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Prince William Co. introduces digital hub to support fired federal workers 02/27/2025 04:55pm • Prince William County is rolling out a digital hub to support government workers who have lost their jobs as a result of recent changes to the federal workforce. The website includes information about job opportunities, workforce training, housing help and mental health resources. Supervisor V 'It's a blessing to help someone': Md. day care provides free care for laid-off federal workers 02/27/2025 04:30pm • Finding a job is difficult work, and making the process even tougher for some recently laid-off federal workers is finding someone to watch their kids so they can focus on recrafting their resume or going to an interview. Nicole Smith, the owner of Nicole���s Fun and Learning Family Childcare LLC WTOP partner station Federal News Network celebrates 25th anniversary 02/27/2025 01:31pm • Originally known as "WTOP2,"��Federal News Network, a radio and digital news organization that provides breaking news and analysis to federal employees and government contractors, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. FNN was created in 2000 when news managers at WTOP saw a huge opportunity How Virginia Tech is revolutionizing tire testing 02/27/2025 11:44am • A company affiliated with Virginia Tech has invented a new tire testing material that replicates real asphalt. Most tire testing is done on a flat-trac machine, in which a metal belt spins underneath a tire secured to the testing machine, said Alex O'Neill, product and technical solutions manager SYN, one of Reston's few rooftop lounges, opens this weekend 02/27/2025 10:38am • The Reston skyline has changed dramatically over the last decade, but views from atop all those shiny new towers are largely reserved for the people who live and work in those residential and office high rises. On March 1, a rooftop bar and lounge called SYN opens to guests and the public atop th These US cities could see surge in disease-spreading pests this spring 02/26/2025 06:00pm • A rat. (Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Deviations from normal weather patterns are putting several regions in the U.S. at risk for an uptick of disease-spreading pests as winter turns to spring, according to a new analysis. A surge in disease-sp What some early primary voters are saying in Prince George���s Co. 02/26/2025 04:40pm • Polls at nine early voting locations in Prince George���s County, Maryland, opened their doors on Wednesday, giving area Democrats and Republicans seven days to nominate their respective candidates for county executive during the primary election. Nine Democrats and three Republicans are on t Amid national push against DEI programs, Maryland House Speaker leads push to maintain it in state 02/26/2025 11:50am • Amid a national push by President Donald Trump to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, one of Maryland���s leading lawmakers is pushing in the other direction. House Speaker Adrienne Jones (D-Baltimore County) is sponsoring legislation to create a state Department of Social Equi ���Going to be devastating���: Arlington family speaks out about consequences of cutting program for students with disabilities 02/26/2025 05:09am • When this school year started, Amanda Villapando���s 4-year-old son, Leo, didn���t want to express himself. In the mornings, he hid under his bed and said he didn���t want to go to his Arlington, Virginia, school. He shut down emotionally, and she had to comfort him before he got on the bus. Fired FAA employee produced maps 'crucial and critical' to air traffic control 02/25/2025 11:50am • Federal workers, how have the last few weeks impacted you and your family? Send us a voicemail through the WTOP News app, available on Apple��or��Android. Click the ���Feedback��� button in the app���s navigation bar. Among the hundreds who lost their jobs at the Federal Aviation Administrati Maryland Gov. Moore changes tone after encounter with Trump 02/25/2025 07:46am • Maryland Gov. Wes Moore appears to have dismissed any possibility of working with President Donald Trump after a meeting at the White House with the National Governors Association. In a meeting with reporters Monday, Moore said an interaction between Trump and the roughly four dozen governors in 'It's pretty despicable': Scammer uses counterfeit bills at Md. Girl Scout cookie stands 02/24/2025 08:10pm • The search is on for the person who used counterfeit money to rip off several Girl Scout troops in St. Mary���s County, Maryland. The Girl Scouts were selling Thin Mints, Do-Si-Dos and other popular cookies when someone used phony $20 bills to pay. Molly Smith, 13, with Girl Scout Troop 10005, 'A lot of chaos': Federal workers describe confusion sparked by email asking about productivity 02/24/2025 04:30pm • A federal worker, who asked not to be named, doesn't usually check her work email over the weekend, so she learned about the circulating message asking about workers' productivity online. The message, she said, immediately annoyed her. She interpreted it as assuming that federal workers aren't ac Youngkin expresses support for federal cuts, directs workers to state resources 02/24/2025 04:00pm • Leading a state that is home to more than 140,000 federal employees, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin spoke in Fairfax County on Monday, addressing workers who have been impacted by the sweeping federal cuts being carried out by President Donald Trump's administration. "I actually have extraordin Remembering Arlington's long lost Black community of Queen City 02/24/2025 06:20am • In the early 1900s, there was a once-thriving Black neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia, on land that was first owned by the Mount Olive Baptist Church. You wouldn't know that by taking a look around the county today. But at the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington, the memory of the Queen City com