January 2025 Downtowner News

January 13, 2025

Right-Turn-on-Red Ban in Effect  A District-wide ban on right turns at red traffic signals took effect at the start of the year. But it may not be enforced at every […]

December Downtowner

December 9, 2024

D.C. Businesses May Have to Take Cash Again Unless the District Council acts, D.C. businesses will soon be required to accept cash. Three years ago, the District first required businesses […]

September 2024 Downtowner

September 16, 2024

$42 Million in Residents’ Medical Debt Canceled Late last month, thousands of District residents (62,000 to be exact) got an exciting surprise: their medical debt had been canceled. A partnership between […]

October Downtowner News Briefs

October 11, 2023

Congressman Carjacked in Navy Yard Neighborhood; High Rate of Juvenile Carjackings Reported  Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) was carjacked recently by three armed attackers in the Navy Yard neighborhood. Police are […]

Downtowner News Briefs, May 11

May 16, 2022

Fox Breaks into National Zoo, Kills 25 Flamingos, One Duck  The National Zoo reported that a wild fox broke through a metal mesh enclosure overnight earlier this month, and proceeded […]