The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board of Directors voted Wednesday to increase rates on the Dulles Toll Road, beginning in January 2019, from the current $2.50 to $3.25 at the main toll plaza, and from $1.00 to $1.50 on ramps.

As a 16-year-old in Louisiana, when most teenagers are hanging out with their friends, Jasmine Wood found herself helping to care for her younger sister and brother during her last two years of high school. It was just what was expected of her with young siblings in the house, but it was also an experience that shaped her life.

Major work on the King Street-Old Town Metrorail Station Access Improvement Project has been moved to mid-November. Preliminary construction including the construction of interim bus bays began in August. The major construction activities initially scheduled to start on Sept. 9, including the closure of the bus loop and Kiss & Ride and initiating bus service to the relocated bus bays, are now slated to begin on Nov. 18.

Alice Morgan, a long-time resident of Alexandria, died on Nov. 4. Visitation will be held Friday, Nov. 9 at 10 a.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 3500 19th Street S, Arlington, VA with service to follow at 11 a.m. Interment will be at Ivy Hill at 2 p.m.

The King Street Corridor Initiative, a partnership focusing on beautification, programming and marketing of Alexandria’s historic downtown corridor and spearheaded by the City of Alexandria and Visit Alexandria, is pleased to announce that since the initial June 2018 announcement of the program’s Founding Funders, several new private sector partners have pledged their support.

Alexandria has been ranked the fourth top digital city of its size in the United States, according to the 2018 Digital Cities Survey conducted by the Center for Digital Government. The annual program evaluates cities' approaches to information technology, community engagement, policy and operations.

Alexandria City Public Schools inducted seven exceptional athletes into the Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday night, including a football player from the first graduating class of the then George Washington High School in 1935 and honored a basketball coach at GW from the 1950s.

The International Rescue Committee responds to today’s proposals from the Trump Administration, which aim to obstruct and further limit the rights of asylum-seekers among caravans.

The City of Alexandria urges residents interested in obtaining insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act, frequently referred to as “Obamacare,” to sign up by Dec. 15. The annual open enrollment period is from Nov. 1 to Dec. 15. Additionally, enrollment for the newly expanded Medicaid coverage begins Nov. 1.

Del Ray loves a parade! A record number of superheroes, ghostbusters, movie characters and other creations plus the T.C. Williams Zombie Band and scores of decked-out strollers and pets in costume marched down Mount Vernon Avenue for the 22nd annual Del Ray Halloween Parade on Oct. 28. Hundreds of cheering spectators lined the route.