed with the rise of spaceflight; only in the last 50 years have telescopes escaped the Earth's atmosphere entirely and opened a new window on the universe.

Join us for a talk from two NASA astrophysicists on the space telescopes of yesterday, today, and tomorrow—from Hubble's nearly four decades of discovery to James Webb, Nancy Grace Roman, and more. Learn about some of their most striking discoveries and what the future holds.

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APD seeks suspect in struggle over vehicle in Old Town

By James Cullum
Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

The Alexandria Police Department is looking for the suspect behind an alleged attempted robbery involving the victim’s vehicle earlier in July.

Around 12:15 a.m. on Monday, July 13, APD was dispatched to the area of N. Henry Street and Pendleton Street in Old Town for a fight without weapons. The victim told police that he parked his white Toyota Corolla sedan and left it running with the hazard lights on and doors open to “conduct business” outside a dental office, and returned to his car to find an unknown man getting into it, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

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West End townhouse project lauded as a regional model for affordable housing

By Scott McCaffrey
Row of newly built townhouses with blue-gray and light gray siding, white trim, and black-framed windows under construction.447
Exterior of Cardinal Path townhouses under construction (courtesy of Housing Alexandria)

A new Alexandria townhouse development was saluted July 29 for its creative development plan and focus on providing affordable homeownership opportunities.

Housing Alexandria’s Cardinal Path project at 4575 Seminary Road fills a key gap in the local housing market, making it a role model, according to the Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance.

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Morning Notes for August 4, 2026

By ALXnow.com
Voters at Mount Vernon Recreation Center in Del Ray on Election Day, Nov. 4, 2025 (staff photo by James Cullum)

On This Day in Alexandria History — “On August 4, 1898, the City received a novel complaint, that perambulators were occupying too much space on the sidewalks of King Street, forcing pedestrians to zig-zig their way along the main commercial thoroughfare, while unperturbed mothers shopped in adjacent stores at their leisure. Though sympathetic to the complainant, legally there was little recourse to restrict the increasingly large baby carriages of the period. [Historic Alexandria]

It’s Election Day — Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the 8th Congressional District Democratic primary and U.S. Senate Republican primary. [ALXnow]

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ALXnow Daily Debrief for Aug 3, 2026

By ALXnow.com
ALXnow branding with the headline 'Daily Debrief for Aug 3, 2026' over a dark, cloudy aerial cityscape header image.

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

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Aug 3, 2026.

Here are today’s most-read articles:

  1. Amazon driver assaulted in attempted carjacking in Alexandria West (1758 views)
  2. Here’s when the 2026-27 school year starts in Alexandria, and more key dates (602 views)
  3. Morning Notes for August 3, 2026 (512 views)
  4. Alexandria, regional unemployment totals still well above Biden-era figures (346 views)

📅 Upcoming events

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

🌤️ Tuesday’s forecast

Partly sunny with a high of 86°F. Expect northeast winds at 5 to 7 mph. Tuesday night, there’s a 30% chance of showers mainly after 5 a.m., with mostly cloudy skies and a low of 71°F. East winds around 5 mph will become calm in the evening. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”
– Mother Teresa

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

Thanks for reading!

Around Town

17 Old Town boutiques to cover entire sales tax for shoppers this weekend

By Emily Leayman
Split illustration: left shows a woman with shopping bags walking past pastel storefronts; right is a tax-free weekend promo reading NO TAX Friday–Sunday August 7–9.
Tax free weekend at participating boutiques in Old Town (via Old Town Boutique District)

As retailers across Virginia will have tax-free promotions on certain items during this weekend’s sales tax holiday, a group of Alexandria’s independent boutiques will cover the sales tax for their entire stores.

More than 15 Old Town Alexandria boutiques are participating in a tax-free shopping weekend Friday, Aug. 7 through Sunday, Aug. 9, covering the sales tax for customers on clothing, gifts, home decor and other items. The Old Town Boutique Community is hosting the event with support from the City of Alexandria to encourage support for local businesses during back-to-school shopping.

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