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Julia Airey

jairey@washingtontimes.com

Airey was a Metro reporter for the Washington Times.

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A K-9 police unit works the scene after multiple people were shot at a newspaper office building in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, June 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Shooting at Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis

A man with a shotgun and a beef against his local newspaper stalked into the offices of the Annapolis Capital Gazette Thursday and opened fire on the newsroom, killing five people and wounding two others.

June 28, 2018
Riders wait to board the Downtown Circulator bus at a stop outside Union Station on Friday, July 7, 2006, in Washington. After a year of operation, the Downtown Circulator is being hailed as a success by business leaders, city officials, tourists, commuters and shoppers. While ridership is low, compared the Metrorail system's 18.7 million riders a month, the short haul circulators carry passengers to areas they can't reach by rail. They include the Southwest Waterfront entertainment district and Georgetown's shops and restaurants. (AP Photo/Leslie E. Kossoff) **FILE**

DC Circulator gets new boss, but some still want takeover by District

The D.C. Council voted on Tuesday to approve the 5-year, $21 million contract, following a lengthy bidding process to find a new company to run the intra-city bus service. The new company, RATP Dev, currently manages the DC Streetcar system and agreed to several protections to protect workers, but some lawmakers are still hoping to remove private companies from the picture altogether.

June 27, 2018
D.C. Fire rescue services deployed 80 firefighters to battle a two-alarm fire that started in Georgetown's popular eatery Wingos and spread to flower shop English Rose Garden on June 26, 2018. Flames injured three firefighters and caused "considerable" damage to the storefronts. (Photo courtesy of D.C. Fire and EMS)

Wingos, English Rose Garden damaged in Georgetown fire

Two Georgetown storefronts were badly burned in a two-alarm fire Tuesday that took 80 firefighters to get under control. The English Rose Garden and popular Georgetown eatery Wingos, which share the same building, were both caught in the 2- alarm fire at the intersection of O Street and Wisconsin Ave. NW.

June 26, 2018
In this Tuesday, March 6, 2018, photo, the sun peaks over the horizon next to the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial at daybreak along the Potomac River in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) **FILE**

D.C. primary sees low voter turnout

D.C. voters braved sweltering sun and thundershowers to participate in the District's primary elections Tuesday, two days before the official start of summer.

June 19, 2018
Metrobus. ** FILE **

Metro Board approves changes to bus routes

The Metro Board set aside $3.5 million Thursday to change bus lines by the end of the month and $1.25 million to possibly eliminate the Red Line's "Grosvenor turnback."

June 14, 2018
Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld updated regional leaders on transit system projects Wednesday, but conspicuously did not mention Metro's plan for how riders will get around when certain subway stations soon shut down for repairs. (Julia Airey/The Washington Times)

Metro’s lack of bus information upsets transit advocates

Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld updated regional leaders on transit system projects Wednesday, but conspicuously did not mention Metro's plan for how riders will get around when certain subway stations soon shut down for repairs.

June 13, 2018
A deer is spotted by Metro surveillance cameras running inside the Crystal City station on June 12. (Screen grab from Metro video)

Deer leaps around underground Metro station

As Washington Capitals fans began their pilgrimage to the championship parade Tuesday morning, some Metrorail riders were joined by an unlikely traveling companion.

June 12, 2018