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Alexandria gets three new Opportunity Zones to incentivize revitalization

Published November 9, 2026 at 1:45PM

N. Beauregard Street near Roanoke Avenue in Alexandria West (via Google Maps)

Three additional Opportunity Zones have been added in Alexandria’s West End to support revitalization, Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) announced Friday (Nov. 6).

The U.S. Department of the Treasury approved all 153 new Opportunity Zones the Spanberger administration requested in Virginia. The zones are intended to promote long-term private investment in low-income urban, suburban and rural census tracts through federal tax benefits such as deferral of previous capital gains, step-up of previously earned capital gains and exclusion of taxable income on new capital gains in Opportunity Zones. The program was created by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

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BREAKING: Alexandria man charged with murder after missing man found beaten to death in closet

By James Cullum

Published October 28, 2026 at 1:45PM | Updated October 28, 2026 at 3:44PM

Alexandria Police lights (staff photo by James Cullum)

A 44-year-old Alexandria man listed as a critical missing person was found beaten to death in the closet of a West End apartment, Alexandria Police Chief Tarrick McGuire told reporters today (Oct. 28).

The Alexandria Police Department listed Joshua Cochran as a critical missing person on Oct. 27, two days after he was reported missing by his family. APD said that he was last seen the evening of Oct. 24 in the 1400 block of N. Beauregard Street, and detectives were able to backtrack his movements to find that he was having drinks at a restaurant in the city with 63-year-old John Stremple III.

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Alexandria hosting open house for West End transportation improvement projects

By James Cullum

Published October 27, 2026 at 3:45PM

West End Transitway bus stop (via City of Alexandria)

The public is invited to discuss more than a dozen transportation improvement projects that have major implications in Alexandria’s West End.

The West End Transportation Improvements Projects Open House will be held Thursday, Oct. 29, from 5-8 p.m. at the Alexandria City High School Minnie Howard Campus (3775 W. Braddock Road). Residents will be able to discuss multiple projects with city staff.

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UPDATED: Most outages restored after over 2,200 lose power in West End

By Emily Leayman

Published October 12, 2026 at 3:15PM | Updated October 12, 2026 at 4:17PM

Power outages in the West End on Oct. 12, 2026 (via Dominion Energy)

Dominion Energy customers in Alexandria’s West End were experiencing outages Monday afternoon.

According to Dominion Energy’s outage map, more than 2,200 customers lost power in the city as of 3 p.m. Most outages were concentrated in neighborhoods along Duke Street, Edsall Road and Interstate 395, extending into Fairfax County. The majority were resolved by 4:15 p.m.

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Goodwin Living breaks ground on new 257-unit senior housing development in Alexandria

By Emily Leayman

Published October 9, 2026 at 3:45PM | Updated October 14, 2026 at 10:40AM

Rendering of Goodwin House Seminary Road (courtesy of Goodwin Living)

Additional senior living units from a locally-based operator are coming to Alexandria’s West End.

Goodwin Living broke ground Wednesday (Oct. 7) on the $360 million Goodwin House Seminary Road at N. Beauregard Street and Seminary Road. Mayor Alyia Gaskins and City Council Members Sandy Marks and Abdel Elnoubi joined Goodwin Living and Clark Construction leaders for the groundbreaking.

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Alexandria leader sees Route 7 transit project as model for rest of state

By Scott McCaffrey

Published October 6, 2026 at 1:45PM

F20 Metrobus service runs from Tysons east to Alexandria (photo courtesy of NVTC)

A key Alexandria leader wants the planned Route 7 bus rapid transit (BRT) network to serve as a statewide transportation blueprint.

Vice Mayor Sarah Bagley said the Tysons to Alexandria BRT initiative represents a “landmark project” others will be able to learn from.

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License plate reader helped track down West End murder suspect, police chief says

By James Cullum

Published October 2, 2026 at 12:30PM | Updated October 2, 2026 at 2:14PM

Alexandria Police Chief Tarrick McGuire, with APD Captain John East (on left) and Sgt. Matt Barnickle, holds a press conference on the July 15 homicide in the city’s West End (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria Police Chief Tarrick McGuire said that the suspect charged with the murder of Charles Talley in the city’s West End on July 15 was tracked down with automatic license plate reader (ALPR) technology, and he has since been extradited from North Carolina.

The victim, Charles Talley, was shot and killed on the evening of Wednesday, July 15, in the parking lot of the ParcView Apartments in the 5300 block of Holmes Run Parkway. Corey Delantau Stubblefield has been held without bond since his arrest in North Carolina on Aug. 27, and was charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of murder.

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Carlyle House and Winkler Nature Preserve set for upgrades under new NOVA Parks budget

By Emily Leayman

Published September 21, 2026 at 3:45PM

Winkler Botanical Preserve (staff photo by Vernon Miles)

Plans for upgrades at two NOVA Parks-owned Alexandria properties are getting a boost under the regional park system’s latest capital budget.

The fiscal years 2027-2031 budget adopted by the NOVA Parks Board of Directors on Sept. 17 allocates $1.5 million for building renovations at Carlyle House Historic Park (121 N. Fairfax Street) and $1 million for Winkler Botanical Preserve (5400 Roanoke Avenue) entrance improvements.

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Cocaine, guns and codeine seized from Alexandria apartment in multi-county probe

By James Cullum

Published September 15, 2026 at 11:45AM

Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

A 29-year-old Alexandria man is being held without bond after being arrested last month for drug and firearm possession outside of his West End apartment.

After being tracked traveling from New York, the suspect was arrested in a vehicle outside his apartment building in the 2000 block of N. Beauregard Street on Wednesday, Aug. 26. Earlier in the month, an investigator with the Arlington County Police Department alerted the Alexandria Police Department that it was investigating claims that the suspect was pressing and selling kilograms of cocaine from apartments in Arlington and Alexandria, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

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Amazon driver assaulted in attempted carjacking in Alexandria West

By James Cullum

Published August 3, 2026 at 11:45AM

Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

An Amazon delivery driver was the victim of an attempted carjacking in the city’s West End on Sunday afternoon (Aug. 2).

Around 4:15 p.m., an Amazon driver called 911 to report that a man pulled him out of his van and assaulted him in the 5000 block of Seminary Road. The victim said that the suspect was in a blue BMW with Virginia license plates and reportedly brandished a knife, according to Alexandria Police Department radio dispatches.

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UPDATED: APD arrests suspect after woman stabbed in Alexandria’s West End early Wednesday

By James Cullum

Published July 22, 2026 at 1:45PM | Updated July 22, 2026 at 4:07PM

Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

A woman was stabbed in an apartment in Alexandria’s West End early Wednesday morning (July 22).

The Alexandria Police Department responded around 2:26 a.m. to a domestic-related stabbing at the Newport Village Apartments in the 4800 block of W. Braddock Road. The victim was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.