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We’re traveling and going to restaurants. Why not the office? 02/28/2022 10:06am • Falls Church, Virginia-based building security company Kastle Systems has been keeping track of how many people are in office buildings in the D.C. area by tallying building entry card and fob swipes, and it's still just 32.3%. The average in the 10 biggest cities it has been tracking is 36.4%. Wicomico Co. schools end mask mandate in facilities, on school buses 02/27/2022 09:07pm • Wicomico County Public Schools announced that they would be ending their mask mandate "effective immediately" Sunday evening. The school system announced in a tweet just after 7 p.m. on Sunday that masks would be optional for students, staff and visitors inside of their school facilities. Gym owners react to Prince George's Co. lifting mask mandate 02/27/2022 06:56pm • There are mixed feelings as Prince George's County, Maryland, gyms prepare for the end of the local mask mandate. As masks become optional on Monday in the area, Mel Blain, owner of Posh Cycling and Fitness in College Park, says she's still going to be cautious. "It's a very hard decision for COVID-19 rules are relaxing around the DC region. Here's what you need to know. 02/26/2022 07:45pm • Several COVID-19 rules and regulations will be lifted or amended across D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Most of these changes follow a national shift toward an "endemic phase" in the pandemic, changing case rates across jurisdictions, expected coronavirus-related protests and continued vaccine hesit Pony swim, auction resume at Virginia's Chincoteague Island after hiatus 02/26/2022 03:38pm • CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. — The famed ponies of Virginia’s Chincoteague Island will be back in the spotlight this summer after events were postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Daily Times of Salisbury reports that the Chincoteague Pony Penning and auction will return in July. For the past Maryland local school boards will get say on mask policies 02/25/2022 09:30pm • Maryland lawmakers voted in favor of a plan that returns control over mask policies in schools to local boards of education. The General Assembly's Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR), voted 17-1 to approve Tuesday's decision by the State Board of Education Fairfax Co. schools announces plans to make masks optional March 1 02/25/2022 06:54pm • The superintendent of Virginia's largest school system said in a message to families Friday that parents and guardians can choose for their children to go maskless in schools and on buses beginning March 1. Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Brabrand wrote that there wouldn't be a Montgomery Co. schools changes mask requirements for new athletic season 02/25/2022 06:16pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, schools are making mask wearing optional for student-athletes and coaches during events such as practice, starting next week. Montgomery County Public Schools' athletics program detailed the policy change in a letter dated Friday, along with adjustments to quarantine Manassas mom among challengers to Youngkin's mask-optional law 02/25/2022 03:48pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. A Manassas mother has joined 11 other Virginia parents in a lawsuit to stop the implementation of a new state law making masks optional i DC expects trucker caravans to arrive in area around State of the Union 02/25/2022 01:18pm • D.C. officials said Friday they expect convoys of truckers protesting COVID mandates to reach the District around President Joe Biden's State of the Union address to Congress on March 1. After noting that an anticipated convoy from Scranton, Pennsylvania, "fizzled out," D.C. Homeland Security and Prince George's Co. lifts indoor mask mandate; masks still required in schools 02/25/2022 11:09am • Prince George's County, Maryland, will lift its indoor mask mandate on Monday, Feb. 28, but is keeping its mask mandate for schools in place for now. Prince George's County has become the only jurisdiction in Maryland that has fallen into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's moderate Some Md. school systems end mask mandates. Where does Montgomery County stand? 02/25/2022 08:13am • Some school systems are ending mask mandates now that the Maryland State Board of Education said it's up to the counties to make them optional. The state's largest school system in Montgomery County is waiting, for now. Students in Howard County public schools will no longer be required to wear m Howard County schools to make indoor masking optional in March 02/24/2022 08:27pm • Students in Howard County, Maryland, will no longer be required to wear masks indoors starting March 1. The Howard County Board of Education on Thursday voted to make face coverings optional using the first condition -- at least 80% of the county 's population is fully vaccinated -- of the state Prince William schools adjusting to changes on masking 02/24/2022 02:41pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Teachers and students in Prince William County are adjusting to another new normal this week, with students having the option to attend c Virginia Dept. of Health is going to alert you to get boosted against COVID 02/24/2022 02:06pm • The Virginia Department of Health said Thursday that if you're vaccinated against the coronavirus, it might send you a voice or text message reminding you to make a booster appointment. According to VDH, the message will read: “Virginia Department of Health records indicate you are eligible for