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Workplace heat-illness standards finalized as deadly ���heat season��� in Maryland comes to an end 09/28/2024 10:40am • Long-awaited heat protection regulations for workers have been finalized and will go into effect Monday ��� two days after the official end of a deadly ���heat season��� that took the lives of dozens of Marylanders this summer. With just days left in the annual Heat-Related Illness Surveillance R Judge strikes down affordable housing plan in Arlington Co. 09/28/2024 08:27am • A judge has struck down Arlington County���s plan to allow more affordable housing across varying neighborhoods in Virginia. Arlington County circuit court Judge David S. Schell ruled that county officials didn���t thoroughly study the impacts of allowing duplexes, townhomes and small apartments Gaithersburg Council signs off on plan to redevelop Lakeforest Mall site 09/28/2024 05:28am • The Gaithersburg City Council has unanimously approved the preliminary redevelopment plan for the Lakeforest Mall site, paving the way for changes leaders hope will make the area in the Maryland suburb bustling once again. The plan, approved during a special session Thursday night, calls for 250, A weakening Tropical Depression Helene brings deadly storms to southern Virginia, soaking rain to DC area 09/27/2024 07:30pm • Tropical Depression Helene made landfall as a deadly Category 4 hurricane devastating Florida's Big Bend as it travelled north Friday. Now the weakening storm has blown through the southern and eastern U.S., bringing tropical rain and potential flooding to the D.C. region. 7News First Alert Chief Fairfax Co. school celebrates small attendance victories to combat chronic absenteeism 09/27/2024 05:20pm • Last spring, the parent of a Dranesville Elementary second grader walked into the Virginia school���s office to share what administrators viewed as an attendance success story. The student had an appointment, and the mom told her that she could stay home the whole day. But, the student pushed (Almost) everything you need to prepare for federal retirement 09/27/2024 02:28pm • This content is provided by WAEPA. WAEPA, a nonprofit, has been proudly serving the Federal workforce for more than 80 years, providing Group Term Life Insurance and other financial wellness tools. With eight decades of experience, WAEPA is uniquely equipped to provide peace of mind to Civilian F Hurricane Helene to bring pockets of heavy rain to DC region this weekend 09/26/2024 06:22pm • The D.C. area will stay mostly dry Thursday afternoon as southeastern states prepare for Hurricane Helene's arrival. The tropical storm will also impact the D.C. region, bringing tropical rain and potential flooding Friday. Here's what you need to know. 7News First Alert Senior Meteorologist Bria Montgomery Co. Exec. Elrich says initiative pitched as promoting affordable housing is 'misleading' and 'a fraud' 09/26/2024 04:51pm • There is a movement to provide more affordable housing in Montgomery County, Maryland. An initiative that some officials say is aimed at creating more opportunities for affordable housing is causing controversy, with County Executive Marc Elrich calling its presentation "misleading" and speaking Lyft scooters will be unavailable in DC by October 09/26/2024 03:05pm • If you're looking to get around D.C. on two wheels, don't count on riding a Lyft scooter. You can still book a bike on the rideshare company's app through its partnership with Capital BikeShare. But Lyft's scooters will be gone by next week. In a message to users, the company announced its Kaiser Permanente, Maryland agree to deal, averting 'crisis' for Medicaid patients 09/26/2024 01:05pm • The Maryland Department of Health and Kaiser Permanente have settled negotiations on a contract that will let the health care company continue as a state Medicaid provider, ensuring that more than 100,000 Medicaid recipients maintain access to their current doctors. In a joint statement Wednesday Loudoun Co. school board bans new cell towers on school campuses 09/26/2024 09:53am • The Loudoun County School Board has voted to prohibit the construction of cell towers on school grounds, near elementary, middle and high schools, for the next five years. Tuesday, the board voted 8-0-1 to change the language of the policy regarding which companies can build mobile and land-based This Arlington house never loses power 09/26/2024 05:35am • Four decades ago, energy technology expert Scott Sklar decided to install solar-powered sump pumps in his Arlington, Virginia, home to keep his basement from flooding. Since then, he's added solar panels and a wind turbine, turning his home into a clean, green, energy machine. During rough storms Judge won���t vacate sniper Lee Malvo���s 6 Md. convictions, postpones resentencing indefinitely 09/25/2024 05:17pm • A Montgomery County judge denied a motion by convicted D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo to vacate his six murder convictions in Maryland for the 2002 rampage, and indefinitely postponed a resentencing hearing. Malvo, who was 17 years old at the time of the shootings, was convicted of multiple counts of Melwood and Enabled Intelligence offer geospatial data labeling boot camps for people with disabilities 09/25/2024 11:58am • This content is sponsored by Melwood. It���s a scene you may have seen in movies ��� enlarged bird���s eye view of blurry images of the same location taken over a period of time. Many times the difference could be just the angles of shadows. But sometimes, there are miniscule changes that escape Md. teacher earns national award for inspiring students to create change 09/25/2024 07:59am • A few winters ago, as a viral petition calling for a snow day circulated, Christian Pensiero recognized some of the names attached to it. As a fifth-grade teacher at Veterans Elementary School in Ellicott City, Maryland, Pensiero noticed that not only had she taught several of the students who si