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Hogan: Marylanders 65 and up living in group homes cleared to receive booster shots 09/08/2021 04:11pm • Maryland residents 65 and older living in congregate care settings will be able to get booster shots starting immediately, Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday. The governor said the Maryland Department of Health is issuing an order that will allow nursing homes and other care facilities to administer Montgomery Co. health officials explain decision to send hundreds of students to quarantine 09/08/2021 03:56pm • Last week hundreds of students from Montgomery County Public Schools were sent home to quarantine after possible exposure to COVID-19. Now health officials from the county are explaining the policy behind that decision. Montgomery County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles told reporters during a me Students back in classes in Prince George's Co. 09/08/2021 10:19am • Students and families line up on the first day of school at Deerfield Run Elementary School in Laurel, Maryland. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli) Students went back to class in Prince George's County Wednesday, marking the start of the new school year in Maryland's second-largest public school system. Th Montgomery County health officer reflects on the pandemic and his new job 09/07/2021 04:08pm • Montgomery County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles reflects on his work during the coronavirus pandemic. (WTOP/Kate Ryan) No one thought the pandemic would last this long. That's one of the thoughts Montgomery County, Maryland's outgoing health officer, Dr. Travis Gayles, shared days before h More travelers turn to travel agencies for help with planning pandemic trips 09/07/2021 02:45pm • Planning a trip has become more complicated during the pandemic, but that has meant a new opportunity for travel agencies: providing a foolproof way to plan trips during the pandemic. "They will make sure you have the information you need, and know where you can and cannot travel to," said Eric H 95% of Marylanders 65 and older vaccinated 09/07/2021 11:41am • Maryland hit a new vaccine milestone Tuesday in the fight against COVID-19: 95% of residents 65 and older have gotten at least one dose, Gov. Larry Hogan said in a news release. “As one of the most vaccinated states in the country, we continue to achieve significant milestones and outpace the n Darren Baker working his way toward a familiar place: the Nationals’ dugout 09/07/2021 11:23am • Darren Baker working his way to a familiar place: the Nats’ dugout originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonAmong Darren Baker’s most prized possessions is an autographed photo of him sitting next to star pitcher Max Scherzer in the Nationals’ dugout, a memento from his dad&rsqu Is delta derailing the restaurant recovery? 09/07/2021 10:32am • Just when the restaurant industry was getting back on its feet, along came the delta variant of COVID-19, increasing new infections and threatening the speed of the entire economy's recovery. For restaurants, delta has not derailed the recovery so far, but it has delayed it. "The consumer obvi Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties return to school Wednesday 09/06/2021 03:55pm • It's back to school on Wednesday for students in Prince George's and Anne Arundel County, Maryland, public schools. After 18 months in virtual learning formats, the school systems will kick off the school year with five days a week of in-person instruction. The return to schools follows a surg Labor shortage leaves union workers feeling more emboldened 09/06/2021 11:00am • NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — When negotiations failed to produce a new contract at a Volvo plant in Virginia this spring, its 2,900 workers went on strike. The company soon dangled what looked like a tempting offer — at least to the United Auto Workers local leaders who recommended it to their members How DC-area synagogues are planning safe, meaningful Jewish holiday experiences 09/06/2021 04:04am • For Rabbi Steven Rein, the approaching High Holiday season has emerged as the most logistically-complicated to date. Before the pandemic, services at Agudas Achim in Alexandria, Virginia, brought about 900 people together to observe Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, and Yom Kippur, the day of at How events such as Sept. 11 have affected our collective mental health 09/06/2021 04:00am • The Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001, the D.C. sniper attacks in 2002 and the coronavirus pandemic of 2020. They all caused pain and suffering on a mass scale, but a Northern Virginia psychiatrist believes they also reflected the commonality of the human experience and helped advance the cause of men Gov. Hogan talks challenges in getting remaining Md. residents vaccinated 09/05/2021 05:20pm • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan places the blame for vaccine hesitancy in the state on misinformation campaigns and people believing things that "are simply not true." Appearing on NBC's Meet the Press, Hogan pointed out that Republican-majority areas are not the only places with vaccine-hesitant popul Some 1,000 students, staff in Montgomery County schools are in quarantine 09/03/2021 09:02pm • Just five days after students returned to school in Montgomery County, Maryland, approximately 1,000 students and staff are in quarantine. As dozens of reports of individuals who've tested positive for COVID-19 at Montgomery County schools are recorded, the school system updated the quarantine gu Prince George's Co. high school forced to cancel 2 football games after positive COVID-19 cases 09/03/2021 08:08pm • Two weekend high school football games have been canceled in Prince George's County, Maryland, following positive COVID-19 cases within one of the teams' programs. Prince George's County Public Schools shut down the football program at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School, forcing the cancellation o