injured. The students, from McLean High School,...

Phone calls. E-mails. Text messages. Diana Mayhew, president of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, has gotten them all Wednesday from concerned patrons after The Washington Post reported that one of the festival’s most popular events – the Sakura Matsuri Japanese...

This post has been updated. A US Park Police motorcycle officer was injured Wednesday morning in a traffic accident on the Southwest Freeway near Seventh Street SW, authorities said. The officer's suffered "pretty substantial injuries," although not life-threatening, said Sgt....

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) is proposing a 5-cent fee for paper and plastic bags at grocery stores in the county, The Gazette reports. If his plan is approved, Leggett said it would go into effect Jan. 1, 2012....

Missing pregnant woman, bag feeto plant more plants this spring to help Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts. The effort announced Tuesday by the Chesapeake Bay Program aims to increase planting as a way...

Views of Washington’s famous cherry blossoms are still free. But the popular Japanese culture street fair that culminates the two-week-long National Cherry Blossom Festival no longer is. For the first time in its 51-year history 15 years, the Sakura Matsuri...

Prince George's County firefighters helped four people to safety after a blaze broke out in a District Heights apartment building Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. Emergency responders were called to the three-story building in the 6800 block of Walker Mill Road...

Downtown Washington will soon have more recycling options thanks to a partnership between city officials and PepsiCo. More than 350 recycling bins will