3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (348+ words) We have all witnessed the Alexandria City Public Schools redistricting and school-bus debacle. Parents, upset that their children no longer have a school bus and distrustful of walking to school, are often driving children to ACPS school, or in some…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (12+ words) Sept. 3, 2026 The post September 2026 appeared first on Alexandria Times....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1665+ words) By Jack Kiyonaga | Alexandria Journalism Project This story is part of an ongoing investigation by the Alexandria Journalism Project about PFAS in Alexandria’s drinking water. AlexRenew recently completed the biggest infrastructure project in Alexandria’s history: RiverRenew. The 2.2-milelong underground tunnel…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (547+ words) ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION & CITY COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 1, 2026, 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2026 – 9:30 A.M. REDELLA S. “DEL” PEPPER COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER, ROOM 1305 4850 MARK CENTER DRIVE The public may participate in person or remotely on Zoom by registering via the links below. The…...

1+ mon, 7+ hour ago   (1521+ words) By Sydney Kodama | [email protected] Alexandria residents and city officials are advocating against a data center substation that would be built in Fairfax County, adjacent to the City of Alexandria and near residents’ homes. Protests are building with about a month…...

1+ mon, 7+ hour ago   (1742+ words) This is the first installment in a multi-part investigation into living conditions and operations at the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority. “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose,” French critic and journalist Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr wrote back in 1849; in…...

1+ mon, 8+ hour ago   (454+ words) This year marks the 55th anniversary of George Washington High School’s conversion to George Washington Middle School. The school opened in 1935 and was the only Alexandria public high school for white students for 20 years. The city’s Black students attended Parker-Gray School....

1+ mon, 8+ hour ago   (296+ words) Kudos to Mayor Alyia Gaskins and City Council for taking such a clear position for the city in opposing the Edsall Data Center Substation and requesting that Fairfax County reject the pending application. The 34-acre data center campus is proposed…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (155+ words) As summer vacation draws to a close and student-athletes gear up for the fall season, the Times takes a look back at sports in the city through July. The following two pages celebrate all facets of sports in Alexandria so…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (816+ words) By Sydney Kodama | [email protected] City Council unanimously approved the Independent Community Policing Review Board’s request for additional investigation from Independent Policing Auditor Ameratu Kamara into the in-custody death of Allan Tucker Jr. at its July 29 meeting. Tucker died on Aug....