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Montgomery Co. executive: No tax hikes proposed for next fiscal year 03/08/2021 07:57pm • Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich isn't considering any tax increases for his proposed 2022 fiscal year budget for the Maryland county that's due out next week. A county spokesman confirmed Elrich's proposal, which was revealed during a talk at the County Democratic Party's District 18 Brea ‘It couldn't possibly be me’ — WTOP anchor Bruce Alan’s fight with COVID-19 03/08/2021 07:08am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'dc8f20ec-1178-4775-9a5c-b1bbe7c26a42' }).render("8361536b187f9e0");}); I know several people who have had mild ca Silver Spring retirement community with 2,300 residents completes COVID-19 vaccinations 03/08/2021 03:50am • A senior living community in Silver Spring, Maryland, is one step closer to what it calls "healthy freedom," after it completed vaccinating its 2,300 residents last week. "It has been a long haul," said Gary Hibbs, executive director of Riderwood Senior Living. "And we're very conscious that we'r Md. Attorney General says COVID-19 financial scams on the rise 03/07/2021 07:29am • Financial scam calls are on the rise in Maryland, and the state's attorney general says it is because of COVID-19. In a normal year, the state Consumer Protection office receives about 40,000 financial scam calls, resulting in $10 to $15 million in recovery. Attorney General Brian Frosh discussed Early registration opens for DC-area's annual 'Bike to Work Day' 03/06/2021 09:10pm • Early registration is now open for the D.C. area's annual "Bike to Work Day," which is scheduled for May 21. Commuter Connections and the Washington Area Bicyclist Association are hosting the annual event that includes stops in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. According to a news release, those wh My COVID vaccine experience: Safety, peace of mind and music 03/05/2021 03:36pm • Rich Hunter, from the WTOP Traffic Center, gets his first COVID-19 vaccine. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) Over the past year, I have become familiar with medical terms that I could have gone my entire life without ever knowing what they mean: coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic, community spread, super-spr Timeline: 1 year into the COVID-19 pandemic in DC, Maryland and Virginia 03/05/2021 03:07pm • More than a year ago, reports began circulating about a mysterious new illness in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. It seemed like a world away, and it was — at first. That all changed March 5, 2020, when Maryland authorities announced the first confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the DC house fire displaces 4, sends 1 to hospital 03/05/2021 11:09am • Four people have been displaced from their Northwest D.C. home Friday morning after a fire took over the first floor of a row house and trapped three on the back porch, D.C. Fire and EMS said. One person was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The cause of the fire, which Review: 'Raya and the Last Dragon' mixes magical animation, timely themes 03/05/2021 01:39am • Animated character Raya, voiced by Kelly Marie Tran, left, appears with Sisu the dragon in a scene from "Raya and the Last Dragon." (Disney+ via AP) When Disney wishes upon a streaming star, it makes no difference where theaters are. "Raya and the Last Dragon" opens theatrically on Friday Police request 60-day extension of Guard at US Capitol 03/04/2021 02:14pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Capitol Police have requested that members of the National Guard continue to provide security at the U.S. Capitol for another two months, The Associated Press has learned. Defense officials say the new proposal is being reviewed by the Pentagon. The request underscores the National Gallery of Art offers exciting spring slate of virtual programming 03/04/2021 02:02am • The National Gallery of Art is still closed to the public, save for the Sculpture Garden. However, there are plenty of virtual programs to experience in the month of March. "We have a really wide array of virtual programming for all types of visitors, all ages and different levels of inter 'We're ready:' Montgomery Co. moves ahead with plan for large vaccination site 03/03/2021 04:29pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, are moving ahead with plans to open a large vaccination site in a northern part of the county hard-hit by the coronavirus, even as they're still waiting for the state to give the site a stamp of approval — and supplies of more vaccine doses. For now, a Maryland Vaccine Hunters take control of appointment search 03/03/2021 01:49pm • Frustrated with the slow rollout, many residents are turning to a Facebook group for help in hunting down COVID-19 vaccine appointments. The Maryland Vaccine Hunters group has existed for just over a month but boasts, at publishing, nearly 55,000 members. Nancy Knuth, 75, lives in Parkton with Alexandria Drive-In Theatre announces March movie lineup 03/03/2021 12:08pm • The Alexandria Drive-In Theatre successfully launched last August. Now, it's back by popular demand, revealing its March lineup of movies. Co-founder Allen Brooks told WTOP, "We recognized that people during this last year of uncertainty were just looking for a way to celebrate, gather and be US Naval Academy moves students to hotel for COVID-19 quarantine 03/02/2021 02:36am • A coronavirus outbreak at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, sent midshipmen into quarantine with 98 students moved into a hotel to recover from the virus. The academy said it drove the 98 midshipmen to the Hilton Garden Inn in Annapolis on Monday to quarantine away from the rest of c