Add a new ranking to Alexandria’s accolades: it ranks significantly higher than average in Virginia and Northern Virginia specifically for gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
The increase reflects a national trend of STI cases climbing in recent years, but the Alexandria Health Department (AHD) said the City ranks above the state and regional average in gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis cases.
Alexandria’s Pat Malone will stand up to cancer for 24 hours straight on Feb. 10 for his 11th annual Stand Up To Cancer fundraising event.
The 67-year-old Malone suffers from hereditary spastic paraplegia, making those last hours of standing very painful, he tells ALXnow.
Good Friday morning, Alexandria!
🌤️ Today’s weather: Expect partly sunny skies and a high near 44 today, with light variable wind increasing to southeast at 5 mph in the afternoon. Tonight, rain is likely to begin after 1am, with a low around 38 and southeast winds at 5 mph easing off after midnight. There’s an 80% chance of precipitation, and rainfall amounts may range between a tenth and a quarter of an inch.
Inova opened a new urgent care center in Alexandria’s West End on Monday (Dec. 23).
The Inova-GoHealth Urgent Care opened at 4600 Kenmore Avenue in the Seminary Plaza shopping center, and it’s the ninth center to open this year in Virginia.
A memory care assisted living facility in Alexandria just got approval to increase the number of beds by doubling up the occupancy with “companion rooms.”
City Council, on Saturday, approved Silverado Memory Care‘s request to increase beds at their facility at 2807 King Street from 66 to 9o. The vote was 5-2, with City Council Member John Taylor Chapman and Vice Mayor Amy Jackson voting in opposition.
The Alexandria Health Department (AHD) warned locals today another West End raccoon has tested positive for rabies.
AHD said a raccoon tested positive near Chambliss Park after an encounter with several dogs near the park.
The Alexandria City Council on Saturday unanimously approved a measure banning new vape and smoke shops from opening 1,000 feet from schools and daycare centers with minors.
Council’s approval of the text amendment follows a bill by Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-3) that was approved by the General Assembly in April.
After nearly three years of construction, Inova Health Center — Oakville will be unveiled in a ribbon cutting on Thursday (Oct. 31).
The $300 million Oakville Triangle project at the corner of Swann Avenue and Richmond Highway includes more than 1 million square feet of residential space dedicated to apartments and townhomes, the new 93,000-square-foot health center (400 Fannon Street) with a comprehensive emergency room and 55,000 square feet of retail.
An Alexandria charity has been awarded $1.9 million in federal funds to train behavioral health professionals to work with people suffering from racial disparities, drug addicts, and students with mental health disorders.
The funding was announced today in a joint statement by Virginia’s U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. It’s part of a $2.2 million package to fund education programs in Alexandria, Richmond and Harrisonburg.
The Alexandria Health Department is offering 500 free flu shots later this month.
The health department is offering the shots on Saturday, Oct. 26, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Minnie Howard Campus (3801 W. Braddock Road).
Alexandria City Public Schools is working to reopen Naomi L. Brooks Elementary School by next Monday (Oct. 7) — a week-and-a-half after the school closed due to a lead exposure.
ACPS staff are deep-cleaning the entire school (at 600 Russell Road) after an environmental contractor found lead particles last Thursday (Sept. 27) in a kindergarten classroom, a fourth grade classroom, the school clinic and the main office. The school closed the following day, and students and staff transitioned to remote learning.
