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Community members can participate in the first ever "Anacostia River Splash" swim event at Kingman Island on July 8. (Cleveland Nelson/The Washington Informer)

Coming Up July 8: The First Legal Anacostia Swim in 50 Years

by Kayla Benjamin July 5, 2023August 16, 2023

Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department play flag football with youth from the community on Nov. 17 at Anacostia Park in Southeast to help improve police-community relations. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

What On (Our) Earth is Going On?: June Roundup

by Kayla Benjamin July 5, 2023August 16, 2023

Smoke drifting into the D.C. region from Canadian wildfires shrouds the Capitol Building on June 8. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

Wildfire Smoke Returns to D.C.

by Kayla Benjamin June 29, 2023August 16, 2023

Community members have brought dozens of toys to the grave of a 7-year-old girl after items left for her over the course of a decade were burned the day after Juneteenth. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

Items Burned at the Gravestone of a Young Girl at Historic Black Cemetery

by Kayla Benjamin June 28, 2023August 16, 2023

Representatives from the project’s many partners — including Groundswell, the Office of the People’s Counsel, SunLight General Capital and SunCatch Energy — gathered to celebrate the new solar installation as Pastor Juan Guthrie of Sargent Memorial Presbyterian Church cut the ribbon. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Northeast Church Installs Over 400 Solar Panels Above Its Parking Lot

by Kayla Benjamin June 26, 2023August 16, 2023

Students at the summit participate in a garden tradition of hugging the massive sycamore tree, affectionately named Meme. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

DMV Youth Explore the Environment with Hands-On Learning

by Kayla Benjamin and Robert R. Roberts June 21, 2023August 16, 2023

Geese at the Washington Sailing Marina on Daingerfield Island in Alexandria (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Latest Chesapeake Bay Report Gives Watershed a ‘C’ Grade

by Kayla Benjamin June 16, 2023August 16, 2023

Climate change is making wildfire seasons longer and more severe. (Josh O'Connor/USFWS)

Worries Remain While Wildfire Smoke Moves On: ‘We Aren’t Meant to Breathe This’

by Kayla Benjamin June 14, 2023August 16, 2023

The Sycamore & Oak interim retail village, designed by the architect behind the National Museum of African American History and Culture (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Huge Open-Air Mall in Congress Heights Opens with 13 Local Businesses

by Kayla Benjamin and James Wright Jr. June 14, 2023August 16, 2023

Smoke drifting into the D.C. region from Canadian wildfires shrouds the Capitol Building on June 8. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

‘Don’t Be Outside’: D.C. Area Hit With ‘Very Unhealthy’ Air

by Kayla Benjamin June 8, 2023August 16, 2023