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Dense fog��to��start Tuesday commute in DC area 10/25/2022 05:30am • D.C.-area commuters on Tuesday morning should plan for expanding dense fog that was brought on by a unique weather setup. High pressure lodged along the Northeast coast with considerable moisture trapped in the lowest thousand feet of the atmosphere is leading to widespread dense fog developing r Some Sunday showers expected in the DC area 10/22/2022 10:05pm • The weekend will close out a bit cloudier than it started. Expect rain, especially east of I-95, Sunday as a coastal storm makes its way into the area. "Sunday we have a chance for showers, mainly along I-95 and east. Not a ton of rain but enough to impact your Sunday afternoon and evening," Stor Sunfest festival shines in Ocean City 10/20/2022 10:30am • The four-day Sunfest festival returns to Maryland's Ocean City through Sunday. The outdoor festival features arts, crafts, music and food from more than 200 artisans across the area and the U.S. at the south end of Ocean City's boardwalk. It comes after the three-day Oceans Calling Festival, s Presto's Picks: Road trips for Maryland, Navy and James Madison 10/14/2022 04:42am • Baseball fans love to tell you how "no two ballpark dimensions are exactly the same." While every college football field measures 100 yards from end zone to end zone, you could make the case that no two stadiums are alike. While Maryland and Navy both visit conference foes this weekend, it could $25 million redesign project to bring big changes to DC public high schools 10/10/2022 02:12pm • A new partnership between D.C. and the XQ Institute ��� a nonprofit co-founded by Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple founder Steve Jobs ��� aims to reimagine what high school in the District looks like. The Francis L. Cardozo Education Campus and Paul Laurence Dunbar High School were both se Stink bug habitat could expand in northern US, study suggests 10/07/2022 09:15am • Living in the northern U.S. could soon mean having to deal with a lot of stinky and invasive neighbors. As the planet warms up, the habitat of invasive stink bugs could greatly expand through the nation's northern areas, a recent study found. Halyomorpha halys, the brown marmorated stink bug, st Women's March to be held in DC Saturday 10/07/2022 07:43am • The Women���s March will hold events nationwide this weekend, including a Saturday march in D.C. to fight for reproductive rights ��� exactly one month before the midterm elections on Nov. 8. Organizers and participants to gather at 11 a.m. at Folger Park on D Street in Southeast, between 2nd and Presto's Picks: Maryland, Virginia & Navy hope for home cooking; Texas-Oklahoma features fried foods, cooked teams 10/07/2022 05:04am • College football's conference carousel often creates strange bedfellows. For instance, this week's local Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) action features games that were non-conference matchups as recently as 10 years ago, such as Maryland-Purdue (the all-time series is now three games) and Virgin Indigenous Peoples'/Columbus Day 2022: What���s open, what���s closed around the DMV 10/06/2022 01:35pm • This year the holiday falls on Monday, Oct. 10, which means the usual array of closings and service changes around the D.C. area. Some have begun to recognize the fall holiday as Indigenous Peoples' Day. Others still call it Columbus Day despite the unsettling history behind the namesake of the h Weekend Road and Rail: Army Ten-Miler and other DC events, Metro���s holiday schedule 10/06/2022 12:08pm • There will be extended ramp and lane closures associated with the 66 Transformation Project and the Purple Line Project this weekend. The annual Army Ten-Miler returns, with road closures in store between Virginia and the District on Sunday, along with accommodating service changes on Metrorail. WTOP's Dave Johnson's run as voice of DC United comes to an end 10/05/2022 01:20am • For 27 seasons, WTOP sports director Dave Johnson has been a voice who has excited D.C. United fans with one phrase: ���It's in the net!��� Sunday though will mark the end of the era as Johnson, 58, calls his last game as the team's TV play-by-play broadcaster. Johnson said as he concludes Remnants of Ian deliver brisk winds, rain to DC area 10/03/2022 02:29pm • Strong, steady winds and occasional rain are expected to affect the D.C. region through Wednesday, as the former Hurricane Ian remains stuck off the mid-Atlantic coast. Here's what you need to know. A Wind Advisory is in effect until 8 p.m. Monday for inland Worcester County, Maryland, as well as Ian ranks high for widespread rainfall 10/03/2022 12:11pm • If it seems like the remnants of Hurricane Ian are haunting the Eastern U.S., you���re not wrong. The deadly storm now ranks second among hurricanes in terms of area with more than 10 inches of rain in a day. Ian produced more than 10 inches of rain over at least 5,685 square miles of real estate Ian's silver lining: Potomac River drought monitoring averted 10/03/2022 08:05am • Streamflow of the Potomac River was so low that daily drought monitoring in the D.C.-area's prime drinking water source was about to begin ��� and then the remnants of Hurricane Ian arrived. On Friday, Sept. 30, the flow of the Potomac River dipped below 2,000 cubic feet per second at Point of Ro Strong wind gusts and showers from Ian pick up Sunday night 10/02/2022 12:00pm • Remnants of Hurricane Ian will still be felt in the D.C. area, with rain picking back up Sunday afternoon and wind gusts continuing to increase into the overnight. Here's what you need to know: A Coastal Flood Advisory is in effect for St. Mary's County until 11 p.m. Sunday night. A Wind