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Masks recommended again at some Anne Arundel Co. schools 05/19/2022 07:00am • While masks are not mandated anymore in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, classrooms, they are now being recommended in some schools where COVID-19 is more widespread. All students and staff members at a school will be asked to wear a mask indoors if at least 5% of their school's population tests po More Student Aid May Be Available if You Received Pandemic Unemployment Benefits 05/18/2022 08:00pm • Millions of Americans signed up for unemployment benefits to make ends meet when the pandemic shuttered the global economy in 2020. Congress responded by passing critical relief legislation that, among many other things, suspended the normal rules of what counts as taxable income. During the upheava Capital One resets return-to-office date, but embraces hybrid work 05/18/2022 01:04pm • Tysons-based Capital One -- which has almost 10,000 employees at its headquarters and elsewhere in the D.C. area -- has once again set a return-to-the-office date, but remains committed to a fully hybrid schedule for its employees. Capital One will now fully reopen all of its U.S. office location Theatre Washington extends masking, proof of vaccination requirements 05/18/2022 08:25am • The entertainment adage dictates "the show must go on." For many Washington-area theatergoers, "with masks and proof of vaccination" will remain part of the script through the end of July. Theatre Washington, an alliance of approximately 35 theaters in the D.C. region's suburbs, has announced it Montgomery Co. recommends masks again with COVID surge 'lasting longer than expected' 05/17/2022 03:35pm • Residents in Montgomery County, Maryland, are being urged to wear masks when indoors, to get tested for COVID-19 when returning from gatherings or travel and to make sure they're up to date on their vaccinations, including booster shots. "Our current surge in cases is lasting longer than expected Pandemic wedding blues: Fewer US couples said 'I do' in 2020 05/17/2022 03:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Far fewer Americans said "I do" during the first year of the pandemic when wedding plans were upended, a new report finds. There were 1.7 million weddings in 2020, a drop of 17% from the year before and the lowest recorded since 1963, the Centers for Disease Control and Prev Search is on again for Montgomery Co. health officer after top pick backs out 05/16/2022 10:06pm • For the third time, Montgomery County's top pick for the Health Officer position has backed out, leaving the Maryland county to continue its search to fill the role that has been vacant since September. In a letter to County Council President Gabe Albornoz, Department of Health and Human Services Another round of free COVID-19 antigen tests available for residents 05/16/2022 08:43pm • ▶ Watch Video: 1 million COVID-19 deaths in the United States A third round of free at-home COVID-19 tests are now available for Americans. The free tests were first introduced as part of a Biden administration push to increase testing capacity and is now a major part of the ongoing C COVID-19 cases expected to keep rising in Montgomery Co. 05/16/2022 08:21pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, can expect to see an increase in COVID-19 cases, according to county health officials. As of Monday morning, the county's COVID-19 dashboard showed 319.7 cases per 100,000 residents in the past seven days, putting Montgomery County in the "medium" range. In a weekl Metro removes some train operators over lapsed recertification 05/16/2022 05:30pm • Nearly half of Metro's 500 operators have lapsed recertification, WMATA said in a statement Sunday. As a result, train services will be delayed beginning Monday. Green and Yellow line services will be running six-car trains every 20 minutes instead of every 15 minutes. WMATA said that, before Still not back at your DC office? BIDs want you to see what you’re missing 05/16/2022 09:24am • Foot traffic and the share of office workers throughout the District is still hovering below 40% of pre-pandemic levels, slightly lower than the overall D.C. metro. The 11 Business Improvement Districts in D.C. have just launched an online initiative called Return to DC to get more people back. â As virus cases go up and down, some DC restaurants keep COVID restrictions in place 05/16/2022 02:11am • COVID-19 may be moving into a more manageable phase, but some D.C. businesses are keeping their pandemic-era protocols alive for the foreseeable future. "As long as (hospitalizations and cases) are still going up and down, and up and down, I'm comfortable with keeping policies that we have in pla Md. Gov. Hogan gets 2nd COVID booster, encourages others to follow 05/14/2022 05:58am • Gov. Larry Hogan and first lady Yumi Hogan received their second COVID-19 booster and are asking eligible Maryland residents to follow in their footsteps. Gov. Hogan said these booster shots, given by vaccinators with the University of Maryland Medical Center, are the reason why the state has bee Reagan, Dulles airports have UV tech to kill viruses 05/13/2022 01:16pm • Reagan National and Dulles International airports now have ultraviolet disinfection technology to combat the spread of viruses including Covid. Lumalier, a Memphis, Tennessee-based ultraviolet technology brand owned by EvergreenUV LLC, created the UV germicidal irradiation technology now installed Johns Hopkins doctor doesn't think overdoses will slow down, even though pandemic has 05/13/2022 10:46am • The nation's opioid crisis hit record highs during COVID-19, but one expert in Maryland said even though the pandemic has eased, he doesn't think the opioid situation will automatically move in the right direction. "We saw an increase during the pandemic, but I don't know that the numbers have su