5+ mon, 2+ day ago   (470+ words) April 11, 2026, 12:04 PM This summer may be tough for a lot of us in the D.C. region due to the deadliest animal in the world. Mosquito season normally starts in April and lasts until October depending on temperatures and rainfall. Experts are…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (236+ words) A beekeeper removes more than 50,000 bees from the side of the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery on Friday, April 10, 2026. What's that buzzing noise above the entrance to the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery? That's not the setup to a joke — it's why a beekeeper…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (387+ words) TRAFFIC ALERT: In Northwest DC, both sides of Canal Road closed between Whitehurst Freeway & Key Bridge due to crash April 8, 2026, 1:00 PM They are the sons of stumpy, or, better yet, clones of stumpy, and they are growing right now in…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (215+ words) The Washington Post The pilot program will cost about $130,000 and also focus on improved trash disposal to combat rat infestations, starting in Adams Morgan. D.C. is doubling down on efforts to kill rats in some of its most infested neighborhoods by…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (305+ words) DC Health is trying out birth control for rats to curb the number of rodents. News4’s Megan McGrath reports. If you spend any time in D.C., you know rats are a problem. "They be in the dumpsters. They be running…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (559+ words) LOCAL SPOTLIGHT: How a Southeast DC transitional housing facility recovered from a nearby gas explosion April 1, 2026, 1:17 PM Some people work with cat or dog rescues. Abby Johnson headed in a different direction. Typically, she said, laying hens on large farms…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (305+ words) Imagine what it would be like if you had a helicopter havering over your neighborhood all day and night? That’s what residents say that's kind of what it sounds like at a data center in the Ashburn, Virginia area. News4 learned…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (274+ words) March 19, 2026, 5:05 PM D.C. city has the fastest growing rat population in the country, according to a study last year. Some city leaders are trying to cut that population by eliminating a favorite rodent hangout. Trash cans along the city’s sidewalks don’t…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (112+ words) February 23, 2026, 4:58 PM Security cameras captured the fun around 7 a.m. at the aquarium, which described the otters as “rolling, sliding and romping through the snow” on an outside deck near the city’s Inner Harbor. While a nor’easter blasted much of the Northeast,…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (234+ words) Recently ranked the rattiest of the country’s major cities, Washington has an ongoing rat problem—one long met with furrowed brows, pointed fingers, and no lasting solutions. We are at war, we have always been at war, and no matter…...