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Wiehle tie-in: How the Silver Line got held up 03/23/2020 03:50pm • A few circuit boards at a Silver Line station that has been open for years are now the biggest single obstacle to getting trains running beyond Wiehle-Reston East to Dulles International Airport and Ashburn — at least if coronavirus concerns don’t pose their own problems. A review of document Have to cook from home for the first time? Here's what you need to know 03/21/2020 12:23am • With the intensity of the coronavirus situation increasing each day, getting food in the hands of so many who can't leave home presents a critical health challenge. And though they may be more mobile, a new challenge has simultaneously emerged for many young people, who have regularly dined out o DC cherry blossoms reach peak bloom 03/21/2020 12:19am • The cherry blossoms in D.C. have reached the final stage: peak bloom. The National Park Service said Friday the cherry blossoms have reached the last stage of bloom a day earlier than the predicted peak bloom dates of March 21 to March 24. The cherry trees are officially at peak bloom! For a s US tourists stranded abroad don't know when they'll return 03/20/2020 10:31pm • Linda Scruggs and Mike Rustici trained for months to hike the winding trails leading to Machu Picchu's complex of Inca ruins. So they were thrilled when their flight landed last Friday in the Peruvian capital. They managed to do part of their trek but now they are trapped in a Lima hotel room a 25 key pieces of legislation Maryland lawmakers passed this week 03/20/2020 08:20am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. State legislators churned through hundreds of bills in the last several days of their abbreviated session, passing an astonishing 660 piec Fun things to do in your free time that cost nothing 03/19/2020 08:00pm • Going stir crazy yet? In these self-quarantining times, we're all looking for something fun to do in our free time. Some of us, like kids who are going to virtual school and no longer have after-school activities, may have a lot more free time than they know what to do with. You can clean out you DC-area leaders concerned about auto pollution post-coronavirus crisis 03/19/2020 02:11pm • The air may feel fresher now with such a significant drop in driving around the D.C. area (and the rarity of stepping outside these days), but regional leaders who just approved analyses of the region’s long-term transportation plan are concerned pollution reductions could be limited going forward Maryland General Assembly: Frenzied lawmaking and tender moments in tense session's final hours 03/19/2020 06:09am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones, D-Baltimore County, presides over the last day of the 2020 General Assembly session. (Courtesy Ma 'Our need for blood does not stop:' Virginia blood supply declines amid coronavirus concerns 03/19/2020 05:40am • Virginia blood banks say the situation is becoming dire as a recent spate of blood drive cancellations due to coronavirus fears are making it harder to replenish supplies. Inova Blood Donor Services said Thursday its supplies of certain types of blood, which were never in abundance to begin with, Suspect sought in Loudoun County indecent exposure incident 03/18/2020 10:54pm • A man is accused of exposing himself to a child in Loudoun County, Virginia. The incident occurred Tuesday about 4:45 p.m. on Providence Square in Sterling. The suspect called over a child, who was playing with friends, to his vehicle and asked about directions to a store, a Loudoun County She Coronavirus: Maryland announces 1st COVID-19-related death as region sees jump in new cases 03/18/2020 09:25pm • Dawn Canova (C), clinical manager for outpatient wound care at Carroll Hospital, talks to a person seeking a test for the coronavirus at a drive-thru station in the hospital's parking garage March 16, 2020 in Westminster, Maryland. Not open to the general public for testing, the station was set up Amid coronavirus crisis, small farms and creameries offer food, safety, diversion 03/18/2020 11:57am • Child: "I'm bored." Parent: "I know, but we have to keep safe." In the midst of local, state and national emergencies designed to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, children and parents are spending most of their time at home, sequestered from friends and organized activities. At the sam DC-area homeless shelters face challenges amid COVID-19 concerns 03/18/2020 06:33am • The D.C. region's homeless shelters are facing challenges of their own as concerns around the spread of coronavirus continue. Proactive measures, such as washing hands to ensure proper hygiene, have been a challenge in the homeless community, one of the most vulnerable populations. "They typic Va. to enforce 10-person limit in some businesses, as DC area sees jump in coronavirus cases 03/18/2020 12:30am • Pharmacist Evelyn Kim, wears a mask and gloves at the CVS pharmacy at Target in the Tenleytown area of Washington, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) As testing for the novel coronavirus ramps up, the number of cases in Maryland and Virginia took dramatic leaps on Tuesday morning Man claiming to be doing coronavirus testing shows up at Bowie homes: Police 03/17/2020 08:47pm • Police in Bowie, Maryland, said a man showed up to at least two homes Tuesday claiming to be testing for the coronavirus. The man is described as in his late 20s to early 30s, wearing an orange vest over a black hoodie and a blue surgical mask on his face. Just before 12:10 p.m., the man knock