Photo by Mr. T in DC Pair of updates on bus service for you. First, a limited number of Metrobus routes started running again as of 1 p.m. Those routes are listed below the jump. Metro is urging riders to exercise cautioun when boarding and alighting buses, as there’s still tons of snow piled...

Photo by Scott Ableman Not even three feet of snow can stop the Racing Presidents. The Washington Nationals will host tryouts for the popular large-headed mascots at the ballpark on Saturday, despite current conditions on the ground. If you’re thinking you’d like to tryout, it’s too...

On top of having to oversee a massive snow removal operation, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty now also to worry about his political standing in the midst of the region’s largest winter storm in decades. Yesterday on Hardball , MSNBC’s Chris Matthews took Fenty to task for the city’s response...

We’ll be updating this list as the various closing announcements are made. You can also check our Twitter feed for the latest info. D.C. Public Schools are CLOSED on Thursday, Feb. 11. Pretty much every other school district in the area, as well as private schools, are closed on Thursday as well....

Photo by swkaplan We just got off the phone with MPD spokesperson Sgt. Nicholas Breul, who filled in some details on the arrest of a woman involved in a snowball fight early this morning. Bruel confirmed Third District police officers responded to a call of a “disorderly snow fight” at the...

Photo by Flickr user rjv541 . As the snow totals have been steadily piling up, we’ve all been thinking that we can’t remember ever seeing this much snow in D.C. before. Well, now it’s official: no one has seen this much snow in D.C., at least not since Pat Collins ‘ great-great-granddad...

Photo by swkaplan We’ve received a couple of emails from people who say they watched a woman get arrested early this morning during an impromptu snowball fight outside Wonderland Ballroom in Columbia Heights (at 11th and Kenyon NW). We’re trying to get confirmation from MPD on this. One...

No! Photo by drtana See the rest here: Should You Go Out During this Blizzard?

Photo by yospyn Good morning, Washington. You know, we appreciate you coming here, sharing part of your morning with us, maybe leaving a snarky comment or two. But c’mon: what morning news could there possibly be? Not only did the federal government and Metro knuckle under before 7 last night...

In case you hadn’t already guessed, the official word is here : Washington DCthe original post: Federal Govt. Closed Wednesday