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From Plan A to Plan B: Fired federal worker makes sizzling new start 07/25/2025 02:19pm • It can be scary to make a career change as you approach your 50th birthday, but Bethesda's Kevin Gash is among the many federal employees who didn't have much of a choice in the matter. He didn't just lose his job when he was fired this year by the U.S. Agency for International Development †'A place of healing': Memorial honors Loudoun Co. firefighter killed in a house explosion 07/25/2025 01:07pm • Trevor Brown was a rock. Whether it was answering a call for the Sterling Volunteer Fire Company, going on a hike or, closest to his heart, caring for his wife and three kids, the brawny, 6-foot-tall Brown was solid – always reliable, always steady. This Saturday, Brown’s birthday, in the Artist Amy Sherald cancels major Smithsonian exhibition, citing censorship 07/24/2025 09:51pm • (CNN) — The artist Amy Sherald has canceled a major exhibition of her work at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, citing censorship over one of her paintings depicting the Statue of Liberty modeled after a transgender artist. Sherald, who reached national fame for her official portrai New data map shows higher flood risks for roads and transit networks 07/24/2025 05:35pm • A new map highlights what many people living in the D.C. region already experience: There's more flash flooding in areas where it wasn't common in the past. From Silver Spring in Maryland to the Bloomingdale neighborhood in the District and areas around the Pentagon, flash floods are creating mor AI just gave researchers deeper understanding of Chesapeake Bay watershed 07/24/2025 03:56pm • To map the Chesapeake Bay watershed, researchers have long relied on aerial imagery, a time-consuming process to document every water source. But artificial intelligence just might help to change that. Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, along with the Environmental P Why gas bills are going up for Washington Gas customers in Va. this fall 07/24/2025 03:53pm • Washington Gas customers in Virginia will be paying higher bills this fall. The utility said in a statement to customers that due to above-average temperatures from October 2024 to May 2025, it collected lower revenues than approved by the State Corporation Commission. Therefore, Washington Gas s 'A level of water I have not seen before': Montgomery Co. executive on the new flooding normal 07/24/2025 01:01pm • The intense flash flooding that shut down Sligo Creek Parkway and prompted at least 15 water rescues last weekend isn't an anomaly, according to Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich. "We're seeing a new normal," said Elrich, who lives along Sligo Creek. He described watching a man walk dow DC Council reworks stadium deal with Commanders to secure revenue, transportation improvements 07/24/2025 11:26am • D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson announced Thursday that the council will vote on Aug. 1 on an altered agreement to redevelop the RFK Stadium site. The announcement came after Mendelson and other members of the council worked with the Washington Commanders to revise Mayor Muriel Bowser's ori Ocean City's proposed changes to short-term rentals fail after narrow vote 07/24/2025 07:04am • A close vote in a special election in Ocean City, Maryland, on Tuesday means short-term rentals can continue without added restrictions for now. "We hope to work with the mayor and council on fixing problems but not taking property rights," said Terry Miller with OCMD Property Rights. Miller Montgomery Co. executive slams council over zoning change to allow multi-unit housing along transit corridors 07/23/2025 08:12pm • Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich is blasting the county council and planning board over a zoning text amendment that was approved Tuesday. Zoning Text Amendment 25-02 will allow duplexes, triplexes and some apartments along designated transit corridors in the Maryland county. The council a DC police chief blocked firing of officers convicted in Karon Hylton-Brown's death, report finds 07/23/2025 05:54pm • A new report criticized the actions D.C. police took before and after the death of Karon Hylton-Brown, who died after a police chase in 2020, and found that the settlements for the convicted officers who later received a presidential pardon were "extremely lenient." The report by the Office of th Commanders hush on reports of altered DC stadium deal while mayor supports speedy council vote 07/23/2025 05:41pm • The Washington Commanders remained mum on reports Wednesday about an altered deal to bring the team to a new stadium at the old RFK site, while the D.C. mayor reiterated supporting getting the deal done and the council to vote speedily and finalize it. 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Council votes on a zoning change to add housing 07/23/2025 05:17am • The Montgomery County Council approved a zoning measure on Tuesday that will allow for the construction of more residential buildings along designated transit corridors in an effort to create housing for middle-income residents. The council voted 8-3 in favor of the Zoning Text Amendment 25-0