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'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 Review: History Channel's 'Assembly Required' needs some re-tooling 03/02/2021 01:21am • Are you nostalgic for the 1990s sitcom grunts of Tim "The Tool Man” Taylor? You might want to check out the History Channel's new series "Assembly Required," which will re-air Episode 1 at 6 p.m. and broadcast Episode 2 at 10 p.m. on Tuesday. Tim Allen and Richard Karn revive their “T Police probing officer-involved shooting in Culpeper County 03/01/2021 08:03pm • Virginia State Police are investigating the shooting death of a Black man by a Culpeper County sheriff’s deputy. The Culpepper Star-Exponent reports that Donald Francis Hairston was shot after police were called for a welfare check to his home in a rural neighborhood. State police said that Schedule changes for 2021 could make Washington's slate that much tougher 03/01/2021 10:02am • Schedule changes for 2021 could make Washington's slate tougher originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe NFL looks poised to add a 17th regular season game this season, a provision that both the league and players agreed to in the latest collective bargaining agreement. For Washingt Why kids are hitting the pandemic wall 03/01/2021 04:14am • After almost a full year of grappling with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, including nearly nine months of virtual school, 11-year-old London Loree simply has had enough. Enough of Zoom classes and technology fails. Enough of social distancing. Enough of all of it. Try, try again: DC vaccination website working after morning tech issue 02/27/2021 10:24am • The D.C. Department of Health made 3,500 appointments for vaccination against COVID-19 available at 9 a.m. Saturday but the website crashed shortly after they were supposed to be available. The technical issues follow two consecutive days of issues, leading to residents having trouble registering National Zoo's panda cub celebrates half-birthday with applesauce 02/27/2021 08:02am • The Smithsonian National Zoo’s panda cub is trying new foods as he rings in his half-birthday. The newest delicacy? Homemade applesauce. Staff at the zoo placed a dollop on top of one of Xiao Qi Ji's enrichment toys and after a few sniffs, he lapped it up last Sunday, his half-birthday, alth Some DC banks to reimburse overdraft fees for unemployment benefits after tech glitch 02/26/2021 06:17pm • Three of the region's largest banks have agreed to refund overdraft fees to District workers collecting unemployment benefits who missed a payment last week due to a tech snafu at the D.C. Department of Employment Services. About 39,000 people received late payments because of the tech glitch. What is functional strength training? 02/26/2021 12:00am • A woman wants to join her family on backpacking hikes. A golfer would like to strike the ball better and avoid back soreness. A grandfather longs to lift small grandchildren with confidence. An elite athlete is interested in pitching a baseball better. A virtual employee has become deconditioned and Do you need a financial advisor or accountant? 02/26/2021 12:00am • Two essential professionals on just about any financial team are a financial advisor and accountant. Some financial advisors have in-house tax specialists, but at other times, it's up to the client to find their own accountant. Clients should choose wisely because selecting the right professional DC region sees recent spike in deadly fires 02/25/2021 01:25pm • The winters months are typically the busiest time of the year for firefighters, when more candles and other heating sources, including fire places, are in greater use. But in the D.C. region, the typically busy months of December through February had generally been quieter, though in recent weeks DC Shorts WINS! screens virtual Best of the Fest with movie on Oscar shortlist 02/24/2021 12:38pm • Did you miss last fall's D.C. Shorts Film Fest? Want to relive the cream of the crop? DC Shorts WINS! Best of the Fest streams virtually Wednesday through Monday. "It's a screening that DC Shorts produces every winter," Executive Director Peter Morgan told WTOP. "We screen all of the film