Northbound GW Parkway to remain closed at least through Tuesday morning

By Max Smith
May 13, 2019 | 11:44 AM

The northbound lanes of the George Washington Parkway will remain closed at least through the end of Tuesday morning’s rush hour, according to the National Park Service.

They had hoped to open on e lane between Virginia 123 and the Capital Beltway by Monday afternoon, but rain and other challenges have prevented a temporary fix for the sinkhole that opened over the weekend.

The Park Service hopes to have one lane open in time for Tuesday afternoon’s rush hour.

The initial fix is an injection of grout that can expand to stabilize the soil.

When the temporary repairs are in place, only one lane will be open in the area for at least a few weeks until more permanent fixes can be made, according to National Park Service.

Afternoon tolls for solo drivers on Interstate 66 inside the Beltway are expected to remain in place during the closure to encourage carpooling or transit use, the Virginia Department of Transportation told WTOP.

One attack, many Americas: Why 9/11 and its many griefs land differently 25 years later

By The Associated Press
September 7, 2026 | 8:47 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — When the planes crashed and the buildings fell on that sunny September morning 25 years ago, the shock waves of dismay and grief went far past downtown New York City, rural western Pennsylvania and just outside Washington, D.C. They radiated through every part of the United States in communities large and small, tearing at Americans' sense of safety and their place in the world. Hearts were broken across the nation, not just of those who lost their loved ones but among strangers who mourned for them, the Sept. 11 attacks leaving no one unaffected in an unwanted moment of horrifying togetherness. A quarter of a century later, the effects linger. We all live in a post-9/11 world, with its security strictures and surveillance. But here's the thing: Americans don't all live in the SAME one. What the attacks and their aftermath have come to mean isn't a single viewpoint shared by everyone, for reasons chronological, political and personal. It's a tapestry of meaning and grief as varied as the nation in which 9/11 took place.

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